Band 5: Describe an unusual holiday you had. What holiday it was? Who you were with? What you did? And explain why it was unusual (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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In my entire life, I've had a lot of vacations. But now I'd like to talk about an unusual holiday I had a couple of years ago. I spent my winter vacation at my friend's house in a western area. My cousins also came, and we went to my best friend's house, which is in a very popular area with many historical buildings. We had never experienced such a holiday before, so it was very unusual for us. When we went to my best friend's house, we finished our lunch, and in the afternoon, we visited some places. I didn't think they were very glorious, but we were very joyful in that moment. In an aesthetically pleasing building, we went to a historical site and saw many historical things on display. After that, we came back.

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In my entire life, I had a lots of, uh, vacation. But now I would like to talk about, um, I had, um, unusual holidays. Couple of years ago, um, I spent my vacation at my western houses. Also, my cousins came to the uh, winter vacation, and she went on with my my best friend houses because my best friend houses, As in, uh, is my restaurant house is very my restaurant’s Area is very popular, and it’s, uh, there are many historical places or building building in their area. We had never before experienced such as holidays, so it was very unusual for us. When I went to my, uh, best friend when we went to my best friend houses, uh, after that, we finished our lunch. And in the afternoon, we We visited some, uh, places. I didn’t think it’s very glorious places, and it’s a and we are very very joyous with, uh, this moment. In in, uh, aesthetical, uh, building, we went a historical building, and we, uh, see many, uh, historical things, uh, keep on the Within our glasses. We saw this. After that, we came, uh, came

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