Well to be honest I think spending money is a part of our life and sometimes I also spend a lot of money than I expected. Although I have purchased a lot of our products and items in my life but here today I would I would like to talk about an item which I recently purchased and I also spent a lot of money than my expectations as I think it is none other than laptop. As I remember that it happened two years ago when I passed my 12th standard with flying colors and at that time I decided to purchase a laptop. it is convenient and important for my next studies and I plan to clear my ILS exam and higher studies so that’s why I decided to purchase it and after that I visited the electronic showroom with my father. I saw a number of laptops, one of my favorite piece. It is none other than the apple brand. I liked the most but it had most expensive and at that time my father asked me quality is matter quantity is not matter so that’s why I purchased apple brand and so that was time I spent more money than my expectation and at that time first I felt very nervous but after that my father tell me and I felt over the moon on the top of the world and how my joy knew no boundaries so that was the time I purchased an item and spent more than my expectations
Band 6+: Describe an item on which you spent more than expected. You should say: • What the item was • When you bought it • Why you spent more than expected • And explain how you felt about spending extra money on it
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Well, to be honest, I think spending money is a part of our life, and sometimes I also spend more money than I expected. Although I have purchased a lot of products and items in my life, today I would like to talk about an item that I recently purchased, on which I spent more than I expected. It is none other than a laptop. I remember that it happened two years ago when I passed my 12th standard with flying colors, and at that time, I decided to purchase a laptop. It is convenient and important for my next studies, as I planned to clear my ILS exam and pursue higher studies. So, I decided to purchase it, and after that, I visited the electronic showroom with my father. I saw a number of laptops, and one of my favorite pieces was the Apple brand. I liked it the most, but it was the most expensive. At that time, my father told me that quality matters, not quantity, so that’s why I purchased the Apple brand. That was the time I spent more money than I expected. Initially, I felt very nervous, but after that, my father reassured me, and I felt over the moon, on top of the world, and my joy knew no boundaries. So, that was the time I purchased an item and spent more than I expected.
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