Band 8: Describe a present you have given someone. You should say: Who you gave it to What kind of present it was How it compared to other presents you have given Explain why you decided to give this particular gift. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Okay, I am going to talk about a present I have given to someone. I gave a watch to my close friend, Desiree Rachel. I met her when I was in primary school. She was my best mate for over 10 years, and currently, I would say she is one of my closest friends. The watch, which is the present I gave her, was very meaningful because she wanted it for quite some time, and it is a very useful watch for her since she can check her blood pressure as well as her stress level. She is currently working as a nurse, and her job is quite stressful, so I think the watch could help her in terms of monitoring her stress level. Besides that, I would say that this present was better than previous presents I had given her because it holds deeper meaning and is much more expensive compared to other gifts. Furthermore, the reason I decided to give this particular gift is that even though it is pricey, I chose to buy it for her because she is someone I can really rely on, and she is very precious to me. We have gone through a lot in life, and I hope this present shows her that she is someone very meaningful to me.

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Okay, I am going to talk about a present I have given to someone. I have given a watch to my close friend of mine. Her name is Desiree Rachel and I met her when I was in primary school. She was my best mate for over 10 years and currently I would say she is one of my closest friend. So the watch which is the present that I gave her was a very meaningful present because she wanted the watch for quite some time and it is a very useful watch for her because she could check her blood pressure as well as her stress level. She is currently working as a nurse and her job scope is quite stressful so I think that the watch could help her in terms of monitoring her stress level. Besides that, I would say that this present that I gave her was better than previous presents that I had given to her because it holds deeper meaning as well as it is much more expensive compared to other presents. Furthermore, the reason why I decide to give this particular gift is because even though it is pricey, I decided to buy it for her because she is someone that I could really rely on and she is someone very precious to me. We have went through a lot of things in life and I wish that this present can show her that she is someone very meaningful to me.

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