Band 7: Memory of your first day at school (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I actually don't remember clearly and very vividly because this has been a long time, but I do remember a very beautiful memory of my first day at school. It was definitely my first day going to school, so I was very nervous and my hands were trembling. We woke up very early because whenever there is something special, I cannot sleep the whole night. My mother made me breakfast, then she ironed my uniform and helped me put it on, and then we left for school. The school was not really far away; it was literally just nearby, so we walked. We were already late, so when we reached there, the teacher was waiting for me to arrive, and I was very sensitive at that time. I remember I didn't want to let my mother go, so they had to force me to release her hand, and then she put me in the class. The teacher was very nice, but the problem was that I was quite a crybaby, so whenever I got a chance, I left the school and went home. When my mother saw me, she got very furious and then left me at school again, asking my teacher not to let me go. The teacher introduced me to the class, and I made a few friends. Then we studied some more alphabets, had our lunch, and went home.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

I actually don’t really remember clearly and very visibly because this has been a long time but I really remember a very beautiful memory of my first day at school. So definitely it was very first day where I am going to school so I was very nervous and my hands were trembling then we actually woke up very early because whenever there is something special I cannot sleep the whole night. So my mother made me a breakfast and then she ironed my uniform and put me in that uniform and then we left for the school. The school was actually not really far away it was literally just nearby so we just walked. We already got so late so when we reached there the teacher was already waiting for me to come and I was very sensitive at that time. I remember I didn’t let my mother go so they forced me to leave the hands of my mother and then she put me in the class. The teacher was very nice but the problem was that I was quite a crybaby so whenever I got a chance I left the school and went away to home. When my mother saw me she got very furious and then she again left me at school and asked my teacher to not let her go again. Then the teacher actually introduced me to the class and I made a few of the friends. Then we studied some more alphabets and then we did have our lunch and went home.

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