Band 6: 6. Describe a time when you told your friend an important truth You should say: Who your friend is What the truth was What was your friend's reaction And explain why you think it was important to tell your friend the truth (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I often believe that honesty is the best policy among friendships. We have to share the truth with them even if it is very uncomfortable or even if it ruins our friendship. So today, I would like to share an incident when I shared a very uncomfortable truth with my best friend. This was about her boyfriend's loyalty. At first, I thought of not sharing this with her because it could ruin her relationship, or she might call me out for telling her, thinking that it was a bit harsh. One day, while I was in class, one of my classmates told me that her boyfriend was messaging my classmates at night. I went back to my hostel and called her, saying I had to tell her something that wasn't good. She asked me to tell her what was going on, and I explained about the messages. At first, she didn't believe me; she didn't trust me. Then I showed her the evidence, and she realized that her boyfriend was cheating on her. I felt it was important to share this truth with her because she is my best friend, and she deserves a better, more loyal person as her boyfriend. If I hadn't shared this with her, I would still feel very guilty even today.

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I often believe that honesty is the best policy among friendships. We have to share the truth to them even if it is very uncomfortable or even if it ruin our friendship. So today I would like to share an incident that I shared a very uncomfortable truth to my best friend. Like this was about her friendship’s loyalty. First I thought of not sharing this to her because this can ruin her relationship or she may called me for telling that because she might think that will be that is a bit like and when I was in class one of my classmates told me that her boyfriend is messaging to my classmates in the night and suddenly I went to my hostel and I just called her and I told her I have to say something to you and it is not that good and she just just said tell me what is going on and I told her about that messages and and the first time she didn’t believe that she didn’t trust me and then I showed her the evidences and then she realized that her boyfriend was cheating on her and I thought of sharing this truth to her because she is my best friend she deserve a better loyal person as his boyfriend and even and if I didn’t share that to her I feel very guilty even today also

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Describe an occasion when you got up extremely early. You should say: 1. When this happened 2. What you needed to do on that day 3. Who you were with 4. How you felt about getting up early on that day?

Describe a place you would like to visit. You should say: where it is, what you know about this place, why you would like to visit it, and explain what you would like to do there.

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