Makkarielts speaking Guesswork jan­ apr 2019 Release Date: 13 jan 2019

18. Describe
a situation when you did not have
enough
time
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What were you trying to do when you didn’t have enough time 
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Why was this task important to you
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What circumstances led to you not having sufficient time 
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What did you do to improve the situation
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I have a bad habit of procrastination. 
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I keep putting off things till the 11th hour
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Because of this I have landed up in situations when I don’t have enough time to 
do finish tasks. 
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I had to write my finals for Senior Secondary examination in March.
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Naturally, I had reserved the month of February for preparation.
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So, I just took things lightly. 
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I was sure one month would be enough for me to do well because I had been 
fairly regular till my pre-boards.
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In January, my paternal uncle came from Canada for his dental checkup.
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Dental treatment is very expensive in Canada. 
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He had a lot of problem.
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Whenever he comes, he stays with us.
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He went for his check up the very next day
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Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the jaw bone.
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He had to receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy and stayed with us for almost 
40 days.
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Helping my mother and father to take care of him was more important than
anything else, and so I did not have any time for studying. 
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I remember I had to study till late at night and sometimes had to get up very early
to study. 
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But I could not do that much justification as I had intended to.
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I got a good lesson that we should not put off doing things unnecessarily for the 
last minute. 
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It is always better to be more organised. 
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Future is never predictable and events often go not as planned.
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So, we should value our time and manage it effectively.