Band 6: Describe a time you helped somebody (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I don't know if I can help someone, but when I was in high school, in the history lessons, I helped my classmates. I was really good at history, and I worked with my classmates because their knowledge was so poor. I had bad grades because of it, so I made a decision to work with them and improve both my knowledge and theirs. I helped them by making flashcards, maps, and everything connected with history. They were very thankful and really appreciated it. It was very exciting for me, and it was a great way to socialize because I am an introvert. It helped me a lot. They also helped me because we had to pass a history exam in ninth grade. They didn't have any knowledge, so they couldn't pass that exam. To sum up, it was a very good time for me to socialize and to help someone who needed it. I was really happy.

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I don’t know if I can help someone, but when I was in this high school, in the history lessons, I helped my classmates with that. I was really good in history and I worked with my classmates and his knowledge was so bad. I had bad grades because of it and I made a decision so I had to work with him and make my knowledge and knowledge of my classmates better. I helped them with the made flashcards, maps and everything connected with history. They were very thankful and they really appreciated it. It was very exciting for me and it was a very good way to socialize me because I am an introvert. It helped me a lot. They did help also because we had to pass an exam in history exams at the ninth grade. They didn’t have any knowledge so they couldn’t pass that exam to sum up. It was a very good time to socialize me and to help someone who needs it. I have been really happy.

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