IELTS Speaking Test 2021 | BAND 8 | Describe a Gift That You Liked?

this is the speaking test of the international english language testing system the examiner is michelle lester good afternoon can you tell me your full name please good afternoon my full name is anna petrova and what shall i call you you can call me by my first name just anna where are you from anna i come from moscow in the capital city of russia and it is located at the west side of the country very good so in the first part of the exam i'd like to ask you some questions about yourself let's talk about books and films what kind of books or films do you like i enjoy reading but i don't really have a favorite gender but lately i have been reading a lot of science fiction as far as films are concerned i really like crime thrillers do you prefer reading digital or traditional books you know it depends really if i'm traveling to college or on holiday i like to read ebooks as they're on my tablet and then i don't have to carry a book with me but if i'm at home i prefer a real book how often do you go to the cinema i don't go as often as i would like there isn't a cinema near my house and i have to go into town if i want to see a film so i probably go once a month or even once every two months would you prefer to spend an evening reading a book or going to the cinema i really enjoy going to the cinema and i try to see film every month or two but actually i also like lying on the sofa and reading a good book it's much more exciting and relaxing that catching a train or a bus into town and to go to the cinema you know let's move on to talk about traveling what form of transport do you use most often i go to the college every day on the bus from my house so that the one i used most often the journey takes um around half an hour and i have to catch two buses is there any type of transport that you don't like i'm not fond of flying or of traveling on a ship being on a plane makes me feel quite anxious actually when you take off and land and i have only been on a ship once but i got quite seasick what's the public transport system like in your country in my city it's very good the buses are reliable and the trains always run on time people don't mind leaving their cars at home to go to work and this service is really good is there anything about traveling around your local area that you would change i think they should create more cycle lines more people would probably travel to work or to their college or university if the roads were safer for cyclists at the moment if you ride a bike you have to share the road with cars and lawyers which isn't very nice now moving on to the second part of the test i'm going to give you a topic and i'd like you to talk about it for one or two minutes before you talk you have one minute to think about what you are going to say you can make some notes if you wish do you understand yes here is your topic describe a gift that you liked okay okay i'm ready remember you have one or two minutes for this so don't worry if i stop you i'll tell you when the time is up can you start speaking now please well i have received lots of nice gifts in the past from my friends you know and from my relatives and family but i think the one that comes to my mind most of all is something my sister gave me last year for my birthday she always gives people something thoughtful and for my birthday she made a photo album of my running achievements on the inside page was a photo of the first race i would done i think it was a five kilometer run my sister had also done this run so the photo was of both of us at the end of the race holding our medals she used each page for different event or a big achievement and under each photo she wrote a nice message some of the messages were really really funny the pages are think black paper and she used white in to write some the messages which makes the whole thing look lovely it was one of the nicest present i have ever received in my life it shows how many how am running has become better over the past few years and the photos are memories of some happy occasions the album was only about how full when she gave it to me so there are lots of pages left for future rooms each time i do a special one i add a photo and my sister writes a message next to it there are lots of pages in the album and i think i will be adding photos on to it for many more years it was um you know a really thoughtful gift and i'm sure i will save it forever we have been talking about the subject of presence and i'd like to discuss this subject with you with some more general questions relating to this topic first do you think it's better to give rather than receive it's always lovely to receive a present for somebody but i think it's better to give it's a great feeling to give someone something that's really valuable what types of gifts are particularly special for the person receiving them i think it's always nice when someone gives something that the person has mentioned um in the past for example if a friend or relative is chatting with someone and you hear them say there is something they were thinking of buying or have always wanted getting them that means you are listed to them and shows it's a thoughtful present is giving someone money for a birthday present more thoughtful than buying a gift sometimes it might be there might be something they're saving up for and giving them some money towards it could be better than buying them something they might not really want anyways lots of people don't have enough money to spend a lot on the present but they can still get something that's valued are certain ages easier to buy presents for than others definitely yes i have young nephews and nieces and it's always easy to choose something for them but i find it quite difficult you know thinking oh what to buy my older relatives and they always usually have the things they want why might it be good for a company to give a customer a free gift i think it's important that a company show customers their appreciated if they have been buying products or services from a company for a long time giving the person a free gift to show them the company values their custom that is the end of the speaking test thank you anna thank you so much [Music] [Applause] so [Music]

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Length: 9min 57sec (597 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 21 2021