Band 6: Describe a time when you helped someone. Who you helped What you did How it made you feel Explain why you decided to help (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I love helping people. I consider myself someone who really came to help others just because I know how it feels when someone helps us. Maybe this nature comes to me from how I grew up. I witnessed my parents help each other a lot, and we lived in a neighborhood that was very solid. Everyone took care of each other, so that made me feel like I have an obligation to protect others as they also protect me in their own way. There was a time when I helped a friend who really needed assistance. I lent this person money because she needed to buy a flight ticket for her brother. She didn't have enough money at that moment, and fortunately, I had some amount of money that I could lend her. After lending the money to her, I felt very worried because at that moment, I felt a happiness and tremendous fulfillment within myself. There’s a sense that you did the right thing, and I felt like I did the right thing. Whenever I help people, it just makes me feel amazing because I remember how it felt when someone helped me. It really meant so much. It made my life easier and brought so much ease to myself. This feeling of receiving help is something that I want to transfer back to people, reflecting back to the universe. I believe that at some moment, a long time ago or at any time in the future, someone will always come to help me. I believe in what you said about being helped; the plan you set will come back to you. That’s why I love to help people because I know it will come back to me, regardless of when it happens.

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Well, I love helping people. I consider myself as someone that really came to help others just because I know how it feels when someone helps us. Maybe this is, maybe this nature comes to me as I grew up. I witnessed my parents help each other a lot and we live in a neighborhood which was very solid. Everyone is taking care of each other so that made me feel like I have an obligation to protect others as they also protect me in their own way. So there was a time where I helped a friend that really needed assistance. So I landed this person’s money because she needed to buy a flight ticket for her, if I’m not mistaken, her brothers. She didn’t have enough money at that moment and fortunately that time I had some amount of money or budgets that I can lend her or borrow her. After lending the money to her or when I helped her finance I felt like very worried because that moment I just felt like I gained the happiness and tremendous fulfillment within myself because there’s a sense that you did the right things and I felt like at that moment I did the right things. Whenever I helped people it just made me feel amazing because I remember how when I felt help it was the moment where I felt like when someone helped me it’s really meant so much. It made my life easier. It brought so much ease in myself. So this feeling when I’m receiving help is something that I want to transfer back to people reflecting back to the universe as an upgraded that once at a moment, a long time ago or any time at a future, someone will always come to help me because I believe what you said that you were going to be helped plan the set that you planned. So that’s why I love to help people because I know it’s going to become back to me regardless of time whenever and whenever it’s going to be happening.

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