I remember how once my friend decided to try a water polo with his friends but I rejected to go with him because I didn’t know how to swim. Last summer I… yes it happened last summer when I was so bad in swimming. I had moreover I had so much on my plate so I didn’t manage to go there. This summer I’m planning to enhance my swimming skills and to go to try this activity. This activity is about throwing the ball into the net with your hands in comparison to football when you try to score with your foot. Here you have to do it with your hands. There are two teams. I don’t know exactly but around five or six players in each team and one goalkeeper. I want to try this activity because I like trying to be new. I know that it won’t be a piece of cake but I’m sure that I can get hang of it because I’m always self confident and whenever I want to achieve something I do everything in order to achieve my goals. I think I will need to practice swimming a bit more than I do usually because I haven’t swimed since last summer so this summer I need to swim at least for one month and I can call my friend to go to play water polo together with him.
Band 6+: 31. Describe an interesting activity your friend has done, but you haven't and you want to try you should say: What activity it was When it was Why you haven't done it Why do you want to try it
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I remember how once my friend decided to try water polo with his friends, but I rejected going with him because I didn't know how to swim. Last summer, yes, it happened last summer when I was not good at swimming. Moreover, I had so much on my plate that I didn't manage to go. This summer, I'm planning to enhance my swimming skills and try this activity. This activity involves throwing the ball into the net with your hands, in comparison to football, where you try to score with your foot. Here, you have to do it with your hands. There are two teams, I don't know exactly, but around five or six players in each team and one goalkeeper. I want to try this activity because I like trying new things. I know that it won't be a piece of cake, but I'm sure that I can get the hang of it because I'm always self-confident, and whenever I want to achieve something, I do everything to reach my goals. I think I will need to practice swimming a bit more than I usually do because I haven't swum since last summer. So this summer, I need to swim for at least one month, and I can call my friend to go play water polo together with him.
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