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Describe a paid job you or someone you know ever did.
You should say:
- what the job was
- how you/this person found this job
- how long you or this person worked in this job
and how you feel now about this job.
[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:
Last week my father asked to clean the garden before our house and paint the
wooden wall as well. I was paid for the job.
We have a big garden before our house in Singapore. Usually, most of the
houses here are large buildings but my father is a bit different from them. He
does not prefer to have a building to be used as a residence. He likes gardening
and if a new house is built, he is to lose the large garden. Due to his
professional engagement, he was out of the country for around a month and
when he returned the weeds were unusual in the garden. Usually, my father
weeds the plants and cleans the other unnecessary elements from the plant,
and also waters them regularly. Since the weeds were more and he had to
remain busy for some other purposes, he asked me to clean the weeds and
paint the garden walls. I agreed to his proposal and cleaned the entire garden,
painted the walls and repaired some other tools as well. I completed the tasks
sincerely and the garden looked gorgeous after the cleaning. As a result, my
father was happy with my sincerity and paid me more than he promised.
I was appointed for the job based on some considerations and
recommendations of my mom. I am a college student here and the eldest
member of my family. So, it is an invisible responsibility of mine to do all the
tasks which are not done by others. Sometimes I feel bored about the issue
and when I am rewarded (like this one), I change my point of view. So, when
my dad found his garden filled with weeds and craps, he was seeking a person
to clean the garden perfectly. He could not manage time to clean the garden
for he was supposed to be busy for one more week. When he shared the issue
with mom, she told him that I have nothing to do after college and I am the
most suitable one for this. Accordingly, dad proposed me and I agreed on his
proposal after some bargaining (!) about the price.
I had to work for about four long hours at a stretch to clean the entire garden.
We live in a big house and the garden is placed right before the house. It is the
largest private garden in the place where we live in the city. The garden owns
different rare plants and most of the plants are brought from abroad. The
numbers of plants are not few and thus it took around four hours for me to
complete the cleaning. I had to cut the weeds, remove the dead leaves from
the bottom of the plants, sometimes I had to cut the branches as well. I
worked alone at the garden from 3.00pm to 7.00pm. Thus it took a long time
for me. I started working after returning from my college. The most important
and difficult tasks for me was cutting the weeds from the small flower plants. I
also got hurt with the thrones during the sorting of the plants and when I was
said to plant a few flower plants (which dad brought from his recent trip to
Indonesia) I rejected the idea straight. It was impossible for me to work again
with a spade to loosen the soil, plant the saplings and water them on the same
day.
To be frank, the task was not interesting for me then but now I feel that if I get
another chance, I will do it for free. Though I was irritated in beginning, I was
feeling comfortable with the task. It was simple and the most interesting task
was to sort the plants, separate the weeds from the plants and watering them
all was also good. Besides, dad game 300 bucks for my labour which was
unexpected. Initially, he told me that I would be paid by 150 bucks but lastly he
paid me double for his fatherly affection. But now if he asks me for such a job, I
will do it for free. I liked the job very much and planning to propose dad that I
would keep the garden clean in his absence. As he is to visit in different
countries in most of the time of a month, he does not need to worry about the
garden anymore.
Model Answer 2:
Completing a thesis paper is really boring and so I hired one of my friends,
John, to complete my thesis on climate change. He did that very well. Thank
you for the smart question and I am going the tell everything in detail here.
Before the semester completion at the university, I was asked to submit the
thesis paper and present it before the class. The thesis was about the climate
change and its overall impacts on humans, animals and environment. So, it was
really difficult for me to collect all the necessary information. Accordingly, I
hired John to complete my thesis paper.
I had completed the initial tasks, collected necessary data and resources for
the thesis paper. But I was unable to manage enough time to complete
everything. So, I sought help from my friends and definitely it was a paid job. I
posted the job on my social networking profile and many of the friends
responded over it. But I picked John for some specific reasons. He was skilled in
completing thesis paper. He just has submitted his own thesis paper and is well
aware of everything of such a thesis completion project. So, after talking with
him, I requested him to complete my project. I agreed on the payment that he
demanded and in fact, it was a reasonable amount.
It took about a week for John to complete my entire thesis. As I said before, I
collected all the necessary information and he just placed the information in
their order. He worked almost day and night to make the thesis paper a
successful one. By this time, I had to accompany him for each of the needs.
Sometimes, I made the information clear to him or supported him with
narratives and literature. The work was not as simple as it sounds. In line with
John, I also had to participate in some other tasks for the thesis paper. The
most challenging task was the formatting of the paper on the word processor.
But John did it successfully for me.
I was worried about the thesis paper that if I could be able to submit it within
the prescribed deadline. In fact, my final grades were depending on this thesis.
If I could complete it by the time and the supervisor approves it, I would pass
the course and be a graduate. But if there are troubles with the thesis, I need
another semester to complete my graduation. So, it was really a matter of
concern for me. Without the help of John, it would have been difficult for me
to complete the thesis paper in due time. I did everything in time and have
completed graduation. Now I am relaxed about the matter.
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