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Describe a time when you went to an event and arrived early. v.1

Describe a time when you went to an event and arrived early. v. 1
Describe a time when you went to an event and arrived early. You should say: what the event was where it was why you arrived early and say how you felt about arriving early. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ]   Model Answer: Some members of my family tell me that I was born late. No, seriously!   I mean, my birth was delayed because of some health complication of my dear mother.   I guess that’s probably the reason, I arrive late on most occasions despite my best efforts and intention. But, today, I would like to talk about a time when I actually managed to arrive early by overcoming all odds and challenges. To tell the story, I would never forget about the day when my dear elder brother was celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary at his home, about a hundred kilometres away from my hometown, because it was on this occasion that I actually managed to arrive at an event early – a lot early. By the way, even though, my brother is considerably older than me, we always have enjoyed a very special and friendly relationship between us. So, he had threatened me earlier that if I arrived at his 12th wedding anniversary late again, he would have simply packed me in a bag and thrown me into a gravity-defying spacecraft so that I could finally gain some “speed” in my life. Of course, it was a joke from my elder brother, but I could probably feel his frustration also a bit because on all the previous occasions, whether he was celebrating his birthdays or wedding anniversaries, I had always usually been the last person to arrive. I am not too sure that an elder brother would actually appreciate such a callous behaviour from a younger brother like me, whom he (the elder brother) loves so much. So, around this time, I took it upon myself as a challenge to arrive early just for the sake of making my elder brother happy. Anyway, after arriving early, I felt like I was finally coming of age and becoming a responsible person to respect the wishes of my loved ones. I also started to imagine how my elder brother would actually react after seeing me arriving so early. All in all, it was a feeling, worth a million dollars.
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Describe
a time when you went to an
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event
and arrived
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early
. You should say: what the
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event
was where it was why you arrived
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early
and say how you felt about arriving
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early
. [You will
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have to
talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
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think
about what you are going to say. You can
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make
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some
notes to
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help
you if you wish.
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]
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Model Answer:

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Some
members of my family
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tell
me that I
was born
late. No,
seriously
!
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I mean
, my birth
was delayed
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because
of
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some
health complication of my dear mother.
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I guess
that’s
probably
the reason, I
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arrive
late on most occasions despite my best efforts and intention.
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But
,
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today
, I would like to talk about a time when I
actually
managed to
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arrive
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early
by overcoming all odds and challenges.

To
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tell
the story, I would never forget about the day when my dear
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elder
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brother
was celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary at his home, about a hundred
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kilometres
away from my hometown,
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because
it was on this occasion that I
actually
managed to
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arrive
at an
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event
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early
Consider using an m-dash if you do not want to join two words.
–
a lot early.

By the way,
even though
, my
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brother
is
considerably
older than me, we always have enjoyed a
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very
special and friendly relationship between us.
So
, he had threatened me earlier that if I arrived at his 12th wedding anniversary late again, he would have
simply
packed me in a bag and thrown me into a gravity-defying spacecraft
so
that I could
finally
gain
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some
“speed” in my life.
Of course
, it was a joke from my
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elder
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brother
,
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but
I could
probably
feel his frustration
also
a bit
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because
on all the previous occasions, whether he was celebrating his birthdays or wedding anniversaries, I had always
usually
been the last person to arrive.

I am not
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too sure
that an
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elder
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brother
would
actually
appreciate such a callous
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behaviour
from a younger
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brother
like me, whom he (the
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elder
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brother)
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loves
so
much.
So
, around this time, I took it upon myself as a challenge to
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arrive
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early
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just
for the sake of making my
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elder
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brother
happy.

Anyway
, after arriving
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early
, I felt like I was
finally
coming of age and becoming a responsible person to respect the wishes of my
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loved
ones. I
also
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started
to imagine how my
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elder
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brother
would
actually
react after seeing me arriving
so
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early
. All in all, it was a feeling, worth a million dollars.
7Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
26Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
8Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe a time when you went to an event and arrived early. v. 1

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  American English
6 paragraphs
423 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
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Grammatical Range: 6.0
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Task Achievement: 5.0
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    Present relevant ideas
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