Band 7: Describe a time when you got up early. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Now I would like to talk about the day when I had to wake up very early, and it was the day of my university entrance exam, the DTM. Although I'm used to waking up early, that morning felt completely different and very special because I knew it was one of the important days of my life. The night before, I knew that I had to wake up early, so I kept thinking about the exam and was very nervous whether I had prepared enough, so I couldn't sleep until midnight. Then the alarm went off, I woke up, and I deliberately wanted to go back to sleep because I knew I hadn't had enough rest, but I couldn't. So I just stayed up and drank a glass of water. Then we visited my grandparents' house. In our culture, it's very common to ask for their blessings and prayers before an important event. So I received their duas and headed to the exam center. The exam center was quite close to my house in Gulistan. When I arrived, I bumped into some of my friends, and I felt kind of confident because I was surrounded by familiar faces. Then we went into the exam hall, and the exam started. After the exam, I knew that I had done one of my best, and...

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Now I would like to talk about the day where I had to wake up very early and it was the day of my university entrance exam, the DTM. Although I’m used to waking up early, that morning felt completely different and very special because I knew it was one of the important days of my life. The night before I had to wake up, I knew that I had to wake up early, that’s why I kept thinking about the exam and I was very nervous whether I had prepared enough so I couldn’t sleep until midnight. Then alarm went off, I woke up, I deliberately wanted to go back to sleep because I knew I hadn’t had enough rest but I couldn’t that’s why I just stayed up and drank a drink, glass of water. Then we visited my grandparents house. In our culture it’s very common to ask for their blessings and prayers before an important event. So, I received their duos and headed to the exam center. The exam center was quite close to my house in the Gulistan. arrive I bumped into some of my friends and I felt kind of confident because I was surrounded with familiar faces and then we went into the exam hall and the exam started after the exam I knew that I had done one of my best and…

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