Band 6: Describe an object that you have repaired or fixed yourself. You should say: - What the object was - How you repaired it - How long it took And explain how you felt after repairing it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Today I will talk about an object that I have repaired or fixed myself. It all started on a beautiful evening when I decided to go on a ride on my bicycle to take a break from the day-to-day hustle. This bicycle was quite special to me because my parents had gifted it to me for my 13th birthday. I loved it with every part of my heart and it was quite valuable to me. Since I had this bicycle for quite a long time, I became quite good at riding it. This means that I went at quite a fast speed, often outpacing many other kids that were bicycling at the same time. Now it was quite a disappointing time when this bicycle got damaged. So how it got damaged was that since I was riding the bicycle at such a fast speed, I did not notice that there was a rock on the ground which I did not see. The bicycle went over it and I stumbled and fell off the bicycle. Not only did I hurt myself awfully, but the bicycle mirror came apart. I was devastated because this bicycle meant everything to me. I knew that it was very important for me to fix this. So I went home despite the fact that I was suffering slightly with pain and I took a patch and tightened its knot around it. It took ages to fix this bicycle but I knew that it was worth it and I felt so beyond proud of this because I fixed the bicycle that my parents had gifted me.

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Today I will talk about an object that I have repaired or fixed myself. It all started on a beautiful evening when I decided to go on a ride on my bicycle to take a break from the day-to-day hustle. This bicycle was quite special to me because my parents had gifted me this for my 13th birthday. I loved it with every part of my heart and it was quite valuable to me. Since I had this bicycle for quite a long time, I became quite good at riding the bicycle. This means that I went on quite a fast speeder, often outpacing many other kids that were bicycling at the same time. Now it was quite a disappointing time when this bicycle got damaged. So how it got damaged was that since I was riding the bicycle at such a long, fast speed, I did not, it did not come to my attention that there was a rock on the ground which I did not see. The bicycle went over it and I stumbled upon my feet and fell off the bicycle. Not only did I hurt myself awfully, the bicycle mirror came apart. I was devastated because this bicycle meant everything to me. I knew that it was very important for me to fix this. So I went home despite the fact that I was suffering slightly with pain and I took a patch cause and tightened its knot around it. It took ages to fix this bicycle but I knew that it was worth it and I felt so beyond proud of this because I fixed the bicycle that my parents had gifted me.

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