Band 6: Describe a successful person who you once studied or worked with You should say: - Who this person is - When you studied/worked with this person - What you did together - What this person did to become successful - And explain how you felt about studying or working with this person (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'd like to talk about a successful person I knew from my school days. Her name is Maya, and we were classmates from fifth to seventh grade. After that, she moved to a different school, but we stayed in touch. After completing her studies, Maya started a YouTube channel focused on music. She gained a lot of popularity during the lockdown period, and her channel really took off. She started earning money from YouTube ads, and I was so happy for her. We had been classmates for a long time, and it was amazing to see her success. I was over the moon when I heard about it. We recently met after several years, and it was incredible to see how much she had changed. She had a completely different lifestyle, and she was so confident and strong. It was truly inspiring to see her journey and how far she had come. It motivated me to pursue my own goals and dreams.

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I would like to say that for a successful person in my um life um uh was my friend m from fifth standards to 7th standard and after that uh she uh changed her to another schoolore but still we were in contact and after completing her studies she uh started a YouTube channel which is mainly focused on music and she became famous in the um lockdown uh duration. And after that um she will become very popular and uh she started getting money from the uh YouTube ask as well. And um I felt very happy for her like since she was my classmate and she studied with me um for a long time and when I heard about it I felt um I bec I was in uh I was over the moon and it was um a very happy news uh and uh after um few um so many years we have met recently and it was like um she changed her lifestyle totally and she became baby strong and ball. So it motivated me as well when um.

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Describe a crowded place you've been to. You should say: when you went there, where the place is (or, was), who you went there with, and explain how you felt about the place.

Describe a time you helped someone you didn't know. You should say: - Where and when this happened - Who the person was - What the situation was And explain how you felt afterwards.

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