Band 6: Describe a time when your computer broke down. You should say When it was What you were doing What you did about it And how you felt about it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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So, I was playing Minecraft on my laptop, and it was approximately 2 or 3 weeks ago. I was playing, and at some point, my game bugged and lagged. It was very surprising because I was at the culmination of defeating the main boss, the Ender Dragon. I was furious about it. There was a lot of frustration going through my mind. I feel that it's the main reason why it happened. It's because my computer is not really well-suited for playing games, but rather for doing office work. However, I think another thing that contributed to this situation is that I had downloaded a lot of mods on the original version of Minecraft. I guess that was the main reason why my computer broke. However, it was just a blue screen. After I re-downloaded it, we resolved any problems we were going to have.

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So, I was playing Minecraft at my laptop and it was approximately 2 or 3 weeks ago. So I was playing and at some point my game has bugged and lagged. It was very surprising because I was at the culmination of defeating the main boss in the face of the dragon. So I was even furious about it. There was a lot of frustration going in my head. I feel that it’s the main reason why it has happened. It is because my computer is not really well created for playing games, but rather for doing office work. However, I think the other thing which contributed into this situation is that I have downloaded a lot of mods on the original version of Minecraft. I guess that was the main reason why my computer broke. However, it was just a blue screen. After I re-downloaded it, we set it to any problem we were going to have.

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