Band 7: Describe a car journey you made that took longer than expected You should say Where you were going Who you were with How you felt during the journey And explain why this car journey longer than expected (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Last summer, I was traveling from my hometown to the city. We planned to reach there in three hours, but the journey took much longer than expected. At first, everything was fine. We were enjoying music, talking, and looking forward to reaching the city. But after an hour, we got stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. There was road construction, and only one lane was open. Cars were moving very slowly, and we had no choice but to wait. After waiting a long time, we finally started moving again. But soon after, it started raining heavily, the road became slippery, and we had to drive carefully. Because of this, our speed was very slow. I felt very frustrated during the journey. Sitting in the car for so long was tiring, and I just wanted to reach our destination quickly. My cousin and I tried to stay positive by talking and laughing, but it was still exhausting. In the end, what was supposed to be three hours took almost six hours. It was long and tiring, but at least we reached safely.

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Last summer I was travelling from my hometown to the city. We planned to reach there in 3 hours but the journey took much longer than expected. At first everything was fine. We were enjoying music, talking and looking forward to reaching the city. But after an hour we got stuck in traffic jam on the highway. There was road construction and only one lane was open. Cars were moving very slowly and we had no choice but wait. After waiting a long time we finally started moving again. But soon after it started raining heavily the road became slippery and we had to drive carefully because of this our speed was very slow. I felt very frustrated during the journey. Sitting in the car for so long was tiring and I just wanted to reach our destination quickly. My cousin and I tried to stay positive by talking and laughing but it was still exhausting. In the end what was supposed to be 3 hours took almost 6 hours. It was long and tiring but at least we reached safely.

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