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Describe an interesting story you heard when you were a child. v.1

Describe an interesting story you heard when you were a child. v. 1
Describe an interesting story you heard when you were a child. You should say: who told you the story what was the story why you think it was an interesting story and explain why you still remember this story.   Model Answer 1: I heard a lot of stories from my parents and grandparents when I was growing up as a child. Some of those stories were funny, exciting and fairy tales while the others were sad or thought-provoking. However, today I would like to share a story here, told to me by my old grandfather, which is about the sheer bravery of a person. The story goes like this - back in the days of my grandfather in the early 1920s, they used to live in a village which was surrounded by many forests. However, having forests around the village of my grandparents was not exactly an issue for them if some tigers also hadn’t lived in those forests and preyed on their cattle and goats at will. But, unfortunately, none of the villagers, where my grandparents had lived, was brave enough to take the challenge to kill their forest enemies. So, they decided to seek help from one of the strongest (a bodybuilder) and bravest persons, they knew, from another village, who had the experience of killing a few tigers by using a rifle. This mystery person came to the village of my grandfather and set up a tent at a strategic location to kill the tiger. After waiting for a couple of nights, the brave hunter finally saw a tiger in the village on the third night.   Seeing this, the tiger hunter immediately came out with his rifle and tried to pull his trigger but, unfortunately, he wasn’t able to do so in time. So, the tiger attacked him and injured him, even though it was eventually killed by the bullet from his rifle. Anyway, it was indeed an interesting story because the brave hunter actually overpowered the tiger, even though he lost one of his ears in the process. Anyway, I still remember this story because it actually gave me a live image of the difficult life that people lived a century ago when they had to constantly struggle with nature to survive. Besides, it also taught me to be strong and brave if I really needed to face any challenge in my life.
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Describe
an interesting
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story
you heard when you were a child. You should say: who
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told
you the
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story
what was the
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story
why you
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think
it was an interesting
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story
and
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explain
why you
still
remember this
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story
.
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Model Answer 1: I heard
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a lot of
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stories
from my parents and grandparents when I was growing up as a child.
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Some
of those
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stories
were
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funny
, exciting and fairy tales while the others were sad or
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thought
-provoking.
However
,
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today
I would like to share a
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story
here,
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told
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to me
by my
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old
grandfather, which is about the sheer bravery of a person.

The
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story
goes like this
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-
back in the days of my grandfather in the early 1920s, they
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used
to
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live
in a
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village
which
was surrounded
by
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many
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forests
.
However
, having
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forests
around the
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village
of my grandparents was not exactly an issue for them if
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some
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tigers
also
hadn’t
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lived
in those
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forests
and preyed on their cattle and goats at will.
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But
, unfortunately, none of the villagers, where my grandparents had
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lived
, was
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brave
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enough
to take the challenge to kill their
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forest
enemies.
So
, they decided to seek
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help
from one of the strongest (a bodybuilder) and bravest persons, they knew, from another
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village
, who had the experience of killing a few
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tigers
by using a rifle.

This mystery person came to the
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village
of my grandfather and set up a tent at a strategic location to kill the
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tiger
. After waiting for a couple of nights, the
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brave
hunter
finally
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saw
a
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tiger
in the
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village
on the third night.
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Seeing this, the
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tiger
hunter immediately came out with his rifle and tried to pull his trigger
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but
, unfortunately, he wasn’t able to do
so
in time.
So
, the
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tiger
attacked him and injured him,
even though
it was
eventually
killed by the bullet from his rifle.
Anyway
, it was
indeed
an interesting
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story
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because
the
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brave
hunter
actually
overpowered the
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tiger
,
even though
he lost one of his ears in the process.

Anyway
, I
still
remember this
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story
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because
it
actually
gave me a
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live
image of the difficult life that
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people
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lived
a century ago when they had to
constantly
struggle with nature to survive.
Besides
, it
also
taught me to be strong and
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brave
if I
really
needed to face any challenge in my life.
11Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
31Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
4Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe an interesting story you heard when you were a child. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
4 paragraphs
399 words
6.0
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    One main idea per paragraph
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    Include an introduction and conclusion
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.5
  • Try to vary your vocabulary using accurate synonyms
  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 6.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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