Band 6: Describe a time when you did something that made you happy. You should say: What it was Where you did it Who you were with And explain why it made you happy. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Oh, there are a lot of times when something made me happy, whether it was shopping in a department store or achieving a reward. Today, I would talk about the time I was rewarded by Taiwan University. As I mentioned before, I had the opportunity to study in Taiwan with a scholarship. I would say that the reward made me happy at that time. I received it from Taiwan University and the Taiwan government. They provided the tuition fee and also covered my living costs. Moving on to who I was with, I took the exam with my friend. It was a great opportunity for both of us to receive the scholarship together. Now, the reason why it made me happy is that it was the first time I could support myself for my education. Moreover, it was the first time I went abroad and studied abroad.

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Oh, there are a lot of times that I that something made me happy whether it be like shopping in the department store or achieve the reward. Today I would talk about the time that I have had been rewarded from the Taiwan University. As I mentioned before, that I had an opportunity to study Martin Dickey in Taiwan with the scholarship. So it would say that the reward made me happy at that time. I got that from the Taiwan University and Taiwan government. They provided the tuition fee and also the living cost to me. Moving on to who I was with, I think that I took that exam with my friend. It was a great opportunity that me and my friend got the scholarship together, received the scholarship together. Moving on to the reason why it made me happy because that was the first time that I can support myself for my education. And yeah, moreover, that was the first time I went aboard and studied aboard.

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