There was one time last year when I was planning to go on a trip. I wanted to travel to a nearby city and explore some tourist attractions there. My plan was that I will go in the morning and return the next day and see three tourist attractions and go to multiple restaurants there to try the food and experience different dishes. The day before the trip I checked the weather forecast and it said that the weather would be sunny. But when I woke up the day of the trip I was surprised that there was a storm and it was pouring heavily that I couldn’t even go out of my own house to buy anything or do anything outdoors. This is why I had to change my plans and instead of going outdoors I invited my friends indoors to enjoy our time in my house and watch movie and grab a bite. I felt sad that day because my initial plan was to enjoy my time in nature and be surrounded by new views and new buildings. But I couldn’t do this because of the rain. I think that in the future I think I have to prepare a back-up plan in case this happens again.
Band 7+: Describe a time when the weather prevented you from doing something. You should say: what your plan was what weather you were hoping for what happened and explain how you felt when you had to change your plans.
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There was one time last year when I was planning to go on a trip. I wanted to travel to a nearby city and explore some tourist attractions there. My plan was to go in the morning and return the next day, visiting three tourist attractions and going to multiple restaurants to try the food and experience different dishes. The day before the trip, I checked the weather forecast, and it said that the weather would be sunny. But when I woke up on the day of the trip, I was surprised to find that there was a storm, and it was pouring heavily. I couldn't even go out of my house to buy anything or do anything outdoors. This is why I had to change my plans, and instead of going outdoors, I invited my friends indoors to enjoy our time at my house, watch a movie, and grab a bite. I felt sad that day because my initial plan was to enjoy my time in nature and be surrounded by new views and new buildings. But I couldn't do this because of the rain. I think that in the future, I need to prepare a backup plan in case this happens again.
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