Band 6: Describe an occasion when you asked someone for advice (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, to be honest, I should really say that there have been many situations where I have sought advice from my friends. Today I'm going to talk about an occasion when I asked my friend for advice. One month ago, I had just bought a new PlayStation. After only one week, it completely stopped working. At that time, I panicked and started to ask around, but nobody seemed to have any help. Then I remembered my friend, the server, who is really good with technology. I called him up and started to explain the situation. He quickly diagnosed the problem and gave me step-by-step instructions on how to fix it. I followed his advice carefully, and within 15 minutes, my new PlayStation started working again. I was on cloud nine and very grateful for his help. I thanked my friend and expressed my appreciation for his support.

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Well, to be honest, I should really say that there have been many situations where I have sought advice from my friends. And today I’m gonna talk about an occasion when I asked my friend for advice. One month ago I had just bought a new PlayStation. Then after only one week it completely stopped working. Then at the time I panicked and started to ask around. But nobody seems to have any help. And at the time I remembered my friend the server who is real with technology. Then at the time I called him up, then started to explain the situation. Then he quickly diagnosed the process. Then at the time it gave me step by step instructions how to fix it. Then I followed his advice carefully. Then within 15 minutes my new PlayStation started running. Then at the time I was very on cloud nine and very grateful for his help. Then I said my friend thankfully my friend and things like that.

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