IELTS Cue Card 1096

Describe a volunteer work experience you have had

:You should say

what volunteer work it was
where it was
why you volunteered
.and explain how you felt about it

:Model Answer

When I was a student in high school, I had the experience of taking part in different kind of volunteer works from time to time, and today, I would like to talk about one such experience. It is a great topic, and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to talk something on it

Anyway, the volunteer work, I want to talk about here, was a work which was aimed at helping the poor and needy children at a children’s hospital in our city

Prior to that, I had taken part in some other volunteer works, like donating our old books to our local libraries and preparing soups for the poor and elderly adults of our town, but I never really knew anything about how to help the children up and until that point. So, when our school supervisor asked us to buy some oranges from the local market, we just didn’t have any idea about what we were exactly going to do with those oranges

Some of us, of course, had thought that we were going to give those oranges to those poor children at the hospital, but when we were ordered to make juice from those oranges, we didn’t bother to guess anymore. However, soon, it became clear to us that we were going to sell the orange juice and then buy some really nice gifts for the children with the money of selling the orange juice

Well, I decided to volunteer for the work at that time, mainly because I got real bored of my studies and some tough homework, and taking part in that volunteer works provided me with a perfect escape from that. Besides, I love to help needy people and that volunteer work gave me a perfect opportunity to do so

Anyway, I felt really glad and happy to have the opportunity to take part in that volunteer work, mainly because it allowed me to see some smile on the faces of some innocent children which was just priceless. Besides, it also allowed me the opportunity to share some giggles and fun with my friends while actually trying to do a noble job for my community members, especially for children who were my age. I just felt great