Describe something you bought but you do not often use – IELTS Band 8 Sample
Contents
- 1 Describe an item you bought but don’t often use./Describe something you bought but don’t use very often.
- 1.1 Model Answer
- 1.2 Bonus cue cards:
- 1.3 Describe something you liked very much which you bought for your home. You should say:
- 1.4 Describe something you have bought recently. You should say:
- 1.5 Describe something colourful that you bought in the past.
- 1.6 Describe something you bought that was difficult to use at first.
- 1.7 Describe something you don’t have now but would really like to own in the future.
- 1.8 Describe a website you have bought something from.
- 1.9 Describe a thing you just bought and you are happy about.
- 1.10 Describe something important that you bought recently
- 1.11 Related Posts:
Describe an item you bought but don’t often use./Describe something you bought but don’t use very often.
You should say:
- what it is
- when and where you bought it
- why you bought it
- and explain why you don’t use it often.
Model Answer
I’m going to talk about an iPad that I bought a few years back.
In my third year at university, I received a grant amount for good academic performance, which was worth about 700 dollars. I had been curious about the iPad, because I had never had a chance to use one. So I decided, quite impulsively, that I would buy one.
I imagined there would be so many things that I could do with this device, like writing homework, reading books, chatting with friends and playing games. But later I found out that it wasn’t as convenient as I thought. Though already quite small in size, it is still too heavy to carry for a long time. And it can’t replace a computer as it doesn’t have a real keyboard.
Once the novelty wore off, I just left my iPad sitting around. In hindsight, that 700 dollars should have been spent on a course or something like that!
Bonus cue cards:
Describe something you liked very much which you bought for your home. You should say:
- What it was
- Where you came across it
- Why you liked it very much
Describe something you have bought recently. You should say:
- What that thing is
- Where you first saw it
- Why you bought it
Describe something colourful that you bought in the past.
You should say:
- why you bought the item
- what it looks/looked like
- what other people think/thought of it
- and explain how you feel/felt about this item
Describe something you bought that was difficult to use at first.
You should say:
- What is it?
- When you bought it?
- What does it do?
- Explain how difficult was it to be used?
Describe something you don’t have now but would really like to own in the future.
You should say:
- what this thing is
- how long you have wanted to own it
- where you first saw it
- and explain why you would like to own it.
Describe a website you have bought something from.
You should say:
- what the website is
- what you bought from this website
- how satisfied you were with what you bought
- and explain what you liked and disliked about using this website.
Describe a thing you just bought and you are happy about.
You should say:
- What is it?
- Where you purchased from?
- Why are you happy about it?
- and explain why you bought it?
Describe something important that you bought recently
You should say:
- what it is
- how you bought it
- why it is important
- and say how you felt about the purchase of this thing.
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