Band 6: Describe a time when you made a mistake that had a positive outcome. You should say: - What the mistake was - What happened as a result of the mistake - How you felt at the time And explain why the outcome was positive. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Two months ago, I had my summative assessment in math. I was preparing for it for two weeks and was so stressed. During the test, I encountered one difficult task, and I knew how to solve it, but I decided to approach it in another way. I don't know why, but I thought it was wrong, and after that, I cried a lot because I believed I was making a mistake by solving the problem differently. However, two days later, I received the highest mark in the class, and on that task, I got an A+. I was so shocked, and at the same time, I felt bad for my friends because I talked about that mistake all day. My teacher was also affected by that mistake. I kept saying sorry for misunderstanding the task. I consider it a positive outcome because I received an excellent mark, which I really appreciated. I can say that sometimes mistakes can lead to positive results.

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Two months ago I had my summative assessment on math. I was preparing for it for two weeks I was so stressed and during the test I got one task one hard task and there was one solve and I knew that but I decided to solve that task by another way and I don’t know why but I thought it’s wrong and after that I I cried a lot because I thought I was making a mistake by solving a problem with other way. But two days after I got the highest mark in class and on that task I got A+. I was so shocked and I was at the same time I felt bad for my friends because I just talked about that mistake for all day and my teacher also was affected by that mistake. I was saying sorry that I misunderstood the task. And I think it was a positive outcome because I got an excellent mark, which I really like. And I can say that sometimes mistakes may affect on positive.

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