Describe something you bought but you do not often use – IELTS Band 8 Sample

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Updated On Jul 02, 2022

Describe something you bought but you do not often use – IELTS Band 8 Sample

Contents

- 0.0.1 Describe an item you bought but don’t often use./Describe something you bought but don’t use very often.

1 Sample Answer 1
2 Sample Answer 2
- 2.1 Sample Audio
- 2.2 Vocabulary
  - 2.2.1 Related Cue Cards:

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.

Sample Answer 1

About a year ago, I needed to travel to another country where the weather was colder than where I reside. I was going to stay there for about a week or so as I was attending a seminar about my work. When I looked it up online to see what the weather was in the town I would be visiting, I was quite dumbfounded.

I realized that I didn’t have any suitable attire for such cold weather, so I decided that I would buy a warm and fuzzy coat to wear while I was there. I couldn’t find anything locally because the weather here is so lovely and friendly all year round that there is no need to wear a coat or jacket. As a result, I had to buy it online. I’m glad I did because it was cold and raining when I landed at the airport and I was elated that I had something comfortable to wear. I wore that warm coat daily while I was there, whenever I had to go out.

But apart from the week I spent at that place, I’ve never worn it as in this climate, it is redundant. Consequently, it’s been hanging in my wardrobe since I got back for more than a year. I’m sure it’ll be helpful again if I visit another cold place in the future, but it’s not something I often use, nor am I likely to. It’s a shame because it’s excellent and I would really appreciate it if I could lend it to someone who could utilize it appropriately.

Sample Answer 2

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!

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IELTS Material · Describe Something You Bought But You Do Not Often Use

Vocabulary

Grant: agree to give or allow (something requested) to.
Eg: He was granted permission to take leave
Curious: interested in learning about people or things around you
Eg: Rose was curious about her results.
Impulsively: without forethought; on impulse; suddenly.
Eg: Rose impulsively decided to buy the diamond necklace.
Found out: discover something or come to know about something.
Eg: The treasure box hidden in the backyard was found out .
Novelty: the quality of being new, original, or unusual
Eg: The tourists are still a novelty on this remote island
In hindsight: the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened
Eg: In hindsight, I should have taken the job offer.