Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Experience 1: Something difficult that you did well

Describe something difficult you did well.

You should say:

What you did

Why it was difficult

How you managed to do it

Whether you think you will do this thing again.

Suggestion

Talk about a skill that you have learned. The obvious choice is a language (NOT English – choose another language, e.g. Korean, Japanese or Vietnamese). You will need to lie for this topic. It is quite easy to do – just describe your experience of learning English but change it to another language.

Uncommon Vocabulary

Use vocabulary from Part One Topic 9: Learning English and Part One Topic 21: Learning languages.

You can also use vocabulary from People 6: A teacher who has influenced you.

Additional words:

easier said than done (= difficult) get to grips with (= get familiar with)

overcome tricky deal with

Grammar Point

You can use some present tenses to describe some aspects of the language:

Japanese is based on Chinese script.

Use mostly past tenses to describe your learning experience:

At the outset I found it quite tricky; I used to get confused by...