Liking people has always been individualistic and has always have relation with the human tendency or psychology. I would like to talk about an old person who I feel like she is the best part of my life. So here I’m talking about my grandmother who is around 80 years old and I have always learned a lot of lessons from her to live my life efficiently. She is a phenomenal woman. She has always been a great mother, a great wife, as well as a great daughter and now she is I would say an extraordinary grandmother. She is the one who has contributed to my great successes like all the times I could recall. All of them have somewhere contribution of my grandmother like securing a top position in the high school has always been as a result of my grandmother’s teaching such as the moral values like perseverance, the quality of never giving up and leaving the pessimism out of the life and bringing in optimism. So if I talk about the frequency I visit or see her I would say she lives with us and I usually see her in the morning as well as evening since I have University all five days of the week. So yes we pretty much spend a lot of time during the weekends and all the people like my relatives as well as my family members they always admire her for being very nice as well as passionate about each and every one and the one and only reason I like her is that her sophisticated point of view towards the life even being an ancient lady but I would say that she is with me is the only thing I like about her since she has a blood relation with me as well as she has inculcated all such values into my mindset as well as made me a very good person.
Band 7+: Describe an old person that you know. You should say: What your relationship is to this person How often you see them What people think about this person Explain why you like them
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Liking people has always been individualistic and has always had a relation with human tendency or psychology. I would like to talk about an old person who I feel is the best part of my life. Here I'm talking about my grandmother, who is around 80 years old, and I have always learned a lot of lessons from her to live my life efficiently. She is a phenomenal woman. She has always been a great mother, a great wife, as well as a great daughter, and now I would say she is an extraordinary grandmother. She is the one who has contributed to my great successes; all the times I can recall, they have somewhere been a contribution of my grandmother. Securing a top position in high school has always been a result of my grandmother's teachings, such as moral values like perseverance, the quality of never giving up, leaving pessimism out of life, and bringing in optimism. If I talk about the frequency I visit or see her, I would say she lives with us, and I usually see her in the morning as well as in the evening since I have university all five days of the week. So yes, we pretty much spend a lot of time together during the weekends. All the people, like my relatives and family members, always admire her for being very nice and passionate about each and every one. The one and only reason I like her is her sophisticated point of view towards life. Even being an elderly lady, I would say that her presence with me is the only thing I like about her since she has a blood relation with me and has inculcated all such values into my mindset, making me a very good person.
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