Band 6: Gift (object) Describe a gift you recently gave to someone. You should say: ■ who you gave it to Π what kind of person he/she is Π what the gift was ■ what occasion the gift was for ■ and explain why you chose that gift. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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So recently, I gifted one of my dearest friends named Tatika. I gave her a hoodie that has a print of four animals. We are a group of four people, and each animal represents one of us. I had the hoodie made and then printed the four animals in the center of it. Secondly, I prepared a cake for her. Third, we ordered a panda-themed ear muffler so that she can feel warm and shouldn't catch cold easily. I also purchased a frame consisting of the four of us. All these gifts were prepared by me individually. Why did I choose this gift? Because she is moving abroad for her studies; she is going to the USA to complete her dream and get her master's degree. So, my friends and I decided to surprise her, called her to a café, and we all gifted these cute little things to her. She deserves all this love and happiness because we have been close for the past 8 to 10 years and want to keep this bond forever. Whenever she misses us, she can look at our gifts and feel that yes, there are my buddies who I miss a lot, and they are always with me. It's just a matter of distance, but yes.

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So recently I have gifted one of my dearest friends named Tatika. So I have given her one hoody which has a print of four animals. So we are a group of four people. So each animal represents each other. So like I had booked the hoody and then print that four animals into the center of the hoody. Second I have prepared one cake for her. Third we had ordered one panda themed ear muffler. So that you know she can feel the warmth and shouldn’t catch cold easily. Then I had purchased one frame consisting of four of us. So all this gifts was being prepared by me individually. Why did I chose this gift? Because as she is moving abroad for studies she is going to USA for completing her dream and to get masters done from USA. So she is planning to move abroad. So me and my friends decided to surprise her, call her at a cafe and we all gifted this cute little things to her. Because she deserves all this love and happiness because we have been close together for like past 8 to 10 years and want to keep this bond forever. And whenever she will be missing us she can look at our presence and feel that yes there are my buddies who I miss a lot and they are always with me. It’s just a matter of, it’s just a fact that we are at a distance. But yes.

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