Band 7: Describe your favorite hobby. You should say: What it is How you do it How often you do it And explain why you enjoy it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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When I was young, my favorite hobby, like any other child, was playing video games. But growing up, I found that this hobby was not actually beneficial for me. So I started to look for another hobby, and I began to enjoy reading instead. I think reading is a very enjoyable hobby that everyone should include in their life. It's not just for having fun or spending time on something you love; it's also for gaining new information from reading books, novels, or any kind of literature that you like. I have been reading books since I was in primary school, and I still find it very interesting and enjoyable. I read about two books every month in my free time, and I think that's a number I want to increase in the future. This hobby is very enjoyable because my favorite type of books is novels. I love this genre especially because when I read novels, I live in the characters' worlds. I am always engaged with them, and I want to know why they are acting in certain ways, how they will solve their situations, and how the hero will appear in the last scene. All the specific details make my mind travel to another world. This is a very interesting experience for me.

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When I was young my favorite hobby was like any other child was playing video games. But growing up I have found out that this hobby is not actually beneficial for me. So I started to look for another hobby and I actually started to enjoy reading in a state. I think reading is the very enjoyable hobby that everyone should include in their life. It’s not just for having fun or spending time for something that you love. It’s also for getting new information from reading books or novels or any kind of books that you like. Actually I used to read books since I was in my primary school. And I think I still find it very interesting, happy to do. I read about two books every month in my free time. And I think it’s actually a very lessened number that I want to include in the future. I think this hobby is very enjoyable because my favorite type of books that I enjoy reading is novels. And I love this kind especially because when I read novels I live in their characters. And I always be engaged with them and I always want to know why they are doing this in that way and how they will solve this situation and how the hero will appear in the last scene. All the specific details that makes my mind go to another world. This is a very interesting thing to me.

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