Band 5: Describe a situation when you were late and missed something important. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Okay, so it's time for two minutes. Please begin. So when it comes to my situation about being late, there's one situation that really stands out. It was when my father wanted me to pick him up after I got my driver's license. My father always told me to practice my driving skills. Last month, he came to the window and asked me to pick him up and drive my own car. However, I completely forgot about his arrival time and ended up being late by about one hour. He was very upset with me about this, and I made excuses, saying I started too late on my homework and had other things to complain about. He told me there was no chance for me to pick him up because he was so mad at me. I felt really sad about this because he didn't trust my driving skills anymore. I realized I need to change myself for next time.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Okay, so it’s time for two minutes. Okay, please begin. Okay, so when it comes to my situation about I was I was late. It will, there’s one situation that I really impressed about it was when I’m my father. When I got the driver’s license, my father always told me to practice your driving skill. So last month, he just came from the window and he just wanted me to pick him up and drive my own car. But I really just forgot about his time and forgot about his arrival time. So I went late for about one hour. and he so he just got very pretty mad about me about this thing and I just excuse that I am starting too late for my homework and for my undergraduate something to complain so he just he just talked to me that there’s no chance to there’s no chance to pick him up because he’s so mad at me that I’m so sad about this because he didn’t trust my dragon spirit anymore. And so I will change myself next time.

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