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Describe an event that made you happy.
 
You should say:
x
what event it was. 
x
when it was 
x
what you did 
and explain why this event made you happy. 

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[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:
I live in a nuclear family with my parents and two siblings in Malaysia. A few 
days ago, I was happy for the success of my elder brother who succeeded in 
getting admission in a university after several attempts. I was very happy with 
the matter. 
Getting admission in a public university is difficult indeed for anyone and my 
elder brother got the chance to get admitted at the University of Malaya which 
is mostly known for its academic excellence in the country. Before the 
admission, he had to undergo different tests and preparations. Since his higher 
secondary result not up to the local standard for admission at any university, 
he was worried about his future. Moreover, my dad told him that he would not 
be liable for him anymore if he fails to get admitted to any public university. 
Thereby, the worries attacked him. But instead of being panicked, he struggled 
hard to get his desired admission. His hard efforts allowed him to get admitted 
at the University of Malaya and I am happy too much. In fact, I am proud of my 
brother. 
My elder brother passed his secondary in the early of 2015 and repeatedly 
tried to get admitted to a university, especially the public university. So, 
immediately after appearing at the higher secondary level exam, my brother 
started taking preparations for the university admission. The boy always 
wanted to be with his friends and never stayed home at the day times, but 
when he started university admission preparation, he turned into a cool 
personality. He never went out of the home, without extreme needs, and even 
kept his mobile phone switched off so that nobody could reach him. He started 
reading the preparatory texts from the early morning and started following a 
boring daily routine. Often I could not understand how a man like him got 
changed in this manner suddenly. Later, I realised that it was his urge to get 
admitted in the university had brought the change in him. 
I, in fact, could not do something special for him. But as a higher secondary 
level student, I helped him to continue his university preparation. I helped him 
in getting prepared with the relevant subjects which were supposed to be 
important for the exam, and also suggested him for reading some other 

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materials. The questions were supposed to be made from the texts of the 
previous level and thus the teachers also emphasised on the former subject for 
the university admission preparation. Since I am not his superior, I could not 
dare suggesting him something else and instead, I always was with him if he 
needs some sort of support from me. I helped him in remembering the texts 
and answering questions from the suggestions. Besides, I took his other cares 
like preparing coffee for him, brought his food etc. Often he fell asleep amid 
his books, and I had to organise the books in order. This is actually an 
interesting task and being his younger sister, I happily performed everything. 
I was highly happy for my brother’s success as it was a turning point of life for 
him. If he failed to get the desired admission, the situations would have been 
unimaginable. My dad was too serious about the issue. He warned my elder 
brother to be serious in his studies but the boy did not pay any heed to the 
suggestions of dad. He was always involved with his friends and mates. Even it 
was quite natural for him to come home late at night. When he appeared in 
the exam, he could not take the right preparation and in the end the result was 
unexpected. He has passed all the courses with scoring a minimum grade. 
Finally, it appeared that he owns only the required score to appear for the 
university examination and if he fails, dad would take strong punitive measures 
against him. So, when he occupied a seat in his desired subject, chemistry, 
every one of my family was happy with him. I also was happy as I had some 
small contributions to his success.