Actually I spent a lot of time with my grandparents during my childhood because I had a special kind of love with my grandparents and I enjoyed his company. So today I would like to talk about a job that one of my grandparents did. So that job was vegetable sellers. Actually during my summer vacation I used to visit my grandparents home and he usually told me a lot of stories about his life. So by doing that we spend a happier time with each other. So he told me one day he told me that I used to sell vegetables in the vegetable market. So what he does at that time because my great grandparents were also farmers. So he usually developed his interest due to their parents. So at that time they did not have enough money to start another business. So what he used to do he used to buy vegetables from their neighbors farmers and then sold. He used to sell it in the vegetable market. With the passage of time he bought some place in the vegetable market and built his shop. So he struggled a lot because at that time he was able to bear his expenses and he did not have asked for help from their parents. So with the passage of time he usually quit that job and after that at that time he sounds grue older. So they took their business. So I really feel proud whenever I would look down on the roadside vegetable market.
Band 6+: Describe a job that one of your grandparents did • What was the job about • Was this only the one job she or he did • How you felt about it
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Actually, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents during my childhood because I had a special kind of love for them, and I enjoyed their company. So today, I would like to talk about a job that one of my grandparents did. That job was as a vegetable seller. During my summer vacation, I used to visit my grandparents' home, and he usually told me a lot of stories about his life. By doing that, we spent happier times together. One day, he told me that he used to sell vegetables in the vegetable market. At that time, my great-grandparents were also farmers, so he developed his interest due to their influence. They did not have enough money to start another business. What he used to do was buy vegetables from neighboring farmers and then sell them in the vegetable market. With the passage of time, he bought a place in the vegetable market and built his shop. He struggled a lot because, at that time, he had to bear his expenses and did not ask for help from his parents. Eventually, he quit that job, and as he grew older, he expanded his business. I really feel proud whenever I look down on the roadside vegetable market.
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