Well, I consider myself as a punctual person which means that there’s a hardly occasion when I was late. But today I would like to talk about the particular occasion when I was late. Actually uh. Year ago when I was studied in 12th grade. That time I had a crucial presentationion in class schedule for the morning. I have been preparing for it for weeks and was detered to make great impression. However, on the day of presentation I was overslept. Um, so that’s why I wake up late and started to realize that uh. I had only few minutes to reach before the classes begin. I was to get ready and I arrived at classroom but the class had already started so I felt very disappointed. I walked in into classroom and professor was sitting at table and I apologized but the damage was done. The professor was impressed, unimpressed and decided to give me a bad mark. Uh. After that I requested to my teacher uh. And uh. Tell the whole story that uh. I had prepared a lot the things as I did a lot of hard work. Um. And my. As my teacher know that I am very hard working person. So she requested to professor to give me a better mark or gave me a second chance to give my presentation. After requesting my teacher um professor said me uh start your presentation. After that I performed very well and she gave me a good marks in my presentation. Firstly, I felt guilty and uh. Um. I think that with without help of my ma’am I was unable to get this score in my presentation and I think I will improve my. This habit to be late and I never do this mistake again. And all in all this is time when I was late.
Band 7+: Describe a time when you were late - When it was - why you were late - how you felt about being late
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Well, I consider myself a punctual person, which means there are hardly any occasions when I'm late. But today, I'd like to talk about a particular time when I was late. Actually, it was a few years ago when I was in 12th grade. I had a crucial presentation scheduled for the morning. I had been preparing for it for weeks and was determined to make a great impression. However, on the day of the presentation, I overslept. I woke up late and realized I only had a few minutes to reach the classroom before class started. I rushed to get ready and arrived at the classroom, but the class had already begun. I felt very disappointed. I walked into the classroom, and the professor was sitting at his desk. I apologized, but the damage was done. The professor seemed unimpressed and decided to give me a bad mark. After that, I requested to speak to my teacher and explained the whole story. I told her that I had prepared a lot and put in a lot of hard work. My teacher knew that I was a very hard-working student, so she requested the professor to give me a better mark or a second chance to give my presentation. After my teacher spoke to the professor, he told me to start my presentation. I performed very well, and he gave me a good mark on my presentation. Initially, I felt guilty and realized that without my teacher's help, I wouldn't have been able to get a good score on my presentation. I learned from this experience and decided to improve my habit of being late. I vowed never to make that mistake again. Overall, this was a time when I was late, and it taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of punctuality.
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