IELTS Cue Card 14 Sample Band 8+ in 2021 – Topic: Something You Did Was a Waste of Time

Describe something you did which was a waste of time

You should say:

• what the thing was
• when you did it
• how you did it
• and explain why it was a waste of time.

Band 8+ Model Answer for IELTS Speaking Part 2

Well you know I am a person who always values time so hardly ever do I waste time doing something that doesn’t benefit me. But there was a time that I made a horrible decision, which resulted in me wasting lots of time.

So a few months ago, I had a very important exam to sit so I was inundated with (to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all) my homework from university, you know, I had a raft of (a very large number of sth) presentations, assignments that needed doing and to be honest, I was frazzled (extremely tired). It was such a nerve-racking (make you feel nervous) time for me.

So one night before the exam, I decided to catch a flick (watch a movie) on Netflix to de-clutter (get rid of sth) my mind just because I didn’t want to go crazy with all the stuff I was dealing with. However, after one episode, I was hooked on the movie and I binge-watched ( watch several episodes of a TV series at one time) the whole series on Netflix and as you can probably guess, I wasted 4 hours or thereabouts (near that number, degree, or quantity) on the platform.

Consequently, I had to sit up for cramming (study very hard in a short time) all the knowledge that I hadn’t revised for the exam and on the test day, I felt so groggy (tired) and I couldn’t really concentrate on my exam and yes, I performed poorly on the exam. I was dismayed (upset) because I thought had I spent time studying instead of watching movies, I would have had passed that exam with a higher score, with flying colours (very well) even.

Anyways, lesson learned and since then I have never wasted time on things that I consider unnecessary. So that was something I did which was time-wasting.