Talk about something you enjoyed doing in a group
Band 9.0 Sample Answer Ideas.
Sample 1
• I have done many group activities when I was in school such as playing games like cricket and volleyball.
• But here I am going to talk about a group activity, which was making a model for participating in an environment fair.
• This fair is held every year in December in my home town
• This model was on the topic of pollution
• We were a team of four students – Mohit, Rohan, Ravi and I.
• It was very difficult to collect ideas for the model, but our teacher, Mrs Promilla helped us.
• We collected all data from different sources like the internet, library, magazines and so on
• We presented all three types of pollution – air, water and noise pollution – on thermocol
• In this project we showed the causes, effects and ways to control pollution
• We had to speak turn wise on our model.
• I remember I was very afraid to speak.
• But my other friends gave me the confidence. I felt very good that I was part of that team.
• I spoke very well that time.
• Getting over my glossophobia was an accomplishment for me.
• We won the first prize in this competition.
• The judges specially mentioned that the first prize was mainly because of the verbal explanation of the model.
• This fair was covered by the local cable TV and so many people of the neighbourhood congratulated me the next day.
• Our photograph was also there in the local newspaper Jag Baani.
• Our school principal also appreciated us
• I cannot forget that day.
• All four of us were on cloud nine on that day.
Sample 2
• Man is a social animal.
• Being part of a team, club or group is important for our lives.
• I too have been part of the cricket team of my school.
• I joined this team when I was in 9th class.
• My school was a co-ed school
• The boys and girls had separate cricket teams.
• Every day we used to play for two hours after the school timings.
• I joined this team because I love cricket.
• I have always been fascinated by the Indian cricket team
• I never miss any cricket match played by the Indian cricket team on TV
• We did a lot of activities there.
• I remember, my best friend, Rohan, was the captain.
• He used to make us work-out daily for 15 minutes.
• After that we would play a ten over match daily.
• We used to participate in the inter-school competitions also.
• Mostly, our school team won the trophy.
• Our team members co-operated with each other very well.
• Joining this team had a lot of importance for all of us.
• We learnt many things.
• We learnt discipline.
• Because we had to practice daily, and we also did not want our studies to suffer, we used to get up early and finish our home work.
• Then we learnt co-operation and patience.
• Not all of us got a chance to bat or ball every day, but we did not fight with each other because of that.
• We also learnt sportsman spirit.
• How to win with modesty and lose with grace is a very important thing to learn in this competitive era.
• Sometimes we lost from the girls’ team but we took it gracefully.
• Sometimes my mother used to crib when I was too involved in cricket but as I was doing well in studies she did not say anything to me.
• Playing cricket also kept me lean and fit.
• Now, I have made a cricket team of my neighbourhood children.
• We play on Sundays
• I am the captain of that team.
• I look forward to Sundays now.