Band 5: Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you wanted to learn it - What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I'm going to talk about a skill that I've learned but found difficult. First of all, I have learned many skills, but the best one is learning to drive a car. At first, I thought that driving a car was easy, especially since my brother drove a car and I thought it was not difficult. Then, my brother asked me to drive the car on my own, and at that time, I was nervous. It was really challenging, and my brother's advice made it clear that it wasn't easy; it was difficult to do and required careful attention. As I was trying to drive, I realized that it was not as simple as it looked. So, I think one of the best skills that I learned but found difficult is driving a car. I am still working on mastering it, but I have made significant progress over time.

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Now I’m gonna talk about skills that I’ve learned but found difficult. First of all, I have terrible skills that I learned but found difficult. But the best one is the skill like learning English. No, no, the skill like driving a car. At first I was thought that driving a car is easy, especially in celebrations like my brother drove a car and I thought it was not difficult and at the time I was I was asked by my brother to drive the car for my own and as the time I was sad it was really but not and above my brother’s state it wasn’t easy it’s difficult to do and be carefully do it as the time my brother told to me so when I was seeing that my own to drive The car looks like something that was not easy to drive on. So, I think one of the best skills that I learned but found difficult is driving a car.

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Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

Describe a skill you learned that was more difficult than you expected. You should say: – What the skill was – Why you wanted to learn it – What made it difficult And explain how you felt when you finally mastered it.

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