Band 6: Describe a time when you had a chance to talk with your friends about yourself What the topic is And why you talk about that topic (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I would like to talk about a time when I had a chance to talk with my friends about myself. When I was in grade one, I was new at school and had no one to make friends with. One person came to me and started to talk with me, asking about myself. After that, I began to share my background with her, and we started to talk with each other and became good friends. She came from a poor family, and her dad was an alcoholic. Her parents did not pay much attention to her, and she always shared these kinds of home issues with me. We talked about that topic because we were best friends and shared everything with each other. She trusted me, and after sharing our experiences, we felt a bit of relief. So, we discussed everything related to that topic.

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

Well I would like to talk about time uh when I had a uh chance to talk with my friends about myself. Whenever I’m in grade one I’m new at school and I have no one to make friends and the one person who came there by me and see I started to talk with me and asking about myself and after that uh I started to give my bio that through her and we started to uh talk with each other other and we became a good friend at the moment and uh um she belongs from poor family and uh her dad was alcoholic and as well as her parentsate attention to her and she always uh share this kind of uh home um things to me and m we talk about that topic because we are best friend and we share everything with each other and uh she trust me and after sharing things we feel a bit relief. So we hear everything about the topic.

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