It happened on my last birthday. Usually I celebrate my birthday at home with my family because my birthday fall into the month of June and in my country it is usually the summer vacation time. So it was the day of my birthday and I was sitting in the lounge making the list for my mid-list of the things which I needed for my birthday. Then suddenly my phone rang and it was a call from one of my friends and I picked up the call. I thought she was calling me to wish me a happy birthday that she told me that she and my other friend group were on the way to meet me. They wanted to surprise me on my special day. In Pakistan it is usually polite to inform the people before reaching their home. So that’s why they called me first and after 10 minutes they were at my doorstep. I welcomed them and I was over the moon to see them but the thing I didn’t know was that they even brought a cake with them and it was really beautiful cake. I love vanilla cake so they brought the vanilla cake. It had blue icing flavors, blue icing flowers on them and overall the cake was really pretty and I really liked the cake. I took pictures of the cake and we laughed and we celebrated my birthday. I put the candles on my birthday cake and I blow out the candles. The taste of the cake was really delicious. I am not a sweet tooth so they customized the cake according to my taste. I think it was the most special cake and I think I will remember it for a long time.
Band 7+: Describe a Special Cake You Received From Others
Skyrocket your IELTS band score by 1-2 points in under a month with our premium plan!
Note: Both the topic and the answer were submitted by one of our users.
73%
Accuracy
The overall pronunciation accuracy of your speech, reflecting how well a native speaker can comprehend it.
Polished transcript:
Male
Female
It happened on my last birthday. Usually, I celebrate my birthday at home with my family because my birthday falls in the month of June, and in my country, it is usually the summer vacation time. So it was the day of my birthday, and I was sitting in the lounge making a list of the things I needed for my birthday. Then suddenly my phone rang, and it was a call from one of my friends. I picked up the call, thinking she was calling to wish me a happy birthday. Instead, she told me that she and my other friends were on the way to meet me. They wanted to surprise me on my special day. In Pakistan, it is usually polite to inform people before reaching their home, so that's why they called me first. After 10 minutes, they were at my doorstep. I welcomed them, and I was over the moon to see them, but what I didn't know was that they had brought a cake with them, and it was a really beautiful cake. I love vanilla cake, so they brought a vanilla cake. It had blue icing flowers on it, and overall, the cake was really pretty, and I really liked it. I took pictures of the cake, and we laughed and celebrated my birthday. I put the candles on my birthday cake and blew out the candles. The taste of the cake was really delicious. I am not a sweet tooth, so they customized the cake according to my taste. I think it was the most special cake, and I will remember it for a long time.
Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):
Tips: Click on each word to see feedback.
Speaking Time: 110 seconds