Describe A Time When You Were Forced To Do Something Against Your Will Cue Card

Sayantani Barman

Aug 25, 2023

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Topic: Describe a time when you were forced to do something against your will.

You should say:

  • What it was?
  • What/who forced you to do it?
  • When it was?

Explain why you were forced to do it?

Model Answer 1

What it was?

I don’t like to do anything till my heart allows it. But sometimes to show respect, you have to do something that is going against your heart. This topic reminds me of an occasion when I did something against my will that I was not very comfortable doing.

It happened about a few days ago when I failed to refuse something that actually I don’t want to do in reality. It happened during the youth fest in my university. I was asked to handle the stage and mic on the last day of the event during the prize distribution event as the student who was selected to host the programme became sick all of a sudden. So, they picked me as the host, and it was so sudden that I could neither deny it to the head of the college but actually, I had stage fright.

What/who forced you to do it?

The cultural department of the university organizes this fest every year at the university level. As part of the university, it had also participated in the event this year. Everything was going perfect. They asked me to handle the stage during the prize distribution event, but I refused initially, requesting that I won't be able to do it at the last moment without any practice. But when the main host became sick, finding no other way, the head of the college came to me to request me to handle the stage at the programme. I did not want to host the programme, but I knew it was very sensitive and my teacher's honor depends on it. So, despite my total unwillingness, I agreed to do it.

When it was?

I would not say that I was forced to do it, but it was a situation where I was unable to refuse the head showing him respect. So for the sake of my teacher, who came to request me, I agreed to host the event for the day. Overall, I did well in hosting the event but I was not very satisfied with it.

Model Answer 2

What it was?

A few months ago, I went on a vacation with my family and relatives. But, during that vacation, I was forced to do something that I did not want to do.

As I am not a professional photographer but I was forced to click all the photos of my family members who were also visiting the island. There were six people who convinced me that I possess great photography sense, which is contrary to the truth. I wanted to enjoy the trip rather than taking their pictures all the time. I refused them again and again, but forcefully I had to click the photos.

What/who forced you to do it?

One of my paternal uncles carried his expensive camera to the trip. So, everybody wanted to test how the camera captures their photos! They all wanted to be in the picture and needed a cameraman who could use the features of the camera to capture great photos, and they selected me for that task.

When it was?

I am the youngest member of our family, and I am familiar with different technology and electronic devices which our senior members often find difficult to understand. So, they believe that I have a sharp sense of technology. So, my family members thought of me as a quality photographer. Hence they all requested and kind of forced me to take their pictures on this new camera!

Model Answer 3

What it was?

I usually do things which I love to do. No one in my family stops doing anything according to me. But sometimes in life, we have to do something in order to make things correct. Same as this happened in my life. I would like to share with you briefly about it.

It was about a time when I was pursuing my secondary education and my neighbor was also studying with me in my school. He was so intelligent and loved to study most of the day. But I was a little bit weak in my study and I loved to play games and wander with school friends.

What/who forced you to do it?

One day in our school, the teacher gave us a test of an English subject which will be taken by her the next day. All students even started preparing it at lunch time because it was a little bit difficult. But me and my friends did not take it seriously as we spent the whole lunch time playing usually on other days. We didn't even study about it at home.

The next day, the teacher took our test. Me and all of my friends were shocked to see that we didn’t even know the one right answer in this question booklet. All of our overconfidence had gone in a second after seeing this booklet which was totally out of our knowledge.

When was it?

Next day, the teacher gave us score reports. She started telling the marks of every student. My neighbor got higher marks than the whole class. But sadly, I got 0 marks in this test. Every student was laughing at me. I felt so ashamed. The teacher told me about it. They were in tension after hearing it. Then, they made a decision to send me to my neighbor's house to study daily because he offered to study together. But I refused him because I didn’t want to study with him. But this time, they finally sent me to his house to study. It was so stressful for me. Because I had to leave all my friends and started studying with him. For some days, I felt so irritated but it gave me good marks in exams. Then, I realized that it was really beneficial for me. So, I got interested in studying with him and finally realized that sometimes, we have to take some steps against our desire in order to get some achievements in our life.

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