Band 7: Describe something you received for free You should say: What it was Who you received it from Where you received it And how you felt about it (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Today I will describe a gift that my friend gave me on my birthday, which is my Kindle. I cannot live without my Kindle because I rely on it to absorb information and seek out new knowledge. My Kindle was given to me by my best friend, who has been with me for more than five years. His gift was on my birthday. He bought it for me because I had complimented it in the past. He remembered and gave it to me as a present for my birthday. I was surprised and excited and also appreciated his sincere gift. This device is wonderful and contains a variety of features that help me tremendously in my journey of becoming a bookworm. It has a sophisticated note-taking system that can record the information I noted during my reading sessions and summarize it for me effortlessly. Each time I want to read my notes only, I can click on the note tab, and it immediately pops up all the notes I have taken. Another marvelous feature of this device is its time tracking system, as it helps me stay on track with my goal to read one hour every day. If I miss it, it will accumulate to the next day, and I will finish it later.

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Today I will describe about a gift that my friends gave me on my birthday, which is my kindle. I cannot live without my kindle because I relied on it to absorb information and seek out new knowledge. My kindle was given to me by my best friend who had played with me for more than 5 years. His gift was on my birthday. He bought it to me because I complimented it before in the past. He remembered and gave it to me as a present for my birthday. I was surprised and excited and also appreciate his sincere gift. This device is wonderful and it contains a variety of features that help me tremendously in my journey of becoming a bookworm. Basically, it has a sophisticated note-taking system that can record the information that I noted during my reading session and summarize it for me effortlessly. Each time I want to read my notes only, I can put on the note tab and it immediately pops up all of the notes that I have taken. Another wonderful marvelous feature of this device is its time tracking system. As it helps me to be on track with my goals to read one hour every day, if I miss it, it will accumulate to the next day and I will finish it later.

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