Describe an occasion when you lost something and then got it back | recenr speaking IELTS topic.

Recent IELTS speaking cue-card:

Describe an occasion when you lost something and then got it back.

You should say:

-What was the item?

-When you lost it?

-How you lost it?

-Where you found it?

Vocab and idioms used in this cue-card are:

-Red letter day - Important day

-Kith and kin - friends and relatives

-Delicious - tasty

- Scold - to speak angrily to somebody because he/she has done something bad or wrong

- Cost an arm and a leg - Very expensive

- Recall - to remember

- Gloomy - sad, without hope

- Relieved - pleased because your fear or worry has been taken away

Sample answer:

-I usually be extra careful with my belongings while going outside because I know how hard my parents work in order to provide all the facilities.

-However, some situations are not in our hands and we can lose things that do not matter how alert we are.

-The same thing happened to me when I lost my mobile phone.

-Last Sunday, I went to my cousin's birthday party with my family.

-As it was RED LETTER DAY for her, she invited all her KITH AND KIN.

-We all enjoyed a lot by playing different and entertaining games.

-After the cake ceremony, when I was enjoying DELICIOUS cuisines, my mother told me to capture that precious moment on the mobile.

-I liked the idea and tried to take the mobile from Jean's pocket.

-Suddenly, I realized that: there was no pocket in my outfit.

-I normally wear jeans on a daily basis and keep my mobile in its pockets. I had no idea where I might have kept my mobile.

-When my mother realized that I had lost my mobile, she started SCOLDING me because it COST her AN ARM AND A LEG to buy me that brand.

 -After a few minutes, my mother RECALLED that I had my mobile while my cousin was cutting the cake as I was clicking her pictures.

-We went to that place straight away where we had a cake cutting ceremony. Sadly, we found nothing there and I felt GLOOMY because of it.

-Suddenly I remembered as I wanted to eat the cake comfortably, I sat on a chair after the ceremony.

-I searched that location and luckily found my mobile lying on the table which was beside the same chair on which I sat for eating the cake.

-We were RELIEVED after finding the lost item and continued enjoying the party.