One day I had a problem with my teacher because one day when we had monitoring, I sit with my friend and he was sitting and cheating near me. And after that when teacher came near me, she took my notebook and as a result she shut my mouth and she said, you get your two points on this lesson. But however, I didn’t cheat on this moment and only my friends cheated on there and he didn’t get anything. He said like, no, I’m not cheating. And this was a very big problem. And after that I go to my father and he gave me advice for going to the teacher and saying what happened yesterday, truly honest. And after, tomorrow when I go to the teacher and tell her about what happened on that day and I wasn’t cheating on this moment and only my friend cheated there, she listened to me carefully and as a result she saved me. Like I understand you and I will support you on this moment. And I am so happy and I listen it because this advice helped me a lot. And this advice improved my mood, improved my productivity. And after that I come to my father and say like thanks for your advice and it improved a lot of things, not only my grades.
Band 6+: Describe a time you sought advice from someone. You should say: - What the problem was - Who you sought advice from - What advice you received And explain how the advice helped you.
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One day I had a problem with my teacher because when we had a monitoring session, I sat with my friend, and he was cheating near me. When the teacher came near me, she took my notebook and said, "You get two points for this lesson." However, I didn't cheat at that moment; only my friend cheated, and he didn't get anything. He said, "No, I'm not cheating." This was a very big problem. After that, I went to my father, and he advised me to go to the teacher and explain what happened honestly. The next day, I went to the teacher and told her about what happened, that I wasn't cheating and that only my friend was cheating. She listened to me carefully, and as a result, she said, "I understand you, and I will support you in this situation." I was so happy to hear that because this advice helped me a lot. It improved my mood and my productivity. After that, I went to my father and thanked him for his advice, which improved many things, not just my grades.
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