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Band 4+: Describe a time you solved a problem in a creative way. You should say: - What the problem was - What made it difficult - What you did to solve it And explain why you consider your solution to be creative.

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The problem I faced was with my English teacher, who had given me a bad mark. The difficulty was convincing her that I didn't deserve that mark. I wanted to improve my grade, so I spoke to my teacher about it. She assigned me additional tasks, which I completed. As a result, she gave me a better mark. After solving this problem, I felt relieved and proud of myself for improving my performance.

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The problem which I solved and the problem with my English teacher, then my English teacher have to get their bad mark for me. And the difficult is to improve them to my teacher is like I don’t get, I didn’t get the bad mark. I wanted to get the better Mac, then I have to tell about it from my teacher and she gets She did to me the tasks. I did it there. And she did to me the better mark. Then after solving this problem, I felt kind. and I improve myself.

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mark: 3

problem: 2

teacher: 2

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Pronunciation

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Task Response

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