Describe a difficult thing you did IELTS Cue Card

 The IELTS Speaking test was divided into 3 different sections. In Part 1, you will answer the question about your family members and about yourself which is asked by the examiner, Part 2 was about the random cue card given by examiner you should talk about the topic. In Part 3, you have to answer follow up questions. Here  the sample topic describe difficult thing you did for the Cue card (IELTS Speaking)  test was given.

IELTS speaking part 2: Cue Card

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A Cue card is also called a candidate task card. In this part, the examiner checks the candidate's fluency with speaking. And, the candidate was expected to speak for 2 minutes without any pause. The topic describe a difficult thing you did is given below with some model answers for your reference.

Describe a difficult thing you did

You should say
What was it?
How did you complete it?
Why was it difficult?
How did you feel about doing it?

Describe difficult thing you did - Model answers and follow up questions

Some of the model answers for cue cards were given below for the topic describe a difficult thing you did. It would help you to get an idea about the IELTS speaking  cue card test. Also some follow up questions are given below for your reference.

Describe difficult thing you did - Model answer 1

Introduction:
   Well, everything seems difficult until we try it or get practice in it. In the beginning it could look difficult but then it became easy as we practised more. Now, I am going to talk about a difficult thing that I did in my life.

What was it?
    The difficult thing I did was cooking. Yes, at first it was very difficult for me. I was in the condition that I must learn cooking because once my college was completed I left my family and relocated to another place, near to my office. There I have to cook by myself. So I decided to learn cooking.

How did you complete it?
    It took many days for me to learn basic things in cooking. My sister taught me how to cook.  So many injuries occured while I was cooking. Finally I got enough confidence to learn it and began to learn it with interest. I started to cook different dishes by watching cooking videos on my mobile phone. Now I can cook my food by myself.

Why was it difficult?
   I felt it difficult because, while we have to stand for some hours and without any ventilation we have to cook. At first, I was afraid of the pressure cooker so I felt that cooking was difficult. Also, I thought cutting onions and vegetables was also a difficult task.

How did you feel about doing it?
   I was interested while learning how to cook, after some days with my confidence i started cooking very well. Now I can cook food for my whole family. My father always asks me to prepare his favourite dish which I cook very well.

Conclusion:
  Nothing is impossible, try it, it becomes possible. Everything seems difficult when we see it in that way, if we start doing it then it becomes very easy. We just need confidence and interest.

Describe a difficult thing that you did - Model answer 2

Introduction:
  Everything is difficult until we try it. Try it even if you don't have the knowledge about it, it is not wrong to try it. Here I am going to talk about the difficult task that I have done.

What was it?
  Even though I don't have the knowledge about it, I tried it and I completed the task very well. Yes, the task I did was assembling my own personal computer.  I bought my computer a year back, my father called someone to assemble it but he forgot to come so I decided to assemble it by myself. 

How did you complete it?
  First I searched for a video on my mobile phone but I was confused. Then I called my friend who knows about computer assembling. He was my school friend and he came to my home and helped to assemble it.

Why was it difficult?
  I felt it was difficult. The first thing is that I don't have knowledge about computers or about assembling computers. But still I went ahead with my confidence and I started to assemble it by watching videos on my phone and with my friend's help. 

How did you feel about it?
  My father appreciated me for the job I did, first he stopped me from assembling the computer. I was happy with myself that I have learned something new. I would not be able to do this thing on my own, I would thank my friend who helped me. 

conclusion: 
 Some new experiences gave a good result. Try your best with interest even if it is new work, then you will gain some new knowledge.

Describe a difficult thing that you did - Model answer 3

Introduction:
  I am a creative person so I would like to learn something new. First I felt it was risky to do those things, but it continues with my practice. Here I would like to talk about the difficult thing I did and was successful.

What was it?
 Actually the difficult thing was driving a car in a crowded place. I remember last year during my sister's marriage arrangements. I was taking my mom and father to shopping to the centre city where it seems crowded.  But, I drove sucessfully.

