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SAMPLE ANSWER
Being lied to or telling a lie to somebody is a common situation in our daily life. I

myself have experienced it before and I remember vividly one occasion when I was
a pupil in secondary school.

One day, I came to class and saw that my friend had a big bruise under her left eye.
I was really worried, so I asked my friend what had happened to her. She said that
she was fine; she had accidentally hit her head on the wall that morning. She
pretended that it had been nothing more than a simple mishap.

Later that day, after class, I found her crying in the corner of the parking lot.

Knowing that something terrible had occurred, I ran to her and hugged her. She
sobbed and told me that that morning her parents had been fighting and she had tried
to stop them. Somehow, her father had accidentally hit her in the face. At that
moment, I felt sorry for her although she had lied to me earlier. For the first time, I
thought to myself that, sometimes, being lied to is not that bad at all, especially
when the lie is not intended to hurt anybody.

VOCABULARY

 remembered vividly = I remembered very clearly, like the experience had just
happened.

 bruise = a blue or brown mark that appears on the skin after somebody has been

hit.

 mishap = a small accident which is not serious.

 hugged = put my arms around her and held her tightly to comfort her.

 sobbed = cried, breathing heavily at the same time as she was crying.

 thought to myself = to think about something without talking about it to anyone.

23. An occasion when you got up very early./Describe a long car journey you went on

Describe an occasion when you got up very early.
You should say:
when it happened
why you got up early
who you were with
and explain how you felt about getting up early.