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Band 5+: Describe something you did that made you feel proud You should say: What it was How you did it What difficulty you had How you dealt with the difficulty And explain why you felt proud of it

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I have many things I am proud of, but the thing I feel most proud of is achieving a high score in school. When I was a kid, I had a final exam in my class. Kids face many difficulties, but the most challenging for me was time. I worked slowly and didn't have enough time to complete the entire exam, but I found ways to work faster and improve my speed. I faced a lot of challenges, but I achieved a high score. I talked to my mom about it, and I felt ecstatic.

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I have many proud but the most proud I feel is to have a high score in my school. I was a kid. I have a final exam and I do in my class. Kids have many difficulties but the most difficult for me is the time. I do it so slow and I don’t have time to do full exam but I have the viewpoint to do it faster and break more fast. I do a lot of difficulties. I have a high score and I talk to my mom and my mom. I talk to my mom and I feel so ecstatic.

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The response is a good start, but it could be improved by providing more specific details about the exam, the challenges faced, and the strategies used to overcome them. Elaborating on the steps taken to improve speed and the feelings associated with achieving the high score would strengthen the response. Adding more details about how talking to your mom contributed to your feelings of pride would also be beneficial. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

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