How did you complete it ?
We went shopping, that was the first time I drove a car in a crowded place. It was the first difficult thing I did. My father appreciated me for my driving. First, I felt it was a difficult task but I slowly gained confidence to drive in a crowded area. Now I can even drive in a hilly station. 

Why was it difficult?
It felt difficult because in crowded areas, we can’t even walk freely, because people in those places would walk here and there and numerous shops are there. Street vendors as there shops in platform people would stand in front of shops, we have to be careful while driving in those places.

How did you feel about it?
I felt happy with my driving, because my father won’t allow me to drive a car  in a crowded place, but this time I pleased him. I successfully completed it at my first attempt. It makes me very happy.

Conclusion:
Overall , I have completed the difficult task successfully. 

Describe a difficult thing that you did - Model answer 4

Introduction: 
    There are so many things that seem difficult at first. I am going to talk about one of the toughest tasks I have done. 

What was it?
   During the corona pandemic I had gained immense weight and my friends saw that I look so bulky and one of my friends challenged me to lose 10 kg in 3 months. I have accepted the challenge and started my workout at first as I was bulk. It feels so painful to workout.

How did you complete it?
First I started to go walking for 2 km every morning for a few days and after that I joined the gym to workout, my coach gave me a diet chart to follow. I followed those charts and kept doing workouts. By practice, working out has become my daily routine.

Why was it difficult?
As I was fat it was so difficult and painful for me to workout. And also I have cheated in between my diet plan in which I gain more weight. I have lost only 3 kgs in a month, so my coach strictly observed my workout and diet plan.

How did you feel about it?
After three month I lost 11 kgs. All my friends are shocked with my body shape. They saw me as unbelievable. I felt happy with my transformation. And I started wearing jeans. Also my friend has lost 10 kgs in three months. We both were happy with our transformation.

Conclusion:
When I finally achieved my target I felt happy about myself. First I would like to thank my friend who challenged me to lose weight, if he doesn’t challenge me I would gain even more weight.

Describe a difficult thing you did - IELTS speaking part 3 follow up questions

This part 3 test in IELTS speaking was conducted for about 4-5 minutes. Here we have given some follow up questions for the topic describe a difficult thing that you did. It is quite sure that it will help you to get an idea about the IELTS speaking part 3 test.

1.What kinds of jobs require people to be confident?   

People should be confident in their work, whatever their confidence level should not be reduced. If a salesperson was not in a good confident level then he/she would not be able to talk with their customers. 

2.On what occasions should children be encouraged ? how?   

Children should be encouraged in those situations where they feel unsure in doing the work that is good for them. But encouragement should be within a certain limit, we should not encourage them for everything they do. 

3.How do you help children stay focused? F

irst of all, children should provide them an environment which is free of distractions, it helps them to focus on what they are doing. 

4.What challenges do young people face today?Y

oung people of today were facing some challenges, mental health issue, young people are aware of rise in depression and suicide cases among them, also they were facing problem in competition in education on their professional lives.

5.What are the most difficult things for youngsters to do?   

There are many difficult decisions that must be made as a youngster. Youth is a phase, where a person is ready to start their path as a self-sufficient individual. At first they feel everything is difficult.

6.What can we do to overcome the thought that everything was difficult?  

Nothing is difficult until we try it. First we should try, whatever the consequence, though you don’t have any knowledge about it. It is not wrong to try something new. 

Check out other IELTS speaking cue card  topics

• Describe a family member
• Describe a crowded place you have visited 
• Describe a game you played in your childhood
• Describe a quiet place
• Describe a good decision you made recently
• Describe a mistake you have made
• Describe an invention changed the people's life
• Describe an equipment that you use at home 
• Describe an old friend you got in contact with again 
• Describe a large company that you are interested in

Conclusion 

The above topic “describe a difficult thing that you did” with some model answers and follow up questions. It would give some great ideas about the IELTS speaking cue card test. Make sure to use your own words and speaking style to perform well.