1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

Describe a situation when you were late.
 
You should say:
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what the event was you were late for 
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what the reason was for being late 
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how you felt about it
and explain how you managed even after being late.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
Time is priceless and once you lose it, you are to pay heavily for the wastage of 
the moments. I missed a job interview for being late and I feel regret for that 
late even today. 
I was called for a formal interview at Unilever against the post of 
communications manager. I applied for the post about two months ago and 
they asked me to attend the written test first. I attended at the test and 
become one the tenth applicants who have passed the test. Then the authority 
told us to contact later and accordingly I received the latest email asking me to 
join at the formal interview. But unfortunately, I could not attend the interview 
in time and lost the chance to attend on the job. 

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In Mumbai, traffic congestion is a common scenario. Many of the people have 
to get stuck in the traffic jam in the early hours of the morning every day and 
the scenarios are worst the central area where almost all the important offices 
are located. I started for the interview about one hour before of the 
mentioned time but could not reach in time there. At first, I stood in a bus 
queue and when the bus arrived I could not manage to ride as the bus was 
already packed with office going passengers. So, I failed to board in the bus 
and waiting for the next metro service will be late for me. Immediately I hired 
an auto to reach the Unilever office. I think my luck betrayed me on that day so 
that I could not go for the interview. I got stuck again in the middle of the road. 
Initially, I felt that my luck in not favouring me and losing the chance to appear 
on the interview was frustrating me as well. Thereby, I felt a deep sense of 
anger. Traffic congestion is a common scenario in India and the common 
citizens are the worst sufferers. They cannot go to their places at the right 
time. I did not have the idea how actually they felt when they missed their 
appointments. The delay on the interview taught me actually how the feelings 
of those people were. At last, I felt pity for me as I could not go to my current 
office in time and also made late for the interview at the same time. 
Finally, I appeared before the Unilever office building about one and a half 
hour later of the scheduled time. When I entered the interview room, I found 
that the interviews were going to be ended and when I informed the interview 
reception that I am one of the candidates, they allowed me to sit for the 
interview. But since I was late, they, in fact, did not show much interest and 
simply asked few questions about myself. With the behaviour and attitudes of 
the interview board members, I understood that I am discarded from the list. 
Model Answer 2:
Usually, I try to do everything in time, but sometimes there are unwanted late. 
In this case, I can remember the day when I made late for my biology practical 
exam in my school and consequently my grades turned poor. Thank you for the 
question.
In my school days, I was a student of science and thus had to participate in 
various practical classes. Biology was one of the most important classes and 
most of the times it had practical classes. The teacher who took the class was 
too much strict and never allowed his students to be late for the class. He 

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punished them with poor scoring if he found someone guilty of the charges of 
making late to attend the class. I had fallen a victim of the fact. I could not 
attend the last practical class in time.
In fact, it was not my fault that I made late willingly. It was a rainy day, and I 
could not get something to reach school in time. I went out with an umbrella 
with me but the school was far away from my residence. I used to ride on the 
public transport to reach the school but on that day nothing was available. 
Therefore, I had to walk all the way to the school. the school was located in the 
centre of the city while my residence was about three kilometres away. 
Without finding any transport, I walked and made late.
The feelings were uncontrollable when my teacher told me some harsh words 
for being late. He did not understand that it was rain. He only said that as the 
other students have attended the school in time and so should be I. I failed to 
make him understand that the late was unintentional. Besides, my dad went 
out early in the morning with his car. If he had been at home, I would have 
asked him to drop me at the school. It was not a good day for me.
Managing the event was really tough for me. I was unable to completely 
manage the event and the teacher graded me poorly in terms of maintaining 
discipline in his class. So, the overall grade in the semester dropped. When the 
class was over, I went to meet with the teacher at his cabin but he did not 
want to understand the issues. In fact, he was a kind of inflexible person and 
never compromised with anything. As a result, most of the students of the 
class did not like him much. Finally, he gave me poor marks that made me 
suffer in the next semesters. I never made late in his classes again. It was a 
rigid lesson for me.
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