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Describe an indoor game that you played in your childhood.
 
You should say:
x
what it was 
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who you played it with 
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how you played it 
and explain why you liked to play it in your childhood. 
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
Indoor games are always exciting if you have the right partner with you. If the 
partner is unable to play the game, often the games appear boring. I used to 
play cards with my cousins in my childhood and all of them were skilled at the 
game. So, I enjoyed the games much. 
Playing card is a kind of fascination to me. I like to play cards and also skilled in 
different types of games with the cards. When I was a child, I used to live with 
my parents and the family was a joint family living in Mysore in India. So, I had 
some cousins who also lived with their parents in the large family. Since the 
number of small children was more and all of them were causing troubles to 
the older people, my father invented the idea to teach us to play cards. This 
idea from my father was one of the effective ones in his entire life. In 
association with my paternal uncles and grandpas, my father taught us to play 
cards. Initially, he introduced all the cards to us, explained the functions and 
importance of the card numbers and characters and finally coached how to 
play them. 
Usually, I played the cards with my cousins and at times my father asked me to 
accompany him on occasionally. But I have played most of the time with the 
cousins and we formed three groups. Each of the groups had four members 

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and we used to play different local and international types. We used to play 
rummy, blackjack, spades, twenty-nine, poker (without any money), contract 
bridge etc. My father was strict about one issue that he did not allow anyone 
to play the cards with money. He was strict against gambling and wanted us to 
remain away from that. All of us followed his orders and never tried to go 
beyond the directives. Sometimes I have played cards with my local friends 
when they arrived at my home to pass their leisure. Then I used to form 
another group to play cards outside of my family members. 
Playing card was a form of entertainment. Since I was born and brought up in 
an extended family in India, we had a large house to share, made by great 
grandpa. There was a recreation room in the house on the third floor, in fact 
on the roof of the house. A couple of tables, chairs and other unused furniture 
were kept at the room. The room was spacious enough to accommodate all of 
my cousins including me (we were 16 in number). We got divided into three of 
four groups and distributed the card packets accordingly. As my father and 
uncles also used to play cards, there were enough packets for us to share 
during the play. After the card packet distribution, we start paying after our 
preference. I used to play blackjack with the cousins but all of our sisters 
preferred playing spades only. We could not pursue them to play the other 
types. In fact, they might have found the type easier for them. 
A saying goes that habit causes love. Playing card turned into a habit for all of 
us and at last we fell in love with the game. Initially, my father did not want to 
teach us playing cards as it may lead us to ashtray but considering the urges 
from the other family members, he agreed to teach us. So, whenever we 
managed time, we used to deal with the cards. The eldest uncle of mine had 
shown us few amazing tricks and sometimes we tried to perform those tricks 
but failed. Gradually, love for the cards appeared on our mind. Some of my 
cousins were obsessed with cards and even they started keeping a packet with 
their pockets always. Moreover, playing cards became our preferable pastime 
as we did not have any outdoor space to move on. We had a large garden 
before the house which was well maintained and thus we were not allowed to 
enter into the garden premise. So, to prevent our mischievous activities inside 
the home, the seniors arranged for the cards. Now almost all of my cousins, 
including me, are skilled card players.