Band 5: describe a challenging thing you have done you should say when you did it why you did it how you handled this challenge and explain why you thought it was challenging (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I think there are many challenges in the world for everyone who wants to deal with various problems. For me, the challenging thing I want to talk about is during COVID-19. At that time, I was a student in high school, and I also gained weight. When I talked to my friends about it, they would smile and often say things that weren't really good about my body. I think it's just keeping fit, but sometimes I didn't want to hear those comments. There were some negative things said about myself. I decided to pursue a healthier lifestyle to train and make myself different, to make myself better than I was at that time during COVID-19. Because during the pandemic, you just stayed at home, spending a lot of time on computers and engaging in some not-so-good hobbies. That's why I always aimed to change myself to stay fit. It was challenging, and the reason I think it was challenging is that it required a lot of effort and determination to overcome those obstacles.

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Well, I think the challenging, I think, in the world there are many challenges for everyone who want to deal with many problems. For me, the challenge thing I want to talk about is when in COVID-19, at that time I was a student in high school. And I also, in the high weight, and when I talk to that, to my friends, they only smile and always talk about, is not really good about my body. It’s not, I think it’s just keeping, but sometimes I don’t want to hear about that. There’s some sending, not good about my, about myself. I think I can pursue a healthier lifestyle to train to make myself different, make myself better than at that time in the COVID-19. Because in the COVID-19 pandemic, you just stay at home and you spend a lot of time with computers and you spend a lot of time with your some not good hobbies. So that’s why I always, that’s why I always change myself to get, to keep fit. It was challenging, the reason why I think it was challenging is because I think it’s just a challenge.

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