Well, to start I want to say that I’m a very introverted and not sociable person. So I don’t like sharing my thoughts with someone and my opinion. So it happens every day at school at home. Everyone asks your opinion and teachers, my mom, my family asks my opinion. So I would say that it happens yes every day. For example, let’s talk about my mom’s asking my opinion. And she wants to know my opinion about various things like about clothes, about work, about what to do, what to cook for the dinner and other things. So I’m very delighted that she listens to my opinion and she wants to know my opinion and she doesn’t act without knowing my thoughts about an exact thing. So it’s very warm from your side. I want to say that giving opinions is the strategy that a lot of schools use because not everyone used to share their thoughts with someone. So they want to students to speak up to say about their, to talk about their opinion. So it happens every day and I can like talk about exact situation when I was asked about my opinion. Yes, so overall that’s how our society works with opinions of students, with opinions of people and other things.
Band 6+: Describe a time when someone asked for your opinion You should say: Who asked for your opinion Why he/she wanted to know your opinion What opinion you gave And explain how you felt when he/she asked for your opinion
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Well, to start, I want to say that I'm a very introverted and not sociable person. I don't like sharing my thoughts or my opinion. It happens every day at school and at home. Everyone asks for your opinion—teachers, my mom, my family. So I would say that it happens every day. For example, let's talk about my mom asking for my opinion. She wants to know my opinion about various things, like clothes, work, what to do, and what to cook for dinner. I'm very delighted that she listens to my opinion and wants to know it. She doesn't act without knowing my thoughts about a specific thing, so it's very warm from her side. I want to say that giving opinions is a strategy that a lot of schools use because not everyone is used to sharing their thoughts. They want students to speak up and talk about their opinions. It happens every day, and I can talk about a specific situation when I was asked for my opinion. Yes, so overall, that's how our society works with the opinions of students, the opinions of people, and other things.
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