Band 6: Talk about something that was broken in your home and then get it repaired. Please tell me -What is it? How it was broken? - How you got it repaired? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Good morning. I want to talk about something that got broken in my home recently. It was the sofa set that we bought with so much love for that antique piece. It was not a usual form of furniture that is supposed to be bought and kept in the home; it involves so much emotion around it since my grandfather had an antique collection of old furniture in his house. That always reminds me of the memories we had as children sitting in it. We also wanted to get a similar sofa for our home. After visiting many shops, we found one exact piece of that wooden seating tool. We decided to buy it, thinking it was worth the investment and that it was sturdy enough not to break easily. However, a few days later, when my uncle came to visit us for a festival, he is a person who used to be obese. When he sat on it, it broke into pieces in a matter of seconds. The main area where we rest our hands, the handle, as well as the seating part, got broken. When we inquired about what to do, there was no proper response from the original sellers. So, we went to a local furniture shop, and the carpenter there helped us repair the sofa. It's a long story about how it got repaired and why we wanted to get it fixed. It was worth the money and something that had been on our bucket list for so long. After a long struggle, we finally made it happen. Thank you.

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Good morning to talk about something that got broken my home which happened recently so it was the sofa set that we bought with so much of you know love towards that antique piece it was not a usual form of furniture which is supposed to be bought and kept it in home it involves so much of you know emotions around it since my grandfather had one antique collection or old ancient piece of furniture in his house so that always resembles of the memories that we used to do as a child sitting in it so we also wanted to get one kind of that sofa for our home so after switching and swapping many shops we found one exact similar piece of that wooden sitting sitting tool so then we decided to buy it but when at the time of buying we thought it was worthy enough and it is hard and it wouldn’t be able to be broken that easily but after a few days like when my uncle came home for as for visiting us for a festival he’s a person who is who used to be obese so when he sat at it it just got broken in traction of seconds into pieces that is the main area where we have to keep our hands that is the handle as well as the sitting part got broken and when we inquired the people about what have to be done and there was no proper response from them then we went over furniture shop at the local and nearby and the carpenter and uncle there helped us to repair the sofa so it’s a big story like how it got repaired and why we want to get it repaired because it was worth the money as well as something which was in our bucket list for so long after long struggles we made it finally thank you

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