I’ve left the town when I was stuck in a traffic jam. It was about five years ago when I was going to take an entrance exam to the city centre. Actually that day we have left the house earlier than before. So I didn’t have any doubt to arrive on time. But, luckily, then I have realized that we were approximately waiting for 20 minutes because of the traffic condition. Actually, firstly, I didn’t care so much as I thought that this is not a big city like others, and for a few minutes later, everything will be alright. But, the things didn’t go as I expected. It was about 30 minutes and we were still on the way. That made me much more anxious. This was kind of the worst experience that I have ever had because of the traffic jam. As that exam was like by far the most important exam in my entire life. So for the next years I would be a university student and I put a lot of effort for preparing this exam for years. And I started to pray that I don’t want to fail not because of lessons, just because of traffic jam, but then later everything went right. and we started writing toward that place. I remember that I barely arrived on time. I was still anxious and nervous because of this situation. And I barely concentrated on my test and writing. But luckily everything was good and I became successful at that time. So even if it’s kind of bad experience for me but I finally made it happen.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you were stuck in a traffic jam. You should say: - when it happened - where you were going - how long you were stuck there - and explain how you felt about this traffic jam.
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I left the town when I was stuck in a traffic jam. It was about five years ago when I was going to take an entrance exam in the city centre. Actually, that day we had left the house earlier than before, so I didn't have any doubt that I would arrive on time. But, luckily, then I realized that we were approximately waiting for 20 minutes because of the traffic condition. Actually, firstly, I didn't care so much as I thought that this is not a big city like others, and in a few minutes later, everything would be alright. But things didn't go as I expected. It was about 30 minutes and we were still on the way. That made me much more anxious. This was kind of the worst experience that I have ever had because of a traffic jam, as that exam was by far the most important exam in my entire life. For the next years, I would be a university student, and I put a lot of effort into preparing for this exam for years. I started to pray that I didn't want to fail not because of lessons, just because of a traffic jam, but then later everything went right, and we started moving toward that place. I remember that I barely arrived on time. I was still anxious and nervous because of this situation, and I barely concentrated on my test and writing. But luckily everything was good, and I became successful at that time. So even if it's kind of a bad experience for me, I finally made it happen.
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