Can you see a difference between the two tasks below?
- Describe an experience or situation that made you happy.
- Describe an experience or situation that made you laugh.
Do you think you could talk about passing an exam for the second task above?
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April 28, 2017
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Resp Sir,
I have a query regarding speaking part 2.
Is it necessary to mention/speak about our cue card topic saying..... " I am going to describe/talk about..." One of the IELTS adviser mentioned that it is annoying to examiner speaking that stereotype sentence. Pl guide.
Thank you
Best regards,
Shilpa
Posted by: Shilpa | April 28, 2017 at 09:40
1. I think that this kind of experience must mean a lot to me, something that I really want to remember and smile every time I look back. I was really happy and filled with love at that time.
2. I think that this kind of experience must be amusing and funny( like seeing a comedy or hearing a joke). It rather entertained me.
However, I think that maybe I can use the experience of passing an exam to talk about the second task. It is quite unusual, but I think I would laugh and be excited if I passed an exam. But I would only use it if I were really stuck and I couldn't think of anything else. If I had a better choice, I would never use it.
Posted by: Nam Anh | April 28, 2017 at 09:45
I looked up the word "happy" in the dictionary, and it said that we "laugh" when we are happy or see/hear something funny. I'm pretty sure that I would be happy if I passed an exam, but I'm not sure whether native speakers would use the word "laugh" when talking about that. It's a useful question! I am curious to hear your answer next week! Thanks, Teacher Simon!
Posted by: Nam Anh | April 28, 2017 at 10:02
Oh I looked up the word "laugh", not "happy". I am sorry^^
Posted by: Nam Anh | April 28, 2017 at 10:02
For me, Happiness is that which makes you laugh and sometimes bursts into tears.It is something which is life changing and jolts you from inside while laughing is a temporary thing which could be any joke, strange action from a child even sometimes you laugh at yourself on your silly mistakes when you think about those.
Posted by: Muhammad Imran Asif | April 28, 2017 at 10:36
Laugh and happy are mutually related . A person can laugh when he is happy but laugh does not show that a person is happy as people pretend
to laugh even if they are sad.
Posted by: Achu | April 28, 2017 at 16:13
Shilpa
It is very natural for natives to start by saying 'I'm going to talk about', so there is nothing wrong with saying that in the speaking test. However, natives say this phrase very quickly, probably in around one second. If you say it very slowly, then it would sound unnatural.
Posted by: sjm | April 29, 2017 at 09:02
Resp sjm
Thank you very much for clarifying my doubt and if I want say that, how swiftly it should be told.
Regards
Posted by: Shilpa | April 29, 2017 at 13:09
It is an unstressed phrase in English, and I would estimate it should take you around 1 to 1.5 seconds.
Posted by: sjm | April 29, 2017 at 23:54
No. Happy is a feeling, while laugh is an action caused by something.
Posted by: Patrick | April 30, 2017 at 01:09
I think laugh and happy are differences but related to.
Laugh is an action describe emontion while happy is feeling. We often laugh when something suprise and happen suddenly ours. Happy is related to love, joyful.
I think passing the exam can make us laugh when we think we cant.
Posted by: sáu | April 30, 2017 at 02:12
Hi Simon,
I think simply, happy is emotion that we generally feel, and laugh is expression when we see hilarious or somtething funny.
:)
Posted by: Minju | May 04, 2017 at 09:55