Today I would like to talk about a risk that that I thought would lead a terrible result but ended up with positive uh, result. Uh, it was in it was in uh, 2022 when I was in grade, uh, twelve. Uh, in in my in. In my uh, in my in my test exam. In my textm um um, I I was uh, I was uh, I was uh, I was s. Before uh, before. Before my. Before before my fin finance exam and I could not um, I cannot cannot revised, uh, full uh, full um, all chapter Allter. Uh, I only reverse two or threeter and but but I um, but I also turned uh, turned in in the exam and uh uh, I think and in the in the exam uh, in the camp I didn’t write. I didn’t uh uh, I didn’t wrote well, uh, uh, well because my header my hand is shaking. Shaking and I think I think I I I going to he was uh. I think um. I going to failed but uh, ended of it. What end of I was first with uh, with with, uh, with with, um. Uh. Uh, with aver is great ah ine in finance and um. I felt I felt so lucky at this time because uh. Because of um. Because uh. Of illness I could not uh, I cannot revised my full syllabus. Um, but um. Inead of I I I have I have a positive results.
Band 5+: describe a risk you took that you though would lead to a terrible result but ended up with a positive result. You should say - when you took the risk -why you took the risk -How it went -And explain how you felt about it
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Today I'd like to talk about a risk I took that I thought would lead to a terrible result, but ended up with a positive outcome. It was in 2022, when I was in grade twelve. I was preparing for my final finance exam, and I hadn't been able to revise the entire syllabus. I only managed to cover two or three chapters. Despite this, I decided to take the exam anyway. During the exam, I felt incredibly nervous. My hands were shaking, and I didn't think I was writing well. I was convinced I was going to fail. However, to my surprise, I ended up getting the highest grade in the class! I was incredibly lucky. Due to an illness, I hadn't been able to revise the entire syllabus, but despite that, I still managed to achieve a positive result. It was a huge relief and a testament to the fact that sometimes, even when you feel unprepared, you can still succeed.
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