Band 6: Describe a household device or appliance which you use regularly. You should say: - what this is - why you use it - how often you use it and explain how this device or appliance helps you. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about a lawnmower. When I was back in India, I never used a lawnmower because we didn't have a lawn there. Even if we had someone mowing for us, when I came to Australia, I saw the size of the lawns. In my current home, I have two lawns: one in the front yard and the other in the backyard. They are too huge for lawn mowing. Lawn mowers come in different shapes and sizes. The one that I have is a handheld model. It has quite a large battery; I think if I remember correctly, it has around a 5,650mAh battery. This is not sufficient for mowing both the front yard and backyard grass. I have to cut the front yard first and then half of the backyard, and then I finish the remaining half after charging it. Frankly, it has been a boon for me. I got to learn about lawn mowing here, and the mower has been really helpful for me because we have home inspections by the landlord and the agent frequently, basically quarterly. They keep checking the lawns and how we maintain the house. This lawnmower has been really helpful for me to keep the lawns tidy. Along with that, I have a tool called a string trimmer, I think. It trims the edges of the lawn. It is really helpful because the larger mower doesn't reach the corners. So, we can just hold it and cut the edges of the lawn.

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I would like to talk about lawnmower. So when I was back in India, I never used lawnmower because it didn’t have lawn back over there. Even if we had some person moving for us, but when I came here in Australia, I saw the size of lawn. So this is in my current home, so I had two lawns. One is in the front yard and the other is in the back yard. They are too huge for lawnmowing. So we see these lawnmowers, they come in different shapes and sizes. The one that I have is basically the one which is a hand hand. So it has quite a huge battery. I think if I remember it has around 5,650mAh battery. So it is not sufficient for cleaning both the front yard and back yard grass lawn. So basically I had to cut the front yard first and then half of the back yard and then the remaining half after charging it. So this and frankly it was a boon for me basically. I got to learn about lawnmowing here and the mower has been really helpful for me because we have home inspection. So by the landlord and the agent frequently here, basically quarterly. So they keep on checking the lawns and how we keep the house. So this lawnmower was really helpful for me to keep. And along with that I have a stick basically which is called as dream edge I think. So basically dream cutter. So it cuts the tree, basically it trims the edges of the corner, basically corners. So it is really helpful because the bigger one doesn’t reach the corners. So we can just hand held it and we can just cut the lawnmower.

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