Band 7: Describe your favourite leisure activity. You should say: What is it? When you do it? Where you do it? And explain how you feel about it. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I usually have different types of leisure activities that I do, but if I were to talk about my favorite leisure activity, that would be gaming. Gaming is one of the activities that I do mainly at home because I play games on my computer, mostly online with my friends. I usually game whenever I have free time, when I come back from college or from work. Games are a kind of escape from stress and anxiety, and I personally love playing and hope to pursue it as a passion in the future. I mostly play FPS games, which means first-person shooter games, which are actually pretty competitive and might be a bit stressful, but it's what I like, and I enjoy being stressed at times. Gaming, for me, gives me a great feeling; it provides an escape from the outside world. I feel free, I feel grounded, I feel a sense of relief, and my friends who play with me also have the same experience. Overall, gaming online with friends has a great influence on our daily lifestyle, as some games have taught me how to...

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I usually have different types of leisure activities that I usually do, but if I were to talk about my favorite leisure activity that would be gaming. Gaming is one of the activities that I do mainly at home because I play games on my computer, mostly online with my friends. I usually game whenever I have free time, whenever I come back from college or come back from work. Games are a kind of an escape from stress and anxiety, and I personally love playing and I hope to pursue it as a passion in the future. I mostly play FPS games which means first person shooter based games which is actually pretty competitive and might be a bit stressful, but it’s what I like and I like being stressful at times. Gaming for me personally gives me a great feeling, gives me an escape from the outside world. I feel free, I feel grounded with myself, I feel a sense of relief, and as well as the friends that I play with, they also have the same experience. Overall gaming online with friends has a great experience and influence on our daily lifestyle such as some games have taught me how to

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