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Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted. v.1

Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted. v. 1
Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted. You should say: what you wanted to pay for why you weren't able to pay what you did and explain how you felt about the situation. [You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish. ] Model Answer 1: I had always wanted to buy a motorbike in the past, but I couldn’t really progress with the idea mainly because I just didn’t manage to save enough money for the purpose. But, one day, the situation changed, and I decide to buy my dream bike. I searched a lot of markets and motorbike stores to choose my dream motorbike, but the problem was there were just so many different models with so many different features and options that I was really struggling to decide whether I wanted to buy a sports bike, a standard motorbike, a cruiser or a naked motorbike. Anyway, after spending many hours at different motorbike stores, I did finally find what met my requirements. I even liked the price. So, I just told the store owner that I would come back the next afternoon in order to pick the bike as it was on discount. So far so good! But, when I did go back the next day with enough cash to pay for the motorbike, I found out that there was no discount on the bike anymore, and as a result, I needed to pay a significantly-extra amount of money which I just didn’t have with me at that moment. However, after that, I suggested the store manager if I could pay them some money in advance and bring rest of the money after a week in order to buy the bike, I really liked, but ot my astonishment, the store manager disagreed and told me that his hands were tied! Well, anyway, I felt really disappointed, to say the least, with what happened to me at the motorbike store mainly because it was a bit embarrassing for me. I also felt a bit annoyed at the store manager as he never told me about the possible price change should I had failed to buy the bike on the same day. Besides, I also got very frustrated as I travelled a significant distance and spent a lot of time to travel to the store, of course, only to find out that I couldn’t buy my bike on that day.   Model Answer 2: Thank you very much for this nice cue card topic. I would like to share my experience when I wanted to purchase a mobile phone so badly but could not pay for it. Since my younger sister had been saving money to get a smartphone and had been far away to manage the total budget, I wanted to buy her the phone. She had been saving money for at least three months by adjusting her regular expenses as she wanted to change her feature phone and own a smartphone. So, I planned to pay for the smartphone and surprise her.   Unluckily, I was unable to pay for the phone. I lost my wallet on the way to the shopping mall from where I intended to purchase the mobile phone. This unfortunate event happened in July 2018. I had no idea how did I lose my wallet with money in it! I might have dropped it in the taxi I took to reach the shopping mall. So, I could not buy a mobile phone right then.   I informed the matter to my mom and then called the bank authorities to report a lost debit card which was placed inside the wallet. It was a disaster for me.   I felt terrible. In fact, it could have been one of the happiest moments of my life. It was meant to the very first gift for my younger sister after I got my first job. But the luck was not kind to me that day! I explained everything to my dad and he agreed to pay me a loan with which I finally purchased a Samsung smartphone for my sister. I eventually could solace my heart as my sister was exhilarated as soon as she unwrapped the box. Sample Answer 3: Well, thank you for an intriguing topic. It reminds me of a cynical yet interesting day when I felt quite embarrassed about my inability to buy my younger sister a trendy dress she wished to have.   While doing some holiday shopping, my sister pointed out a dress in the vast Neoclassical building on Oxford Street in the Selfridges shopping complex. They house some of the most expensive brands in the UK and they virtually invented window shopping. It's a great store at which big names such as  Mulberry, Vivienne Westwood, Barbour, Burberry, Paul Smith, Aquascutum and many more are housed. They allow customers to interact unhindered with the items from the sale.   The particular attire she craved for was a women's crepe dress with a concealed zip fastening at back and it was a blue attire made in Japan. However, it was something I could not pay for as it was more than twelve hundred pounds while I had only seven hundred something in total in my wallet!   My sister really liked the dress but totally disagreed with the price tag. She immediately looked at me and laughed knowing that it was way more expensive than we can afford. We pretended to stroll for a while and left the shopping mall. Once outside, I assured her that I would buy her such designer dresses someday when I will have a full-time job. She was not sad at all, or at least that's what I thought, but I was, and it gave me a melancholic feeling. The dress was highly expensive but you know how a teenage girl would feel not having it when many of her friends could afford them!   That day, which would be by now 3 years ago, I was determined to buy my little sister even better dresses than that one. I did so on many occasions but I can never forget that particular day. If you can talk about the cue card topic "Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted" you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue cards topics as well: 1. Describe something you wanted to gift someone but could not. 2. Describe an unfortunate experience you have in your life. 3. Describe an interesting experience you have had. 4. Describe a day when you took someone to do some shopping. 5. Describe a time when you felt sad. 6. Describe your experience in holiday shopping.
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Describe
an occasion when you could not
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pay
for
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something
you
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wanted
. You should say: what you
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wanted
to
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pay
for why you weren't able to
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pay
what you did and
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explain
how you
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felt
about the situation. [You will
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have to
talk about the
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topic
for one to two minutes. You have one minute to
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think
about what you are going to say. You can
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make
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some
notes to
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help
you if you wish.
Loose punctuation mark.
]
Model Answer 1: I had always
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wanted
to
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buy
a
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motorbike
in the past,
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but
I couldn’t
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really
progress with the
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idea
mainly
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because
I
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just
didn’t manage to save
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enough
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money
for the purpose.
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But
, one day, the situation
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changed
, and I decide to
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buy
my dream bike.

