Band 6: describe a time when you achieve a goal (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I would like to talk about a situation when I achieved my goal. Such situations have happened many times in my life, but the most important one is getting into university. My exam was so hard, but I did my best to get in. You know, people have a lot of goals, aims, or even dreams, but most of them will not come true. It depends on people's actions and intentions. I believe this motivational saying helped me a lot. Day by day, I started working harder without sleeping much. I slept at least three or four hours. I didn't go to bed early; I slept late and woke up early. My days passed like that, but I achieved my goal. You know what? Achieving goals can motivate people and help them continue living a good life. This is the time I achieved my goal, and I was so excited when I saw my results.

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Well, I would like to talk about a situation when I achieve my goal. Such situations happened many times in my life, but the most important and what is so essential one is my getting into university. I mean, my exam, yeah, it was so hard, but I did my best to get into university. You know, people have a lot of goals or aims or even dreams, but most of them will come true, but most of them will not. And so it depends on people’s action and the intention. I believe you. And this motivational speech sentence helped me a lot. And one day by day, I started hard and hard without sleeping. Yeah, I slept at least four or three hours. I slept. I didn’t go to bed early. I slept late and wake up early. My day passed like that, but I achieved my goal. And you know what? Achieving goals can make people so motivated and you continue living in a good life. Yeah, this is my time that I achieved my goal and I was so excited when I see my results.

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