I would like to talk about some waste time activity. I remember that when I was at university level, I used to scrolling TikTok videos and I had no idea the time is wasted. Suddenly the date sheet was occur and my exam was near about only 14 days left. Then I started, I worked hard and I felt so seriously. After some time I felt so panicked and nervous, so I decided I was scrolling within 10-20 minutes. But after that I had no idea about the time was passing very very quickly. and I was scrolling even 1-2 videos even then 2-3 hours are gone. So I regret that. Then after I used to along the daily 1-2 videos, the times I totally wasted the about TikTok videos. Even as I converted to short videos to long videos and I had no idea about that. Eventually the exam did was occur and I had the when the paper was in front of me the answer I didn’t attempt this question very quickly and I had no proper information about these questions and all of these questions are on out of the syllabus because I didn’t to prepare that due to the wastage of the scroll due to the wastage of the time and overusing of the mobile. Then I remember after that my result was finalized and I failed the exam on English exam. I have no idea about that. How is it is disappointed for me? So I decided I never use the mobile phone even it’s not the wastage of time but it is also the stress and over stress as well as the lack of my self control. So overall I don’t recommend it to others to install the TikTok as well as to not only to use the TikTok videos but also the cut of the screen time because in exam as well as they can don’t put
Band 5+: Describe a time when you wasted time. You should say: - When this happened - What you were supposed to be doing - Why you weren't doing that activity And explain how you felt about wasting your time.
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I would like to talk about a time when I wasted time. I remember that when I was at university, I used to scroll through TikTok videos, and I had no idea that time was being wasted. Suddenly, the date sheet was announced, and my exam was only about 14 days away. Then I started to work hard, and I felt so serious. After some time, I felt so panicked and nervous, so I decided to limit my scrolling to 10-20 minutes. But after that, I had no idea that time was passing very, very quickly. I would scroll even 1-2 videos, and then 2-3 hours were gone. So I regretted that. Then, after that, I used to watch daily 1-2 videos, and I totally wasted time on TikTok videos. Even as I switched from short videos to long videos, I had no idea about that. Eventually, the exam did occur, and when the paper was in front of me, I couldn't attempt the questions quickly, and I had no proper information about those questions. All of those questions were out of the syllabus because I didn't prepare due to the wastage of time from scrolling and overusing my mobile. Then I remember after that, my result was finalized, and I failed the English exam. I had no idea how disappointed I was. So I decided I would never use my mobile phone excessively, as it's not only a waste of time but also causes stress and overstress, as well as a lack of self-control. So overall, I don't recommend others to install TikTok or to use TikTok videos, but also to cut down on screen time because in exams, they can't perform well.
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