I searched
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a lot of
markets and
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motorbike
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stores
to choose my dream
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motorbike
,
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but
the problem was there were
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just
so
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many
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different
models with
so
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many
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different
features and options that I was
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really
struggling to decide whether I
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wanted
to
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buy
a sports
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bike
, a standard
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motorbike
, a cruiser or a naked motorbike.

Anyway
, after spending
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many
hours at
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different
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motorbike
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stores
, I did
finally
find what met my requirements. I even liked the price.
So
, I
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just
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told
the
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store
owner that I would
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come
back the
next
afternoon in order to pick the
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bike
as it was on discount.
So
far
so
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good
!
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But
, when I did go back the
next
day with
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enough
cash to
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pay
for the
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motorbike
, I found out that there was no discount on the
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bike
anymore, and
as a result
, I needed to
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pay
a
significantly
-extra amount of
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money
which I
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just
didn’t have with me at that moment.
However
, after that, I suggested the
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store
manager if I could
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pay
them
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some
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money
in advance and bring rest of the
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money
after a week in order to
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buy
the
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bike
, I
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really
liked,
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but
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ot
my astonishment, the
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store
manager disagreed and
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told
me that his hands
were tied
!

Well
,
anyway
, I
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felt
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really
disappointed, to say the least, with what happened to me at the
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motorbike
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store
mainly
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because
it was a bit embarrassing for me. I
also
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felt
a bit annoyed at the
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store
manager as he never
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told
me about the possible price
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change
should I had failed to
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buy
the
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bike
on the same day.
Besides
, I
also
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got
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very
frustrated as I travelled a significant distance and spent
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a lot of
time to travel to the
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store
,
of course
,
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only
to find out that I couldn’t
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buy
my
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bike
on that day.
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Model Answer 2: Thank you
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very
much for this nice cue
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card
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topic
. I would like to share my
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experience
when I
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wanted
to
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purchase
a mobile
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phone
so
badly
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but
could not
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pay
for it. Since my younger
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sister
had been saving
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money
to
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get
a smartphone and had been far away to manage the total budget, I
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wanted
to
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buy
her the
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phone
. She had been saving
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money
for at least three months by adjusting her regular expenses as she
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wanted
to
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change
her feature
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phone
and
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own
a smartphone.
So
, I planned to
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pay
for the smartphone and surprise her.
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Unluckily
, I was unable to
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pay
for the
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phone
. I lost my
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wallet
on the way to the
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shopping
mall from where I intended to
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purchase
the mobile
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phone
. This unfortunate
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event
happened in July 2018. I had no
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idea
how did I lose my
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wallet
with
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money
in it! I might have dropped it in the taxi I took to reach the
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shopping
mall.
So
, I could not
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buy
a mobile
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phone
right
then.
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I informed the matter to my mom and then called the bank authorities to report a lost debit
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card
which
was placed
inside the
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wallet
. It was a disaster for me.
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I
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felt
terrible. In fact, it could have been one of the happiest moments of my life. It
was meant
to the
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very
first
gift for my younger
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sister
after I
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got
my
first
job.
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But
the luck was not kind to me that day! I
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explained
everything to my
Use a comma before 'and' if it connects two independent clauses (unless they are closely connected and short).
dad and
he
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agreed
to
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pay
me a loan with which I
finally
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purchased
a Samsung smartphone for my
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sister
. I
eventually
could solace my heart as my
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sister
was exhilarated
as
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soon
as she unwrapped the box.

