Band 7: Describe a way that helps you save time (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about a way that helps me save a lot of time in the past. When I was studying and went to school, the school provided a bus transport facility for a charge. They charged around Rs. 10,000 for travel expenses from my home to the school's location. As it was a joint facility for 11th and 12th standard, sometimes the 12th standard students were late for their practicals, and we had to wait for them. Additionally, when our work was completed early, we couldn't leave and go home. We were often done early, but still had to wait for everyone to arrive, and the bus would only come after all the students had gathered. During this time, it took me almost an hour to travel from my home to school, and after school, it took almost an hour to return home. My father thought that this time could be better utilized if it could be saved on transportation. So, he provided me with a vehicle that I could take to school since I had a license to ride it. During this time, I saved almost an hour or more. Whenever I completed my work at school, I could leave without waiting for anyone. Eventually, this led to fewer surprises regarding transport or fuel charges or any other transportation costs that had occurred. It was a much better experience, and the time I saved allowed me to practice for my board exams, which were going to happen the following year. This saved time was quite beneficial.

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I would like to tell about the way that helps me save a lot of time in past. When I was studying, when I went to school, the school provided a bus transport facility at a charge. They provided around Rs. 10,000 for travel expense from my home to school’s location. As it was a joint facility for 11th and 12th standard, sometimes as 12th standard students were late for their practicals, we need to wait for them. Also in addition to this, when our work was completed earlier, we can’t get out and move to our home. We were quite early sometimes, but still we had to wait for everyone to come and the bus will only come in after all of the students had come. We need to wait for all the students to come. During this time, it took me almost around 1 hour before to travel from my home to school and after the school, it took almost 1 hour to come back to home. During this time, my father thought that this time could be beneficial if it could be saved for transporting. So, he provided me with the vehicle which I can take to school as I had a license to ride that. During this time, I saved almost around an hour or more than that. Whenever I complete my work at school, I can leave without waiting for anyone. And eventually, it led to less or even less surprise for transport or for the fuel charges or any other transportation charges that had happened. It was quite a better experience and the time which was saved was an experience to be better. The time which I saved, I took it to practice for my board exams which was going to happen next year with prior experience. This time was quite better.

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