Band 7: Describe a plan you had to change (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I am going to talk about the time when I decided to change my plans because of the unexpected weather change. One time, my friends and I decided to go for a picnic to this beautiful park we had heard about. We had been planning this outing for a while, and I was looking forward to meeting them. I had even made a list, and my friends made sure to prepare everything we needed, from drinks to snacks, even a speaker for music. The next day, when we started packing everything, the weather suddenly changed, and it started raining. We were very sad, and we had to postpone our plans. I was so disappointed because I was really excited about this outing. We had been preparing for it for a long time. However, I decided to call my friends and told them to come to my home and watch different types of movies. They agreed, of course, with my idea, and we watched two types of movies, like horror movies. In addition, I want to say that even though our plans were ruined, we found a solution, and I was really happy that I was able to meet with my friends. We also took beautiful pictures and made a lot of memories.

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Now I am going to talk about the time when I decided to change my plans because of the unexpected weather change. One time, with my friends and I decided to go for a picnic to this beautiful park we’re hearing about. We had been planning this outing for a while and I was looking forward to meeting them. I had even made cinemas, also my friends made sure to prepare everything we needed from drinks to snacks, even a speaker for music. The next day, when we started to picking everything, weather suddenly changed and it started raining. We were very sad and we had to postpone our plans. I was so disappointed because I was really excited about this outing. Then we had been preparing for it for a long time. However, I decided to call my girls and told them to come to my home and watch different types of movies. They agreed, of course, with my idea and we watched two types of movies, like horror movies. In addition, I want to say that if our plans ruined it, we found a solution and I was really happy that I was able to meet with my girls. We also had beautiful pictures and a lot of memories.

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