Sample Answer 3:
Well
, thank you for an intriguing
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topic
. It reminds me of a cynical
yet
interesting day when I
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felt
quite embarrassed about my inability to
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buy
my younger
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sister
a trendy
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dress
she wished to have.
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While doing
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some
holiday
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shopping
, my
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sister
pointed out a
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dress
in the vast Neoclassical building on Oxford Street in the
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Selfridges
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shopping
complex. They
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
house
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some
of the most expensive brands in the
Use a comma before 'and' if it connects two independent clauses (unless they are closely connected and short).
UK and
they
virtually
invented window
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shopping
. It's a great
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store
at which
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big
names such as
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Mulberry, Vivienne Westwood, Barbour, Burberry, Paul Smith,
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Aquascutum
and
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many
more
are housed
. They
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allow
customers to interact unhindered with the items from the sale.
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The particular attire she craved for was a women's
'crepe' is an imported foreign expression, which originally has a diacritic. Consider using "crêpe"
crepe
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dress
with a concealed zip fastening at back and it was a blue attire made in Japan.
However
, it was
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something
I could not
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pay
for as it was more than twelve hundred pounds while I had
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
only
seven hundred
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something
in total in my
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wallet
!
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My
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sister
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really
liked the
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dress
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but
totally
disagreed with the price tag. She immediately looked at me and laughed knowing that it was way more expensive than we can afford. We pretended to stroll for a while and
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
left
the
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shopping
mall. Once outside, I assured her that I would
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
buy
her such designer
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
dresses
someday when I will have a full-time job. She was not sad at all, or at least that's what I
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
thought
,
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but
I was, and it gave me a melancholic feeling. The
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dress
was
highly
expensive
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but
you know
how a teenage girl would feel not having it when
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many
of her friends could afford them!
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That day, which would be by
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now
3 years ago, I
was determined
to
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buy
my
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little
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sister
even better
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dresses
than that one. I did
so
on
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
many
occasions
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
but
I can never forget that particular day.

If you can talk about the cue
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card
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topic
Use a smart opening quote here: "“".
"
This phrase/word (depending on the context) can be potentially replaced with :
Describe
an occasion when you could not
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pay
for
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something
you wanted
Use a smart closing quote here: "”".
"
you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue
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cards
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topics
as
well
:

1.
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Describe
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something
you
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wanted
to gift someone
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but
could not.

2.
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Describe
an unfortunate
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experience
you have in your life.

3.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
an interesting
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experience
you have had.

4.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
a day when you took someone to do
This phrase/word is too simple and can be replaced with:
some
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
shopping. 5
.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
a time when you
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felt
sad.

6.
Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
Describe
your
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experience
in holiday
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
shopping
.
16Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
131Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
24Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
12 paragraphs
1152 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    One main idea per paragraph
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    Include an introduction and conclusion
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    Support main points with an explanation and then an example
  • Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
  • Try to vary your vocabulary using accurate synonyms
  • Use less common question specific words that accurately convey meaning
  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 5.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
  • Answer all parts of the question
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    Present relevant ideas
  • Fully explain these ideas
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    Support ideas with relevant, specific examples
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