Band 7: Describe a friendship that is / was important to you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I have a lot of friends to describe here, but out of all those friends, I would like to select one whose name is Vindhya Virvadana, who is from Mathugama in Sri Lanka. I met her in one of the educational programs. We sat together, and there we met for the very first time a few years ago. As time passed, we did many things together, and we prepared for our year-end tests and exams very well. She was very genuine, authentic, friendly, and helpful in many ways. One special thing she did was explain some areas that I couldn't understand. We also had common interests, like enjoying movies, watching films, and reading books. It was such a nice experience to have a precious friendship with her. Our friendship is still lasting. Compared to her specific qualities, I have also gained something like a very positive and healthy relationship that I can enjoy. It is very interesting for me to be with her, but nowadays I do not have time to be with her because she lives in an area away from where I am living. Still, we maintain our friendship over the phone; we can call and chat together sometimes. It is very educational, and I gain something new from her when we speak. I find that our relationship is very friendly and healthy, and therefore it makes me stress-free. I like to be very friendly with her.

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I have a lot of friends to describe here but out of all those friends I would like to select one whose name is Vindhya Virvadana who is from Mathugama in Sri Lanka. I met her in one of the educational programs we sat together and there we met for the very first time a few years ago and the time passed and we did many things together and we prepared for our year end tests and exams very well and she was very genuine and authentic, friendly, helpful in many ways. In order to do another special thing is that she explained some of the areas that I cannot I couldn’t understand and we had common interests also like enjoying movies and watching movies, reading books and it was such a nice experience to have a precious friendship from with her. So still our friendship is lasting. So I think with compared to her specific qualities I also have gained something like very positive relationship, healthy relationship that I can enjoy. So, it is very interesting for me to be with her, but nowadays I did not have time to be with her because she is living in some other area which is away from the place that I am living in. But still we are maintaining our friendship over the phone, we can call and we chat together sometimes and it is very educational and I gain something new from her when we speak and so I find it that our relationship is very friendly, very healthy and therefore it makes me stress free. Therefore, I like to be very friendly with her.

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