Band 7: Describe a memorable period or event from your childhood. You should say: • what the event or period was • what happened during this event or time • why it was memorable and what you learned from this experience. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I guess that this event, which was really memorable, happened 10 years ago when I visited my grandma's house with my family. They lived in a small house with a small garden, far away from our house. On that day, we were celebrating Flowers Day, a national celebration for the entire country. I saw, along with my friends and cousins, huge air balloons in the sky flying above us. It was really fun and fantastic to see them because it was the first memorable event for our country to witness such huge air balloons in the sky. It was truly fantastic and unforgettable because I had never experienced anything like that before. I definitely enjoyed my time during that period, and I really miss those days. I would love to turn back time to that day and those moments.

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I guess that this event which was really memorable happened 10 years ago when I had visited with my family, my grandma and grandma’s house. They were living in a small house, in a small garden, I mean far away from our house. And on that day we were celebrating Flowers Day. It was a national celebration for all of the country. And I saw, we saw with my friends, with my cousins, huge air balloons on the sky that were flying above us. And it was really fun and fantastic to see them because it was the first event, I guess it was the first memorable event for our country to see such huge air balloons in the sky. And it was really fantastic and unforgettable because I’ve never experienced that experience before. And I definitely, I had enjoyed my time on that time and I really miss that period. And I would like to turn the time back to that day, to those days.

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Band 7+: Describe a memorable period or event from your childhood. You should say: • what the event or period was • what happened during this event or time • why it was memorable and what you learned from this experience.

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