IELTS Speaking Sample Answer # Sleep And You

Sleep, no matter how much we want to work, is important. It is that one thing that we cannot live without and deprivation of it can cause so many issues in body. Let us today, have a look at some of the questions related to sleep that might be asked in Part I of Speaking section.

Do you suffer from nightmares? Can you remember any specific nightmare?

I don’t remember having any nightmares, but I do remember there are times when I just wake up in the middle of night, having remembered nothing. But, there was friend of mine, who used to get scary nightmares. One of them she told me was in which she was eating frogs and choking on it. It was so scary that we had to plan a vacation to get off that from our minds.

Do you believe that it’s possible to interpret dreams? Have you ever tried to interpret your own dreams?

I think yes, psychologist can surely interpret dreams only if they know the person. Because, then it becomes lot more easier to figure out what the person is fighting and make more sense out of some random pictures. I remember reading a book in which the psychologist used the dreams of his patient to figure out the unconscious mind of the patient. Yes, I remember when I was doing my graduation, dreams made me wonder a lot and whenever I used to have a dream, I would google it down.

Have you ever walked in your sleep? Do you know anyone who does?

I don’t remember ever walking in sleep, yet my friend told me about this guy from her college who used to walk in sleep and run across a certain tree until he get exhausted. Later it was found out that he had some psychological issue because of a dark past. With the help of psychologist he was able to fight things back.

How many of hours sleep do you generally need per night?

Most of the times, I need a minimum of 6 hours of sleep, but on a tiring day, usually when I am back from a trip, I tend to sleep around 8-10 hours.

What time do you usually go to bed?

Most of the time I go to bed by 11 in the night and wake up by 5 in the morning.

Do you manage to sleep as much as you need? If not, why not?

Yes, I do sleep as much as is required by my body because I have been told that there is no point of having lot of money if you don’t have the body to spend it. So, we should take care of it. However, there was a time when I did not got much sleep. It was when I was starting my company, the initial days, there was so much that had to be done. And, even before starting it up, I had to earn more money to be able to save off for it. Those were the years when I did not got much sleep.

Have you ever suffered from insomnia?

Insomnia, not exactly, but yes there were times when I used to have very small sleeping hours. So, I would just fall asleep and then wake up and then again fall asleep. I soon realized that my body needs care.

Are you a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper?

I am definitely a heavy sleeper who has to go for light sleeping. I love to sleep and in my initial years of life I used to sleep a lot, but with later years coming in, I became more responsible and started sleeping only that was required by body.

What keeps you awake at night? 

There are few things that can keep me awake, one is writing, the other is coding. It is when I am doing these two things that I almost forget what the time is. I remember, one day, checking the clock after coding for some time, only to realize that it is now almost 2 in the night and I have been coding since past 5 hours. It is so amazing a feeling that I almost forget that sleep is also very important.

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