Band 7: Describe a time when you show something new to others. When What Who you showed it to How How you felt? (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I have a habit of showing things whenever I buy something new, either online or in person, especially to my family. But today I would like to talk about a time when I ordered an online gift for my children. They were not expecting anything. It was the day of Rakshabandhan, which is a day for siblings where a sister ties a thread on her brother's wrist. It has cultural significance in the tradition. Anyway, I ordered a very pretty kitchen set for both of my children because I knew they had wanted it for a long time; they had been asking for it. I ordered it on Amazon, and when I received the package, it was delivered outside the door. When I opened the door, I was so excited to open it. To my surprise, it was actually an incredible tiny kitchen set for smaller kids. It was pink and blue in color and had shelves inside with a small pretty light. Moreover, I ordered it on that special day, so I was thrilled to show it to my family members, especially my children. When they came back from school, I had already assembled everything before they arrived. When they saw it, they were mesmerized by that tiny little beautiful kitchen. Even my daughter played a lot that day in that kitchen, and she served me food with her toy fruits and toy vegetables.

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Well, I have a habit of showing things whenever I buy something new either online or in person, especially to my family. But today I would like to talk about a time when I ordered an online gift for my children. So they were not expecting anything. So that was the day of Rakshabandhan. So that’s the day of the siblings where a sister tied a thread on her brother’s wrist. So it has a cultural significance in a tradition. Anyways, so I ordered a very pretty kitchen set for both of my children. And because I knew that they wanted it for a long time, they were asking for it. So I ordered it on Amazon and when I received the package and it was delivered outside the door and when I opened the door, I was so excited to open it. And when I opened it to my surprise, it was actually an incredible tiny house, not house, it’s a tiny kitchen set to play for the smaller kids. It is pink and it was pink and blue in color and it has a shelves inside with a small pretty light inside. So moreover, I ordered it on that special day. So I was so thrilled to show it to my family members, especially my children. So when they came back from the school and I already assembled everything before they came. So when they saw that they were mesmerized after looking at that tiny little beautiful kitchen and even my daughter, she played a lot that day in that kitchen and she even served me food with her toy, with toy fruits and toy vegetables.

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