Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey IELTS cue card

The IELTS speaking test consists of 3 sections, and the whole exam is conducted for about 11-14 minutes. Different time limits have been allocated to each section. The speaking cue card test is a discussion between the examiner and candidate about the general topic. In this article we have given describe a time when you were asked opinions in a survey as a topic for the IELTS speaking cue card as a sample.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- IELTS speaking part 2 : cue card

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This part of the IELTS speaking test, the candidate will be given a cue card. The candidate should talk up to 2 minutes with fluency about the topic which is given by the examiner. We have given the topic of describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey, along with some model answers and follow up questions.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey

You should say:

• What the survey was about?
• Why did you participate?
• What opinions you gave?
• How did you feel?

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- model answer and follow up questions.

   The model cue card answer for the “describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey” is given here for the IELTS speaking cue card part 3 follow-up questions are also given for the allusion.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- Model answer 1

:Introduction
  Survey is the best way to get feedback from the public. Here I am going to share about the time when I gave my opinion in a survey.

What the survey was about?
  The survey was about the conservancy staff, this survey was taken by the FASS committee which is running in my place. The major work of the committee was taking steps to clean the polluted ponds, taking care of orphans.

Why did you participate?
   They took this survey with the public, they reached each one’s home to take the survey. One day one of the committee members came to my home. They handed over to me a questionnaire, which contains what welfare we can give. 

What opinions you gave?
   I have answered all the questions, also I gave my suggestion as a word. That we can help them by giving our garbage as separate biodegradable and non-biodegradable things. Also we should give some respect and we should treat them as common humans.     

How did you feel? 
   I thought that i got the right time to say my opinion, because i saw many conservancy staff  Who were working even in rain, they didn't have proper gloves to wear. Even though they were facing many problems they were unable to raise their voices to get their rights.

Conclusion:
  As a public we should come forward to help them. A small help from our side (public) will help them (conservancy staff) a lot.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- Model answer 2

Introduction:

• A survey is a method of collecting information or opinion from the people. 
• Here I am going to share about the time when I gave my opinion in a survey.

What the survey was about?

• It was a survey about what kind of facilities to be implemented in our area. 
• This survey was taken by the councilor of the area.
• They announced that they conducted this survey by having a common meeting in the bus stop for 3 days.

Why did you participate?

• They announced that anyone can participate in this survey and can give their opinion. 
• First I was not interested in participating in it, but a person from the meeting came forward and gave me a questionnaire. 
• In that questionnaire they have given some questions related to what facilities we need.

What opinions you gave?

• I have mentioned some of my opinions in that paper. Improve bus facilities, to reopen the old Government school, government medical shops etc. 
• Because my area looks like a small part, it has only 4 streets with countable numbers of houses.  
• We couldn’t have proper bus facilities, if we had any emergency we had to come 2 kms from our place.

How did you feel?

• I felt it was compulsory that my village needed all these facilities, so I gave this as my opinion. 
• Not only me, many of them in my village have given this as their opinion.

Conclusion:

• In the end of the survey, the majority of the opinion is to bring bus facilities and medical shop facilities. 
• Our area counselor also accepted the opinion which we gave and took some steps to fulfill it.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- Model answer 3

Introduction:
An opinion is a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter. Here I am going to share about the time when I gave my opinion in a survey.

What the survey was about?
   It is a survey taken by my apartment committee. This survey was about whether we can celebrate festivals together in the apartment or not. They took surveys by conducting meetings. They announced that each one from a family should participate in that survey.

Why did you participate?
  As I was one of the members in that apartment, I needed to participate in that meeting. Also they ask our opinion about celebrating the festival together in the apartment.

What opinions you gave?
   I gave some of my opinions like, while celebrating the festival we can put up stalls like  handcraft things, homemade foods, khadi clothes etc. and conduct games and shows for elders and to the kids.

How did you feel?
  I was happy that everyone in that meeting accepted my points which I put forward.

Conclusion:
  I felt that I had given a correct opinion, because I saw many of the people from my apartment were putting food stalls, bakery items which were baked by himself. Also it helps them to show off their talent and to earn a bit from it.

 Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- Model answer 4

Introduction:

• A given opinion may deal with subjective matters in which there is no conclusive finding, or it may deal with facts which are sought to be disputed by the logical fallacy that one is entitled to their opinions. 
• Here I am going to share about the time when I gave my opinion in a survey.

What the survey was about?

• The survey was taken by the popular restaurant.
• It is located in the one of the famous mall which is near to my home. 
• They took this survey about their food quality and service.

Why did you participate?

• One day when I went to the mall with my family, we reached this restaurant to have our lunch.
• There we heard that they were conducting a survey about their food quality and service.
• As a customer I thought I should reply to their questions and I wish to give some opinions.

What opinions you gave?

• I said that they have to improve their customer services and should train their server, because I felt like they were not treating their customers in the right way. 
• For instance, when my family and I went to their restaurant, no one came forward to take our orders, we were waiting for up to 20 minutes to give our order.

How did you feel?

• We know that it makes them a bit down, but we felt hereafter they should treat their customers in the right way.
• It helps them to improve their restaurant's rating or gain more customers.

Conclusion:

• I learned that we should not hesitate to give our opinion, because if it was right later it may help others to improve.

Describe a time when you were asked opinion in a survey- Model answer 5

Introduction:
  The purpose of taking surveys and opinions is to enhance the performance or output. Here I am going to share about the time when I gave my opinion in a survey.

What the survey was about?
   When I was doing college, my college management took a survey with students about the management like how the infrastructure was, how the teaching of staff was, etc.

Why did you participate?
   It was a compulsory poll and everyone should participate in the survey.  So I participated and answered the questions. They ask questions like how can they change the infrastructure, how did the staff take class, and some more questions.

What opinions you gave?
   At the end they have given a small space to fill the students opinion. My opinion was about enhancing the infrastructure. Because as my college surround by full of tree and there was an small pond near the college, so if it was an rainy season we wear facing many struggles like the branches of trees were falling down, reptiles and insects can be seen everywhere.

How did you feel? 
  Not only me, many of my college students have given this request to our college management. I felt like I did a good job.

Conclusion:
  By this survey we got a good result. My college Management has taken some steps to change the infrastructure with some protection.

IELTS speaking part 3 - describe a time when you were asked an opinion in a survey follow up questions.

  In part 3 of the IELTS speaking test, here the candidates will be given a few follow up questions to complete within 4-5 minutes. We have some follow up questions which are related to the topic of “describe a time when you were asked an opinion in a survey”.  This article will help you attain good marks on your exams.

1. What kinds of organizations want to find out about people’s opinions?
       Organizations like college, government organizations, production companies, political parties should conduct surveys to find out about people’s opinions. 

2. Do you think that questionnaires or surveys are good ways of finding out people’s opinions?
   I don’t think that questionnaires or surveys are good ways to find out people’s opinion. A management or organization should not wait to get an opinion from the worker’s or people only when in the time of surveys. They should allow people or worker’s to give their opinion at any time.  

3. What reasons might people have for not wanting to give their opinions?
   There might be many reasons for people not wanting to give their opinions, people feeling shy or they don’t have much interest to participate or they might not have enough knowledge about the question from the opposite.

4. Do you think it would be a good idea for schools to ask students their opinions about lessons?
  Yes it is a great idea to ask students their opinions about lessons, it helps the staff to know about what the students were think about the lesson, did they enjoyed learning this lesson or not. 
  
5. What would the advantages for schools be if they asked students their opinions?
  There are some advantages for schools: if they ask students their opinions, they are asking opinions for general issues, about their lessons. It helps the management to know about the students' thoughts. 

6. Would there be any disadvantages in asking students’ opinions?
   Sometimes there may be some disadvantages in asking students’ opinions, because we should think that we may give everything what we want in our opinion then the school authority will satisfy our needs. If the school authority is not then the students would get disappointed with the authority.

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• Describe a crowded place you have visited
• Describe a game you played in your childhood
• Describe a plan in your life
• Describe a toy you liked in your childhood

Conclusion :

   In this article for the IELTS speaking cue cards talk about “describe a time when you were asked an opinion in a survey”.  We have some model answers as a sample article. We ensure  that this article will definitely assist you to enrich your marks in the main exams. Make sure to use your own words during the discussion.