◼️Describe a person who taught you a useful skill. 📌You should say 🔰Who this person is (or, was) 🔰how you learned from the person 🔰How the person taught you this 🔰And explain how this skill is useful to you.

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I would like to talk about my grandfather. He is a hot-tempered old man, from whom I’ve learned considerable knowledge. Out of diverse skills he taught me, I would focus on bike-riding. It was the
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year of primary school when my families thought I was old enough to go to school by myself and the most convenient way to get to school is to ride a bike. My mother became impatient with me after I failed to learn to ride for several days. So my grandfather volunteered to teach
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he was almost impatient to do most of the things. To my surprise, he really taught me with great patience and he didn’t lose his temper at all. He explained and demonstrated the skills of riding for me before helping me overcome the fear of riding. And he accompanied me to practice riding for several hours a day. Thanks to his instruction and company, I learned to ride a bike soon and it has benefited me until now. Learning to ride makes my life much more convenient and it is inevitable that I’ll be able to use it for the rest of my life. So I feel grateful to my grandfather and I will pass the skill
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