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Band 5+: Describe a time you solved a problem in a creative way. You should say: - What the problem was - What made it difficult - What you did to solve it And explain why you consider your solution to be creative.

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When I was a teenager, actually in class 9, we got an assignment to create a jungle that had all types of animals. It was very difficult for me. I didn't trust my artistic skills, and it was challenging to make all the shapes. We had a team of students, and we decided to distribute the work among ourselves. Each person handled two tasks, and we worked together. In the end, we created a beautiful jungle scene, and I felt proud of what we accomplished as a team after overcoming that challenge.

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When I am teenager actually in class 9th we got assignment to make a jungle to make a jungle that have all types of animals It’s very difficult for me. I haven’t trust in arts but it’s very difficult for me to make all the shapes. It’s very difficult. We have a team of such kinds of students and we can distribute over work one by one. one in per person we can distribute a per person everyone have to handle two over situations and you would have to work there work but then no.

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Band 5+: Describe a time you solved a problem in a creative way. You should say: - What the problem was - What made it difficult - What you did to solve it And explain why you consider your solution to be creative.

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