Well I consider myself punal person which means that there is any hard hardly education when I was late. But today I would like to talk about a uh. Particular occasion when I was late. It was a time of my 12th grade. That time I had a crucial presentation in morningurn I did a lot of hard work for a week and uh. Before the day of presentation I slept at 11:00 p.m. so that’s why I faced difficulty to woke up early in the morning and I was overslept on the day of presentation. And I realized that I had only few minutes to ready for my school. I rushed up uh. Very early and uh. Arrived at school when I entered in class that time I saw that the class was already started and the professor was sitting on chair and I apologized for my mistake but the damage was done. And uh. Officer decided to give me a low mass in my presentation and I was disappointed. I did a lot of hard work and dedication to get better score in my presentation. After that I visited to my Ina teacher and told the whole story. I am late uh and my class tutor requesting to professor and said that she’s very hardeaking please uh. Give her two one chance. After that I spoke confidently and gave my presentation very manly. Uh. And the professor was so impressed and gave me a remarkable score in my presentationion. And I was felt up to the mark as I get the second chance. But uh. I was a little bit uh. Disappointed as with the uh. If teacher did not help me otherwise uh. I was unable to get this score in my presentation. So I never do this mistake again in my life. And all in all this is the 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 that it's hardly ever a problem for me to be late. But today, I'd like to talk about a particular occasion when I was late. It was during my 12th grade year. I had a crucial presentation in the morning, and I had put in a lot of hard work for a week. The night before the presentation, I went to bed at 11:00 p.m., so I had trouble waking up early the next morning. I overslept on the day of the presentation. I realized I only had a few minutes to get ready for school. I rushed out the door and arrived at school just as the class was starting. The professor was already sitting at his desk. I apologized for being late, but the damage was done. The professor decided to give me a low mark on my presentation, and I was disappointed. I had put in so much hard work and dedication to get a good score. After class, I went to see my teacher and explained the whole situation. I told her I was late and asked her to speak to the professor on my behalf. She was very understanding and asked the professor to give me a second chance. I then spoke confidently and gave my presentation with a lot of energy. The professor was impressed and gave me a remarkable score. I felt relieved that I got a second chance, but I was still a little disappointed that I had been late in the first place. If my teacher hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have been able to get that good of a score. So, I've learned my lesson and I'll never be late again. All in all, that was the time when I was late.
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