My grandmother, my nana, says to me when things aren’t going well, then she tells me and turns out alright, and then you’ll see, and she’s nearly always right. So while I am ill or I’ve fallen out with a friend or I just feeling down, I imagine nana with her green clit, but a smiling face and sparkling blue eyes, saying her words of encouragement to me. And although my problems don’t just magically disappear, they don’t seem so bad anymore, and I am in a better mood to sort them out. Nana has touched me to be positive in difficult moments. She’s had many of them in her long and hard life, but despite this she has a straight back and a determined look on her face. Always she’s cheerful and I have never seen her in a bad temper. So even though she’s nearly half my size, so small that she sometimes wears children’s clothes, she’s the person I look up in my life, in my family. She’s a little lady with a big influence to me.
Band 7+: Describe someone who has had an important influence in your life. You should say: Who the person is How long you have known him or her What qualities this person has and explain why this person has had such an influence on you.
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My grandmother, my nana, says to me when things aren't going well, and then she tells me it will turn out alright, and you'll see, and she's nearly always right. So while I am ill, or I've fallen out with a friend, or I'm just feeling down, I imagine nana with her green cardigan, a smiling face, and sparkling blue eyes, saying her words of encouragement to me. Although my problems don't just magically disappear, they don't seem so bad anymore, and I am in a better mood to sort them out. Nana has taught me to be positive in difficult moments. She's had many challenges in her long and hard life, but despite this, she has a straight back and a determined look on her face. Always cheerful, I have never seen her in a bad temper. So even though she's nearly half my size, so small that she sometimes wears children's clothes, she's the person I look up to in my life, in my family. She's a little lady with a big influence on me.
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