It was important to tell this trust to my friend. My friend’s name is Ismael and we know, we know each other since seventh grade and now we are in ninth grade. The trust about that when we play chess we see and he lost because, uh, I changed the position of uh, one pawn and he didn’t without telling him. And he didn’t notice that ah, he couldn’t believe he had lost because he knew chess very well and played well. Played well. I don’t know how, um, how he didn’t notice that. Notice that I have cheated. I have cheated. Then we played again and I lost. He beat me easily and he said that he play differently in the previous game. Then um, I uh, had to tell the trust. Uh, he didn’t react at all and he just laughed later. We have had a lot of chess arguments with him.
Band 5+: Describe a time when it was important to tell your friend the truth
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It was important to tell this truth to my friend. My friend's name is Ismael, and we have known each other since seventh grade, and now we are in ninth grade. The truth was that when we played chess, I changed the position of one pawn without telling him, and he didn't notice. He couldn't believe he had lost because he knew chess very well and played well. I don't know how he didn't notice that I had cheated. Then we played again, and I lost. He beat me easily and said that he played differently in the previous game. Then I had to tell the truth. He didn't react at all and just laughed. Later, we had a lot of chess arguments. It was important to tell him because honesty is essential in our friendship, and I didn't want to undermine our trust.
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