Describe a product you bought and felt happy about - IELTS Cue Card

IELTS Cue Card - Describe a product you bought and felt happy about

Describe a product you bought and felt happy about.

You should say:

• what you have bought
• why you have bought it
• how much it cost you

and explain why you felt happy about it.

You will have one to two minutes to speak about the topic. You have one minute to consider what you will say. If you want, you can make some notes to help you.

Model Answer 1

Thank you for letting me talk to you about something interesting about cue cards. I have to buy things for myself and my family just like everyone else, and I'm not always happy with the things I choose or buy. But today I want to talk about something I bought that made me very happy.
Anyway, the thing I bought that made me happy was a vacuum cleaner for my house about 3 years ago. I had to buy a new vacuum cleaner because the one we already had broke when my 3-year-old nephew put water in it, probably thinking he needed to clean it.

I bought a vacuum cleaner for the first time, so I was very skeptical about it because I didn't know much about them. But in the end, the product turned out to be really good. Even though it was bigger than a typical family vacuum, this vacuum cleaner was a beautiful and shiny magenta color, and it also felt pretty light to carry.

I will have to thank my sister-in-law a lot for helping me buy such a nice vacuum cleaner, since it was her idea to tell me what kind of vacuum cleaner I should buy. She was also kind enough to tell me what brands or companies made the best vacuum cleaners.

I was very happy to buy this product, mostly because it worked right away and hasn't given me any problems since. I was glad to get this nice-looking vacuum cleaner because, unlike many others on the market, it didn't make much noise. Lastly, it had some great safety features in case my little nephew wanted to "clean" it (again)!

Model Answer 2

I recently spent a lot of money on a personal computer for myself. It has the most up-to-date settings, and I really like it. Overall, the computer's performance is very good.

I bought this desktop computer because my old one was almost broken and was giving me a lot of trouble. I don't know how it happened, but I had a bad run of luck. I put all of my important information on that computer. A large number of movies and documentaries were also on that device. I bought a new one because the old one was almost useless.

The new computer had the most up-to-date settings, but it was a bit pricey. I spent about 1,400 euros to buy this piece of technology. I took a hard drive with 4 TB of space and 8 GB of RAM. I chose the latest configuration so I could use it for the next couple of years without any problems.

I was very happy with my computer, especially because it worked so well. The first one was very slow and caused me other problems as well. This new computer doesn't have those problems, so I can do my work faster. I was happy to get this new computer because of these things.

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