IELTS Speaking Part 2: describing how you felt

Faye asked a good question below last Friday's lesson:

Can you give some suggestions on how to answer the question "how you felt about something" in speaking part 2?

My suggestion is to start with a simple adjective (e.g. happy) and prepare a theme around this word. There's an example of theme preparation here, and I used this technique in several of the speaking lessons on my video course website.

Task: Let's prepare a 'happy' theme together. To be more precise, imagine that you have to describe how you felt when you passed an important test. List some ideas, and share them in the comments below.

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[Pachu]

happy adj.
feeling pleasure
VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
become | make sb
ADV. extremely, only too, particularly, really, very
completely, perfectly, quite
PREP. About, for, with
cheerful
contented,delighted,ecstatic,elated,glad,joyful,joyous,jubilant,lively,merry,overjoyed,peaceful,pleasant,pleased,thrilled,upbeat,radiant,over the moon, as happy as calm,on top of the world,on cloud nine,paradise,rapture,seventh heaven,walking on the air,zest for life,take pleasure in,invigorated,exhilarated,enchanting,1. Having a whale of a time,Be a barrel of laughs,Full of the joys of spring,alive,cheerful,exuberant,satisfied
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[atiti]

be cheerful
be on the clouds
couldnt stop my tear of joy comming down
feeling accomplished
feeling content and proud of yourself
hard working deserve success
dedicate yourself to your goal and see the result

[TURANA]

WAS OVER THE MOON

[carmen]

Hello Simon,

I am very confused about what we are expected to answer the speaking part 2 questions. should we answer all the questions on the cue card ? if not, what happens ?

[Tu Tran]

After taking the test, I felt relieved. Felt like I just got rid of a burden. Then I also felt confident and encouraged because I did something that I thought I couldnt do. And I was very cheerful.

[isil]

I felt like a dog with two tails when I heart the news that I got the score I aimed for. I called some of my family members to share this fantastic result and then we decided that we should get together to celebrate my success by having wine in my favorite pub.I clearly remember that I became so drunk that I sang and danced all night. ıt was one of the nights that I will never forget.