Band 6: Describe a time when you decided something quickly (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, you know, in the first phase of life today, there are many times when I have to make decisions about something very quickly. Today I'm going to tell you about a time when I made a quick decision on choosing the dress for my sister's wedding. It happened two years ago on what seemed like a very normal day, but it became unexpectedly gorgeous when I received a message from my sister informing me that she was going to have a wedding, and she invited me to be the bridesmaid. I was so happy and blissful about that, but she gave me a really short time to prepare everything for the wedding, with a special responsibility like that. So I had to jump onto a website and try to find a dress that was suitable for my sister's wedding. After maybe half an hour, I decided to choose a long dress with some bling-bling accessories on it, and it had long sleeves made of satin. It was amazing, and after I finished choosing the available and suitable dress for my sister's wedding, I felt on cloud nine because on the same day I received big news and also made a very right decision on something really important and favorable in my life.

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Well, you know, in the first phase of life today, there are many times when I have to make decisions about something very quickly. And today I’m going to tell you about a time when I give a quick decision on choosing the dreads for my sister’s wedding. It happened two years ago when that was a very normal day, but it became unexpectedly gorgeous when I received a message from my sister and she informed me that she was going to have a wedding, you know, and she invited me to be the brimade. I was so, you know, happy and blissful for that, but because she gave me a really short time to prepare everything for a wedding, you know, with a special responsibility like that. So I have to jump into a website and try to find a dress that is suitable for my sister’s wedding. And after maybe half of an hour, I guess I decided to choose a quite long dress with some bling bling accessorized on it and it had long sleeves with satin kind of clothing. It was amazing and after I finished choosing the available and suitable dress for my sister’s wedding, I felt, you know, on the cloud nine because on the same day I was informed of big news and also I made a very right, you know, decision on something really important and favorable in my life.

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