A memorable occasion that teach me a lot is my. My final exam uh literature uh. Take uh place in about uh five months ago that when um. Me and I and my classmate took the fl final literature exam on my class. And in this exam we have 19 minutes to do all the tests. And I usually have a behavior that looking at the clock after some answer some questions. So I done very well in the. In the first of the um exam because I have learned a lot before the day that day. But in the last question I have to write an essay with about uh. 2000 words. And when I was write about more than 1000 wor I have looked at the clock and I think oh, I have more than 30 minutes. It’s one two third of the duration and I can write it more slowly. But when I was thinking that the radio outside I thought uh. That we have only ten minutes left to take and I have to write all thisi uh. I didn’t have time to. To plan my uh essa structure. I have to write down all my exams and I don’t know how and you know it’very quickly I have to write. Right. Right. And I think I will get a very low uh, score. But after that my teacher said my. My exam my easa was quite great because what is uh. In the conclusion it has some um. Structure mess and it’definitely um. Memorableable occasion.
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A memorable occasion that taught me a lot was my final literature exam, which took place about five months ago. My classmates and I took the final literature exam for our class, and we had only 19 minutes to complete all the tests. I usually have a habit of checking the clock after answering some questions. I did very well on the first part of the exam because I had studied diligently beforehand. However, the last question required us to write an essay of about 200 words. As I was writing, after exceeding 1000 words, I glanced at the clock and thought I had more than 30 minutes left, which was about two-thirds of the allotted time. I felt I could write more slowly. But then, I heard the radio outside announcing that we only had ten minutes remaining. I had to finish writing the essay without time to plan its structure. I just had to write down all my thoughts as quickly as possible. I was sure I would get a very low score. However, after the exam, my teacher told me my essay was quite good, even though the conclusion had some structural issues. It was definitely a memorable occasion.
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