Band 6: Describe a decision which you have made that you feel was wrong. what the decision was why you made that decision why you think it was the wrong decision to make and explain how you would alter that decision if you could (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I went to America for a marriage ceremony, and I went there with my siblings and my sister-in-law. For coming back to our hometown, I booked a seat on the train for all of us. But then my cousins said to cancel the train ticket; we will go by car. So I said okay and canceled my ticket. The car was four-seated, and we were saving money at that time. I thought, oh my God, what have I done? I should not have canceled my train ticket. Because in that car, we had to adjust our luggage as well, and there were four of us. My cousins are very tall, and we could not sit properly in the car. The journey was for one day, a total of 24 hours. Our car also broke down in the middle of the journey, and there were no garages nearby. We waited for four to five hours there. Then we saw a number written on the roadside, so we called that number. I experienced a lot of stress by canceling my train ticket. We realized we should not have done that; we should have gone by train.

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I went to America for a marriage ceremony and I went there with my siblings and my sister-in-law. For coming back to our hometown, I booked a seat in the train for all of us. But there were my cousins and they said, cancel the train ticket. We will go by train. So I said, okay, and I cancelled my ticket. The car was four-seated and we were saving at that time. So I thought, oh my God, what I did, what I had done, I should not cancel my train ticket. Because in that car, we should have to adjust our luggage as well and we are four. And my cousins are so tall and we could not sit properly in the car. And the journey was for one day. I mean, total for 24 hours. So, and our car also damaged at the middle of the journey. And there were no any garage as well. And we wait for four to five hours there. And then we saw a number that was written on the roadside. So we called on that number. And such and such type of trauma I got by canceling my train ticket. So we thought we shouldn’t do that. We should go by train.

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