Band 6: describe an occassion when you were surprised to meet someone you know. you should say who it was, where you met this person, what you did when you met, and explain why you were surprised to meet this person (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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An occasion when I was surprised to meet someone I knew was during my 40th birthday party. My family organized a surprise birthday for me. It was already a surprise party, so I wasn't expecting any more surprises. During the party, I looked around and discovered my childhood friend, whom I had met a few days back. She didn't give any signs of her coming. I was so astonished to see her. I ran to her and we hugged tightly for a few minutes. After that, I took her to a seat beside me where she was sitting. During the party, we exchanged pleasantries and chatted for a long time. I was very surprised to see her and I asked, 'How did you do it?' She said she knew she would come, but she didn't want to tell me; she wanted it to be a surprise. I was really surprised and thrilled to see her. The party was great. It was a wonderful surprise during my birthday celebration.

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An occasion when I was surprised to meet somebody that I knew was during my 40th birthday party. My family organized a surprise birthday for me. It was already a surprise phone, so I wasn’t expecting any more surprise. During the party, I just looked around and I discovered my childhood friend. I met some days back who spoke and she doesn’t even make any signs of her coming. I was so astonished to see her. I ran to her and we hugged ourselves tightly for some minutes. After that, I took her to a specialist beside me where she was sitting. During the party, we exchanged a pleasantry and we chatted forever. I was very surprised seeing her and I asked how did you do it? She was like, she knew that she would become me. But she didn’t want to tell me, she wanted to be a surprise. I was really surprised. I was mad at her to see her. And the party was great. It was my play-over seeing such a special surprise during my birthday party.

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