Describe A Gift You Gave That Took A Long Time To Choose: IELTS Cue Card Sample 13

Janice Thompson,

Updated On Mar 17, 2022

Describe A Gift You Gave That Took A Long Time To Choose: IELTS Cue Card Sample 13

Contents

- 0.0.1 Describe a gift you gave that took a long time to choose

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

Describe a gift you gave that took a long time to choose

You should say :

what it was
who you gave it to
how you chose it
and explain why you spent a long time choosing it or explain how the receiver of the gift reacted when you gave it to him or her.

Sample Answer 1

One of the toughest tasks for me is to choose a gift for somebody as I am never so sure of the likelihood of the other person. On top of that, I want to ensure that the receiver likes and appreciates my choice. For this one reason, I end up spending hours altogether in choosing an appropriate gift by keeping the personality of the receiver in mind.

Here, I would like to share the incident when I spent five hours just to buy a gift for my best friend. Although it’s been only 5 years since we know each other, our bond grew profound with each passing day. So, knowing her persona, I knew she would not get enthralled with just another gift. One of her traits that helped me choose a gift was her voracious writing.

Finally, I zeroed down upon trendy, unique and attractive stationery set. A couple of days prior to her birthday I strolled through all of the shops in my town but couldn’t get anything. So, I referred to the internet. There, I found several sites that are offering customized stationery. So, I bought two sets of diaries, sketches, pens, pen stand, and a few other items with her name engraved on each one of them.

When I gifted it to my friend, she was extremely delighted and jumped with joy. She gave me a long, tight hug and thanked me profusely.

Sample Answer 2

Here is the sample for “describe a gift you gave that took a long time to choose” topic

Choosing a gift for someone is usually an arduous task because you want to make sure that the person who is receiving should like it. For that reason, I always spend a lot of time picking gifts for my relatives and friends. The longest I took to pick a gift was for my little sister.

It was her 5th birthday, and I wanted to give her something memorable and unique. I decided to go to a “Build-a-bear workshop” to buy her a stuffed bear. At this shop, you spend time picking materials to build your furry friend, from the cotton inside to the clothes outside. You also get to give this teddy bear a heart and a voice recorder, so that when you squeeze it, it would say whatever you recorded before. After building the stuffed toy, the store would give him or her a birth certificate with a name and birthday.

My little sister was so happy when she received the bear. Well, kids always love a furry friend anyway. However, what was special was that as she grew up, she understood how much love I had put in the bear when building it for her at the store, so she appreciated the gift even more.

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Vocabulary

Here are the vocabularies for “describe a gift you gave that took a long time to choose” with examples:

Pick: To choose something from a group of things.
Eg: The man picked a blue tie from the collection in the shop.
Memorable: Something special, good or unusual and therefore easy to remember.
Eg: I will never forget the memorable holiday that I had in Japan.
Workshop: A place where you can do a practical activity to create something.
Eg: As a student, I attended drama workshops, because I had always loved acting.
Stuffed bear: A toy in the shape of a bear, filled with cloth and made of some soft material.
Eg: When I was a child, I had a stuffed bear, which I used to keep in my bedroom.
Furry: Covered with fur – a soft thick mass of hair that grows on the body of some animals.
Eg: People love pandas because they are so furry, with thick black and white fur all over their body.
Get to: To be allowed to do something.
Eg: When we visited the football stadium, we got to meet some of the famous players.
Teddy bear: This is just another name for a stuffed toy bear.
Eg: She gave the teddy bear as a gift to her child.
Squeeze: To press something firmly, especially with your fingers.
Eg: Every time you clean your teeth, you squeeze the tube of toothpaste.
Appreciate: To recognize the good qualities in something or somebody.
Eg: At school, I appreciated the help that I received from my teachers.