Band 6: Did you send more messages when you were younger? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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To tell you the truth, back in the day when I was just a kid, I didn't even have a phone or computer to send messages. At that time, I was just writing it down, writing letters for my friends or for my parents. So yeah, to talk about messages when I was younger, I would say I have never been someone who sent many messages. I would choose to write letters for people.

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To tell you the truth, back in the day when I was just a kid, I didn’t even have a phone or computer to send messages. Actually at that time I was just like writing it down, writing a letter for my friends, wrote a letter for my friends or for my parents. So yeah, to talk about messages when I was younger, I would say I have never been. I have never been. I would choose like, wrote message for people.

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