Band 5: describe a time when you complained about something (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Thanks for giving such an interview question. Let me share my thoughts on this topic. I want to describe a time when I needed to find a new shoe to begin the football tournament in my high school. Last week, I lost a shoe at school, but over the weekend, my high school celebrated the football tournament. I needed to buy a new shoe, so I constantly looked for more information on social media about shops where I could buy shoes. After talking with the salesperson, I was told that I could receive a shoe one day before the tournament. I was satisfied, but on the day I played football, I still had not received the shoe, so I was very disappointed. I approached the salesperson and asked about the shoe, and they quickly provided it to me, but they informed me that I could only receive the shoe after the football match. Later, I called my friend and borrowed a shoe to participate in the match. After the match, the salesperson apologized for the situation.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Thanks for giving such an interview question. Let me share my thoughts on this topic. I want to describe a time when I find a new shoe to begin the tournament of football in my high school. Last week I lost a shoe in the school but in the weekend my high school has celebrated the tournament of football. I need to buy a new shoe and I constantly find out more information in the social media about the shop and so I can buy shoes. After the process of talking with the soldier and the soldier told me that I can receive a shoe one day before the tournament. I was satisfied but in the day I played football I can receive the shoe so I was so disappointed. I responded to the soldier and asked for the shoe and the soldier gave me the shoe so quickly but the soldier told me that I can receive the shoe after the football match. Later I called my friend and borrowed the shoe to maintain the football match. After the match the soldier and the soldier are sorry about that.

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