If I have to talk about a friend who has played a big part in my life, I will talk about Elia. Elia has been one of my best friends in recent years. I met him the second elf of the first year at my university in Bologna and since then we have always been studying together. I have never prepared an exam without him and he has never prepared an exam without me. He is very tall, like me, but he is way skinnier. He used to play volleyball professionally, but he stopped playing because of his studies. I would say what is so special about him is that he is very nonchalant and always positive about our exams. That is a very important aspect of his character that influences me positively because I really like to be positive and happy about my exams when I am preparing them and also right after I have done an exam. I think our mindset of studying has been the key to our academic success and I will be always grateful to him for this and I think he will be always grateful to me as well because when he was feeling down I used to encourage him and when I was feeling down he used to always encourage me. I would say he is very important in my life and right now that our studies are going to end I will be missing him very much.
Band 7+: Talk about a friend who has played a big part in your life. You should say: When you met What your friend is like What is so special about him/her And explain the impact he/she has had on you.
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If I have to talk about a friend who has played a big part in my life, I will talk about Elia. Elia has been one of my best friends in recent years. I met him in the second half of the first year at my university in Bologna, and since then we have always been studying together. I have never prepared for an exam without him, and he has never prepared for an exam without me. He is very tall, like me, but he is much skinnier. He used to play volleyball professionally, but he stopped playing because of his studies. What is so special about him is that he is very nonchalant and always positive about our exams. That is a very important aspect of his character that influences me positively because I really like to be positive and happy about my exams when I am preparing for them and also right after I have taken an exam. I think our mindset of studying has been the key to our academic success, and I will always be grateful to him for this. I think he will always be grateful to me as well because when he was feeling down, I used to encourage him, and when I was feeling down, he always encouraged me. I would say he is very important in my life, and right now that our studies are coming to an end, I will miss him very much.
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