I’d like to talk about a wedding ceremony which was carried out a month ago. It was my brother’s wedding ceremony, so I wake up very early and I was busy throughout the day. It was my brother’s wedding ceremony, so he preferred to celebrate his wedding in our old garden, which was an inheritance from my great-grandfather. It’s our family’s heirloom. It has its sentimental value and it’s special to us and it brings back happy memories. For example, I still remember as a child when my grandfather told me how to plant an oak sapling correctly. The whole town came to the wedding ceremony and I was surprised by seeing the mop coming towards our home and there were guests coming to see the marriage vows. I mean the groom and the bride. Everyone was and they came with flowers and they had a formal clothing. Everybody was blown away by seeing the groom’s friends gifted a card to him and we gathered in the garden and after commemorating our ancestors with silence we continued the ceremony. with a great pleasure and everyone was clapping for my brother and the bride, which was, I mean, who was stunningly beautiful, with great pleasure in delight. And I did not expect such sensation at all and it was a memorable wedding ceremony So I recorded its video version in order to watch it with my family members when I’m old.
Band 7+: Describe a wedding that you have attended You should say: • whose wedding it was • who was there • what happened And explain how you felt.
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I'd like to talk about a wedding ceremony that took place a month ago. It was my brother's wedding ceremony, so I woke up very early and was busy throughout the day. He preferred to celebrate his wedding in our old garden, which was an inheritance from my great-grandfather. It's our family's heirloom. It has sentimental value and is special to us, bringing back happy memories. For example, I still remember as a child when my grandfather told me how to plant an oak sapling correctly. The whole town came to the wedding ceremony, and I was surprised to see the crowd coming towards our home, with guests arriving to witness the marriage vows of the groom and the bride. Everyone came with flowers and wore formal clothing. Everybody was blown away when the groom's friends gifted him a card, and we gathered in the garden. After commemorating our ancestors in silence, we continued the ceremony with great pleasure, and everyone clapped for my brother and the bride, who was stunningly beautiful. I did not expect such a sensation at all, and it was a memorable wedding ceremony. I recorded a video version to watch it with my family members when I'm older.
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