Band 6: Describe a time when you received good news (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Okay, so now I am going to describe a time when I received good news. It was a month ago when I went to the US Embassy for my student visa interview. From the morning, I went to the US Embassy and prepared myself for the interview very early. I was very nervous as this was my first time, and I didn't know whether I would be accepted or not, as you know, the visa interview is a tricky thing. We have to answer very carefully. After going to the US Embassy, the visa officer asked me two questions. First of all, why this university, and what are your future plans? I replied confidently, and after that, he evaluated my answers and checked my DS-162 form for cross-checking. After that, he finally gave me the result, which was UBSS approved. I was very excited, and this was good news for my life because I had been waiting for this for a long time. This is my good news, and I felt very happy at that moment. I will never forget this moment. I had been waiting for this day for more than two years, so I think this is very good news that I received.

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Okay so now I am going to describe a time when I received a good news. It was a month ago when I went to US Embassy for giving my student visa interview. So from the morning I went to US Embassy and I started myself for the interview in the very early of the morning. I was very nervous as this is my first time and I don’t know whether I will be accepted or not as you know visa interview is a tricky thing. So we have to answer with so trickily. So after going to US Embassy visa officer asked me two questions. First of all why this university and what is future plan and I replied smartly and after that he evaluated my answer and he checked my DS162 form for a cross-checked. After that he finally gave me the result which is UBSS approved. So I was very excited and this was a good news for my life because I was waiting for this for a decent time. So this is my good news and I felt very happy at that moment and I will never forget this moment. I was waiting for the day more than two years. So I think this is the very good news. I received.

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