Band 5: Topic 5: Vehicle that broke down Describe an occasion when the vehicle you took broke down in your travel Where were you going? Who was with you? How long did it take to repair the vehicle? What impact did this breakdown have? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I would like to talk about the occasion when the vehicle broke down during my travel. This happened last year in the summer when I traveled to the mountains with my close friends to relax. We planned to leave in the morning, but we had some problems with the car. My close friends and I were late in getting to the mountains and the hotel. It was a very frustrating situation for me because we wasted a lot of time waiting to repair the car. I think it took about five hours to fix the car, which had a significant impact on our trip. We wasted a lot of time, and my close friends and I were affected by this. It is an unforgettable event for me because it was quite astonishing how we dealt with the situation. We learned a lot from this experience, and it made our trip memorable, even though it was challenging. In the end, we managed to enjoy our time in the mountains, but the breakdown was definitely a major setback for us.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Well, I would like to talk about in the occasion when the vehicles are took to brown in my in my travel this occasion in the happened in the last year in the summer I will I travel I traveled to the mountainies with my close friends and to relax and we are to go to the traveling at the morning but we had some problems in the to go to the in the some problems in the car and this my close friends at the late in the to go to the mountains and the hotel and it was a very it was a very bad for me because we are you are much time waste to to repair in the car and it was very bad situation for me I think it’s the five hours take in the car repair and this is the very large impact to our travel because we have we have waste we have waste and may a lot of time and we are and close friends in this the and it is the unforgettable events for me because it has a very very astonishing because you are you are how I sold the sold the

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Band 5+: Topic 5: Vehicle that broke down Describe an occasion when the vehicle you took broke down in your travel Where were you going? Who was with you? How long did it take to repair the vehicle? What impact did this breakdown have?

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