Follow Up Questions.

Here are some follow up questions you may be asked during IELTS Speaking exam by the IELTS examiner related to describe a goal that you achieved, which was set by yourself IELTS Cue Card 2020.

1. Do people need to write down goals or simply memorize them?

Well I live to write down my goals. It just provides that extra motivation in that weak moment or when we are having a bad day and we feel like giving up.

2. Do Indian people usually set goals?

Yes, many Indian people do. In fact, I remember on 1st of January a lot of my friends and I share our new year goals and resolutions.

3. Should parents set goals for children?

I think parents should motivate children to keep goals, but I don’t think parents should themselves keep the goals.

Because I think if children don’t keep the goals, they won’t have the same level of motivation to fulfill them.

4. When do young people start setting goals for themselves?

I think there is no fixed age. It all depends upon the persons maturity and level of responsibility.

Some people start keeping goals at a very early age like at twelve or thirteen,
while others start keeping goals after reaching adulthood.

Goal setting is much more about self-fulfillment and making oneself better and this realization to make oneself better sometimes come early and sometimes late.

5. What are the kinds of goals that are unrealistic?

I think goals which are in tune with a person’s personality are realistic.

I mean if I decide to do something which would require me to make a drastic change in my personality, I would not be able to achieve it. So that would be unrealistic for me.

6. Do young people and old people have different kinds of goals? What are they?

I think both yes and no.

• Yes, in the sense that young people goals are more about achieving something in life, while goals for old people are about helping their young achieve their goals in life.
• No because sometimes goals can be similar too, for example I see both young and old trying to lose weight and look smart in the gyms.

7. What is more fulfilling working towards a goal or achieving it?

I think both are fulfilling in their own sense. Working towards a goal is about meeting and overcoming challenges, it is about failing and getting back up.

Finally, achieving a goal brings a feeling and that efforts did make a difference.

However, if we didn’t struggle to achieve something, neither the work we put in nor the final goal brings in fulfillment.

8. Do you think it’s important to have realistic goals?

I think being realistic has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Its advantageous because if the goals are unrealistic it is very easy to give up and believe that it was not possible in the first place.

It’s also harmful in the sense that we never test our limits.

We never try to go beyond. So, I generally set goals to just beyond realistic.