1- a situation when you waited for a bus or a train 2- a challenging profession you know about

"Describe a place where you can read 
and write."
you should be able to talk about the following IELTS cue card 
topics as well: 

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Describe a place where you like to spend your time. 
x
Describe your favourite place.
x
Describe a library.
x
Describe your study room.
x
Describe a quiet place you know about. 
Describe a gift you bought for others that took you a long time to choose.
 
You should say:
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what is was 
x
who you gave it to 
x
how you chose it 
and explain why you spend long time choosing it.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
It was simply a set of tablespoons and forks that took long hours for me to find 
out. I noticed the spoons at the residence of one of my maternal uncles and 
asked him about the location where he bought from. But he replied that he 
had no ideas about the spoons and forks as he received them as gifts. 
In fact, it was a set of finely made spoons covered with simple designs. The 
spoons arrested my attention as those were different from the ordinary 
spoons. The medium-sized silver spoons were a bit heavier than the ordinary 
ones. The spoons were shining in the light. I was invited to the uncle’s house 
for a familial dinner and then noticed the spoons and forks. I have never seen 
such a combined attractive spoon set and wanted to have a batch for my 
family or to present someone I admire. The set contained twelve table spoons 
with twelve forks. 
After my graduation from Paris, I came to Singapore to handle our family 
business. There I met with Sally, one of my closest friends in Paris. She invited 
me to attend her marriage in Singapore as she had also settled there. Since I 
was invited as a guest, I needed to arrange for some gift to present her on the 

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day. Accordingly, I planned for giving her the spoons. I knew that the bunch of 
spoons will make her happy and whenever she will use those they will remind 
her my gifts . As per my thought, I bought the spoons. There was a dozen of 
tablespoons accompanied with a dozen of forks. I also added a dozen of knives 
with the spoons to make it a complete set of dinner assistive instruments. 
Choosing was a difficult task for me. Firstly I am highly busy with my family 
business which deals with importing food crops and grains from different 
countries. Thereby, it was difficult for me to manage time to get the spoons. 
Besides, I was unaware to about the location where I could get the items. I had 
to visit different shopping malls and street markets to get them. Finally, I found 
the spoons at an importer's store at a corner of a street market after a lot of 
troubles and visits to different markets. 
I had to spend a lot of time to get the items. It took nearly a week for me to get 
them and I had to visit different places each of the days. I spent a huge time to 
get the spoons as those were highly attractive. The outlooks of the spoons and 
forks were gorgeous and there was no excessiveness in the design. They were 
strong and it appeared to me that the spoons will be durable. Moreover, the 
seller said that there would be no dents or spots on the spoons and he assured 
that he would be responsible for any sort of damages within three years. So, I 
got the spoons and extended the list with the knives. 
Model Answer 2:
It was the second birthday of my nephew. I had been looking for a toy train for 
him to present marking the day. But I did not get the desired piece. So, it took 
long times for me to find out the right toy train set for the baby. 
In my childhood, I was presented with a toy train set from one of my relatives. 
It was a nice piece of toy set that had one locomotive with four other waggons. 
Besides, it had a railway track that needed to be assembled before playing with 
the train. That was a nice experience for me. So, I wanted to get the similar set 
of toy for the baby so that it also would get a pleasant experience. 
It was my nephew from my elder sister. He just has stepped in two. I have a 
very good relation with this baby boy and do lots of things with him. In fact, he 
is so adorable that I always want to be with this baby. Moreover, the baby is 
also fond of me and loves to be with me. When I go to visit my sister, I take 
something for this baby and it becomes pleased. But when I attempt to get out 

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of their home, the baby tries to stop me and stay with him. Based on all the 
grounds, I wanted to give him the very best gift to play with.
The selection process was filled with complexity. It is really difficult to find out 
the right gift for someone. Before the gift selection, one needs to consider 
some aspects about the recipient like as the preference of the recipient, the 
colour of the present, celebration theme, and many more issues. Though this 
was simply a birthday, I needed to consider some of the aforesaid matters. He 
was a small boy of two years of age. So, I need to focus on his entertainment 
issues. After thinking a lot, I find the toy train will be the best one for this little 
boy. Accordingly, I managed the toy train set.
It took a long time to choose the present. First of all, I wanted to buy some 
sorts of cars or other types of toys for the baby. But later, I realised that they 
boy would not be able to play with cars. The cars need to be controlled by 
using remote controller. He is not matured enough to control a car using the 
remote controller. Besides, such toys are not suitable for kids of two. But there 
are no such issues with a toy train. Once the train track is set, you can place 
the train on the track and it will move by itself. The boy will be delighted. So, I 
spend a long time to get this specific toy set. 
If you can talk about the cue card topic