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Band 5+: Describe a time you made a mistake that taught you a valuable lesson. You should say: - What the mistake was - What the situation was - Who was involved And explain what lesson you learned from it.

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Yes, I was going to talk about a mistake I made in my studies. One day, my teacher said to me, 'Give me your notebook and sit down.' I didn't care because I was sleeping at the time. My friend told me to get up and go to the teacher and write on the blackboard. I went and wrote on the blackboard, and the teacher really showed me that it was very useful information. I am very shy, and this happened two years ago. I felt very embarrassed and realized I needed to overcome my shyness in situations like this.

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Yes, I was going to say about made a mistake in my studies. So one day my teacher said to me, You give me your notebook and here you go and sit down and I don’t care it I was sleeping at the time and my friend said to me, you get up and go to the teacher and You delight in the blackboard and I go and delight in the blackboard and teacher really showed me because it is very useful information in blackboard and I’m very shy and this is happened two years ago in my very very shy and brassy

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Band 5+: Describe a time you made a mistake that taught you a valuable lesson. You should say: - What the mistake was - What the situation was - Who was involved And explain what lesson you learned from it.

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Describe a time you made a mistake that taught you a valuable lesson. You should say: – What the mistake was – What the situation was – Who was involved And explain what lesson you learned from it.

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Describe a time you made a mistake that taught you a valuable lesson. You should say: – What the mistake was – What the situation was – Who was involved And explain what lesson you learned from it.

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