Well, thankfully I am a person who has a strong memory. And I can say that I don’t remember the last time I forgot something. Maybe it may denote that I have a weak memory. But what I say is, I believe that as I have a strong memory, I don’t forget things easily. But when I was a child, I was more irresponsible than I am right now. And there was a moment in my childhood I still vividly remember. My parents were leaving the home to visit our village. And I felt adventures to meet my friends. I thought that it would be a good opportunity for me to spend time together and hang out. And because of my excitement, I forgot that keys were… There were no spare keys. And I forgot the keys to take with me when I left the home. Well, as I said, this is the thing I forgot. I forgot the keys. But I really felt disappointed afterwards. As I think that my parents will be frustrated because of my irresponsible of them. The reason why I was a bit irresponsible is, as I said, I was a bit thrilled. I was thrilled to meet my friends.
Band 6+: Describe an occasion when you forgot something important You should say: what you forgot, why you forgot it when it was how you felt
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Well, thankfully I am a person who has a strong memory. I can say that I don't remember the last time I forgot something. Maybe it may denote that I have a weak memory. But what I mean is, I believe that since I have a strong memory, I don't forget things easily. However, when I was a child, I was more irresponsible than I am now. There was a moment in my childhood that I still vividly remember. My parents were leaving home to visit our village, and I felt adventurous about meeting my friends. I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to spend time together and hang out. Because of my excitement, I forgot that there were no spare keys. I forgot to take the keys with me when I left home. Well, as I said, this is what I forgot: the keys. I felt really disappointed afterward, as I thought my parents would be frustrated because of my irresponsibility. The reason I was a bit irresponsible is that, as I said, I was thrilled to meet my friends.
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