I heard a piece of good news last week. My sister got a very good score in her assessment. And she also passed her test, um, and she told me by message messaging me on my phone, and I felt very happy for her and grateful for her. And she said that she was very thankful that I had given her lots of help and assistance. And also she, uh, she worked very hard for this test. And I felt that she deserved this score. Also, I helped her a lot before the test, uh, for, like, the preparation and also practicing with her about the test and also giving her lots of tips to um, of how to do these questions and answer them. And her parents gave her a lot of support too. Uh, just the night before the test, she was so nervous that she can’t even stopped thinking about it, and she can’t sleep. So her parents came into her room and said that you have to do this, and it is okay if you had a bad score or if you didn’t pass the because we can do it again. And you did a lot and prepared a lot for this test. So we trust you to have a very good school. And in the end, they were very happy and told her that they always believed she could pass the assessment. And her teachers were were very happy too as they gave her lots of classes in preparing for this. And I think to her, she is very lucky to have lots of people supporting her when she have uh, problem to solve. Yeah.
Band 6+: Describe a piece of good news that you heard about someone you know well You should say: What it was When you heard it • How you knew it And explain how you felt about it
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I heard a piece of good news last week. My sister got a very good score in her assessment and she also passed her test. She told me by messaging me on my phone, and I felt very happy and grateful for her. She said she was very thankful that I had given her lots of help and assistance. She worked very hard for this test, and I felt that she deserved this score. I helped her a lot before the test, with the preparation, practicing with her, and giving her lots of tips on how to answer the questions. Her parents gave her a lot of support too. The night before the test, she was so nervous that she couldn't even stop thinking about it and couldn't sleep. Her parents came into her room and reassured her, saying it was okay even if she didn't do well because they could try again. They trusted her to do well since she had prepared a lot. In the end, they were very happy and told her that they always believed she could pass the assessment. Her teachers were also very happy as they had given her lots of classes to prepare. I think she is very lucky to have so much support when facing challenges.
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