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Band 6+: Describe a skill that you learned from older people

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Actually, I am a person who loves to experiment and learn new things. However, here I would like to talk about a time when I gained knowledge about a skill from my grandparents. Actually, it is my grandma. It happened two years ago when I visited her house in a village. I live with my parents in the city, and they live in a rural area. Therefore, I visit frequently. My grandmother is a gifted person who cooks very well. One time, I asked my grandmother to teach me something exceptional. She said she would help me learn how to cook something. Actually, she taught me to make Aloo Paratha. It was a tasty food that I enjoyed at her hands. Firstly, she collected the ingredients and showed me what kind of ingredients were needed to make Aloo Paratha. Then she added these ingredients to a mixture. She added chili, salt, and flour in a pot and mixed it with water. After that, she fried this ball using home appliances. I was able to learn this skill, and when I tried it at home, I found it quite interesting. I was able to achieve this skill. That was a skill I learned from a senior citizen who is none other than my grandmother.
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Actually I am a person who loves to experiment to learn new things. However here I would like to talk about a time when I gain knowledge about a skill from my grandparents. Actually he is my grandma. It happened two years ago when I visited his house in a village. Actually I live with my parents in cities and they live in the rural area. Therefore I visited frequently in this place. My grandmother is a gift-hunting person who cooks very well. Therefore I feel good once time and I asked my grandmothers to taught me something which is exceptional. He said he helped me to learn how to cook something. Actually he taught me to learn making Aloo Paratha. It was the tasty food which I eat at her hand. Firstly he collected the ingredients and showed me what kind of ingredients needed to make Aloo Paratha. Then he added this ingredient with a mixture. He added chili, salt and flour in a pot and mixed it with water. After that he fried this ball at home appliances. I was able to learn this skill and once I tried it at my home and I found it was quite interesting. I was able to achieve this skill. That was a skill which I learnt from a senior citizen who is another than my grandmother.

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