Band 6: Describe a sporting event you watched. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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About a year and a half ago, there was a valuable competition held in our school, a sport held between the 8th and 9th graders. It was such an exciting event. Our class boys were playing, and the whole class was watching and cheering loudly. We all really wanted our team to win, so we supported them with all our hearts. Our main rivals were the 9th graders; even so, they were older and bigger than us. We believed in our team because we played amazingly well. The ball was flying from hand to hand so quickly and skillfully that it felt like we ourselves were playing. In the end, our team won the competition. Later, they played against other classes and managed to secure second place overall. We were young and less experienced. We surprised everyone with our performance. It was impressive that we didn't even need to call on the reserve players. I still remember the excitement and pride I felt that day.

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About a year and half ago there was a valuable competition held in our school, a sport hold between the 8th and 9th graders. It was such an exciting event. Our class boys were playing and the whole class was watching and cheering loudly. We all really wanted our team to win, so we supported them with all our hits. Our main rivals were the 9th graders, even so they were year old and bigger than us. We believe in our team because we played amazingly well. The ball was flying from hand to hand so quickly and stillfully that it felt like we ourselves were playing. In the end our team won the competition. Later they played against other classes and managed to set your second place overall. You were a young and less experienced. We surprised everyone with our performance. It was impressive that we didn’t even need to call on the reserve players. I still remember the excitement and pride I felt that day.

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