Band 9.0 Sample Answer Ideas.

Sample 1

• I have done many group activities when I was in school such as playing games like cricket and volleyball.

• But here I am going to talk about a group activity, which was making a model for participating in an environment fair.

• This fair is held every year in December in my home town

• This model was on the topic of pollution

• We were a team of four students – Mohit, Rohan, Ravi and I.

• It was very difficult to collect ideas for the model, but our teacher, Mrs Promilla helped us.

• We collected all data from different sources like the internet, library, magazines and so on

• We presented all three types of pollution – air, water and noise pollution – on thermocol

• In this project we showed the causes, effects and ways to control pollution

• We had to speak turn wise on our model.

• I remember I was very afraid to speak.

• But my other friends gave me the confidence. I felt very good that I was part of that team.

• I spoke very well that time.

• Getting over my glossophobia was an accomplishment for me.

• We won the first prize in this competition.

• The judges specially mentioned that the first prize was mainly because of the verbal explanation of the model.

• This fair was covered by the local cable TV and so many people of the neighbourhood congratulated me the next day.

• Our photograph was also there in the local newspaper Jag Baani.

• Our school principal also appreciated us

• I cannot forget that day.

• All four of us were on cloud nine on that day.

Sample 2

• Man is a social animal.

• Being part of a team, club or group is important for our lives.

• I too have been part of the cricket team of my school.

• I joined this team when I was in 9th class.

• My school was a co-ed school

• The boys and girls had separate cricket teams.

• Every day we used to play for two hours after the school timings.

• I joined this team because I love cricket.

• I have always been fascinated by the Indian cricket team

• I never miss any cricket match played by the Indian cricket team on TV

• We did a lot of activities there.

• I remember, my best friend, Rohan, was the captain.

• He used to make us work-out daily for 15 minutes.

• After that we would play a ten over match daily.

• We used to participate in the inter-school competitions also.

• Mostly, our school team won the trophy.

• Our team members co-operated with each other very well.

• Joining this team had a lot of importance for all of us.

• We learnt many things.

• We learnt discipline.

• Because we had to practice daily, and we also did not want our studies to suffer, we used to get up early and finish our home work.

• Then we learnt co-operation and patience.

• Not all of us got a chance to bat or ball every day, but we did not fight with each other because of that.

• We also learnt sportsman spirit.

• How to win with modesty and lose with grace is a very important thing to learn in this competitive era.

• Sometimes we lost from the girls’ team but we took it gracefully.

• Sometimes my mother used to crib when I was too involved in cricket but as I was doing well in studies she did not say anything to me.

• Playing cricket also kept me lean and fit.

• Now, I have made a cricket team of my neighbourhood children.

• We play on Sundays

• I am the captain of that team.

• I look forward to Sundays now.