IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 Staying Up Late: Study the sample answers to the following topic questions:
1.) Do you often stay up late?;
2.) What do you do when you stay up late?;
3.) Did you stay up late when you were a child?;
4.) How do you feel in the morning after you stay up late?
Talking about staying up late or pulling an all-nighter is not difficult as we all experience this at some time in our lives, especially when we’re students. Study the sample answers below and understand how the speaker strategized his responses to every question.
The sample answers give you ideas on how to express your thoughts better. Learn how to address each question so you can achieve a band 7.0 or even a band 9!
PART 1
STAYING UP LATE
ANSWERS
Do you often stay up late?
(Answer 1)
Well, not often, I only stay up late when there’s an important project that needs to be completed at a certain date. For instance, last month I had to usually hit the hay (go to bed) at 1 AM or 2 AM as I was working on a company project even when I was at home. It was tough but I was able to manage my situation.
(Answer 2)
Absolutely not! My doctor advised me not to stay up late as it would compromise (harm) my health. Well, I used to stay up late in the past because I spent a lot of time watching TV series or movies until I got terribly sick. Since then, I changed my unhealthy habit as I don’t want to die early.
What do you do when you stay up late?
(Answer 1)
There’s only one reason that I have to stay up late and that’s because of work. As I said, when I’m given an important project or task to complete, I make sure to give my all (to put a lot of effort into doing something), of course including my time as I want to finish the project, a few days before its deadline. So, if there are some revisions needed, I still have ample (enough) time to correct them.
(Answer 2)
I don’t stay up late recently, however, in the past, I did. So, I usually stayed up late for no important reason, at all. I just binge-watched (to watch multiple episodes) some TV series that I was engrossed (having all one’s attention) in and unfortunately, that took a toll on (to have a serious or bad effect) my health. That was an important life lesson I learned, anyway.
Did you stay up late when you were a child?
(Answer 1)
Hmmm…as far as I can remember, I didn’t because my parents were so strict in disciplining us, especially my father. He made us sleep at 9 in the evening all the time because it’s the right thing to do according to him. My siblings and I couldn’t go against (oppose) my father because he’s the boss in the family. I only started having some experiences of staying up late when I was a high school student.
(Answer 2)
Well, it’s not always but there were times that I stayed up late, especially on Friday or Saturday nights. There were some Friday or Saturday nights when I stayed awake until 12 midnight because I watched movies with my parents. They allowed me to sleep late since I didn’t need to go to school the next day. It was actually our family bonding (the quality time spent by family members with one another) and I had lovely memories of it.
How do you feel in the morning after you stay up late?
(Answer 1)
I feel groggy (dazed, weak, unsteady) and I’m sometimes bad-tempered (irritable). I think that’s pretty natural for some people who pull an all-nighter. But anyway, I do my best not to become toxic to my co-workers because I know that when we have an important project to finish, they also need to stay up late and probably they also feel what I feel the next day. So, I just need to be more understanding.
(Answer 2)
Well, in the past, when I was a champion (winner) of staying up late, I usually felt so exhausted in the morning when I woke up. I felt like I didn’t want to go to school and just wanted to spend more time in my bed. I was stupid at that time for staying up late for no important reason, at all. If I hadn’t become ill, I think I still would’ve continued that bad habit.
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