Speaking Test Part 2:

Model Answer:

Well, there was one time that I got stuck in really bad traffic when I was travelling back home. This happened a long time ago, maybe about 15 years ago.

So, I was driving home one Sunday evening when I hit really heavy traffic. In fact it was gridlock and the cars weren’t moving at all. I had been visiting my friend in another town over the weekend and I’d left her home at about 4pm. After driving for about 2 hours I reached the traffic jam and because the cars weren’t moving at all, I had to slam on the brakes.

I turned on the radio to listen to the traffic news and heard that there had been a pile-up further down the road. Sadly, there had been a collision between a lorry and a pick-up truck, and the damaged vehicles were completely blocking the road. Believe it or not, there was already a 4 mile tailback of cars. What’s more, the newsreader said that it would probably take the police and emergency services a few hours to clear the wreckage.

There wasn’t anything I could do. As we were on a motorway, there was no easy way for the police to divert the traffic. I sat in the traffic jam for 3 hours before it started moving again. By the time I got home I was absolutely exhausted and completely fed up!