Band 5: Describe a journey that didn't go as planned You should say Where you were going How you were travelling Who you were with What went wrong Explain what you would do differently (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Last summer, I went to Greece, and at first, all things went well. But after we arrived in Santorini, we went to a beach, and it was too sunny. So my family and I decided to stay in the hotel and wait for the sun to go down. However, we just slept in the hotel, and all our schedule went wrong. We slept in the hotel and waited, and the next day we started going to the places we didn't visit the day before. We went to the beach again, but it wasn't that good. So we went back to the hotel again, and we stayed in the hotel for five days without moving. This is the trip that I think we need to...

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Last summer I went to Greece and at first all things went well but after we arrived into Santorini we went to a beach and it is so too sunny. So me and my family decided to stay in the hotel and wait for the sun to let go down. However we just slept in the hotel and all our schedule went wrong. So we slept in the hotel and waited and in the next day we started going to the places that we didn’t go the day before. We went to the beach again but it is not that good. So we went back to the hotel again and so we stayed in the hotel for 5 days without moving. And this is the trip that I think we need to…

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