Band 7: Describe a time when you had to wait for someone or something to arrive Who or what you were waiting for What and when this happened How long do you have to wait How you fell during the week and what you did (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I wanted to talk about a time when I had to wait for something. It was last year in summer when I was at my grandmother's house for the summer holidays. During that time, I saw a very beautiful dress in an online advertisement and wanted to own it. I had a little money, so I ordered this dress for my birthday party. They told me that the delivery would be approximately 3 days. I was really looking forward to it. I was very impatient, but I tried to distract myself by doing different activities. For example, I drew and painted, as they are some of my favorite ways to spend my free time, and I forgot about everything else. However, my delivery arrived not in 3 days, but in 5 days. While it wasn't a very big problem, I was a bit sad because I was eager to receive it. But when I finally received it, I was very happy, and I loved the dress. It fit me very well.

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I wanted to talk about time when I had to wait for something. It was last year in summer when I was at my grandmother’s house for summer holidays. On those days, on the online advertising, I saw a very beautiful dress and wanted to own it. So I had a little money and ordered this dress for my birthday party. They said to me that the delivery will be approximately 3 days. I was really looking forward to it. I was very impatient, but I tried to distract myself by doing different activities. For example, by drawing or painting, because they are one of my favorite ways to spend my free time and forgot about anything. But my delivery arrived not at 3 days, but at 5 days. Also, it is not a very big problem. Since I was eager to receive the delivery, I was a bit sad. But when I received it, I was very happy and I loved this dress. It fit me very well.

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