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

"Describe a gift you bought for others 
that took you a long time to choose."
you should be able to talk about the 
following IELTS cue card topics as well: 
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Describe a gift you gave to someone. 
x
Describe something you gave to a friend recently.
x
Describe a gift or present you gave to someone. 
Describe a person who likes to travel by plane.
You should say:
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who this person is 
x
how you know this person 
x
where this person travels to 
and explain why this person likes to travel by plane.

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[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:
Travelling is always pleasant, and if it is on a plane the joys know no bounds. 
Travelling on air has some special benefits and there are some people who 
prefer to travel on an aeroplane for some specific reasons. 
Mr Nicholas Alberto, a Spanish national and businessman whom I share the 
apartment in Paris, loves to travel by plane. He is a perfect gentleman and I 
have never seen him travel by road for his business and other purposes. In fact, 
he loves to travel y planes for some benefits. The first and most important 
benefit, according to Mr Alberto, is the comfort. When he travels on a plane, 
he feels more comfortable than travelling by road or by sea. Besides, he 
prefers the speed. He believes that air travel is the speediest medium of 
transport. In fact, there are some truths in his belief. Travelling by air saves 
more time than travelling by the other possible means. He also adores the 
safety issues. To him, air travel is almost risk-free. 
I am a student of Paris College of Art and live in a rented apartment in Paris. 
My parents live in Strasbourg. Since my father is a government employee, he 
cannot leave his station and my mother is a high school teacher. So, I have to 
live alone in the city and I hired an apartment here to live in. As it was a bit 
expensive for me, I advertised for a roommate to be with me in the apartment. 
Accordingly, Mr Alberto arrived and both of us started sharing the apartment. 
It has been about three and a half years we are living under the same roof. He 
is a gentleman and most of the time he remains out of the home for his 
business purposes. But he shares the rent and some other necessary expenses 
for the apartment with me. 
Mr Alberto has different business and he is solely responsible to look after all 
the things. So, he is always busy. He imports olive oil from Spain and 
distributes those in the local markets. Sometimes he also imports spices from 
different countries to be sold to the superstores and markets. As a result, he is 
always in a hurry. To maintain liaison with the Spanish businessmen and other 
people he has to travel in different parts of the globe. Sometimes he travels to 
Spain, his native land, sometimes in Asian countries including India, 
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to collect spices and other food ingredients. I heard 
him saying that he also travelled to the South American countries and have 

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travelled almost half of the world.
Mr Alberto has some special theories of his own and he always follows them. I 
have some travelling experiences with him and found that he is fond of 
comfort. He never compromises with comfort even if he is to pay some extra 
bucks. Since the air travel is more comfortable, he travels by plane in every 
case. But if he is to travel inside France, he never uses the public transports 
rather hires cars from the car rentals even if it is a half an hour journey. 
Another important issue is that he is to maintain deadlines. If he is late to 
reach the destinations, he may have to experience losses. So, he does not want 
to take risks in this case. Travelling by planes is speedier and takes less time to 
reach places out of France. Besides, the travelling by plane is economic in 
many cases. You do not need to wait in a queue for tickets or suffer the solar 
heat in a clogged road. For all these reasons, Mr Alberto travels by planes in 
most of the time.
Model Answer 2:
Travelling by plane is one of the easiest ways to move to different places. So, 
Mr. Roberto likes to travel by plane always. This is an interesting question and 
here I will describe Mr. Roberto and his habit of travelling by air.
Mr. Roberto is a professional coach and works for a local football team here in 
Spain. I am not citing the name of the team for some reasons. However, this is 
the man who always travels by airplane. After him, there are huge benefits of 
air travel and whenever he needs to move from cities, he prefers the air 
routes.
I went to learn to play football at the local football club. In fact, it was an 
attempt to regain my fitness. I was seriously ill for past few months and lost my 
fitness. My doctor advised me to participate in outdoor activities and possibly 
to run. As part of the advice, I decided to take part in football. So, finding out 
some connections, I went to the local sporting club to get admission as a 
student. They had a schedule of teaching football in the early morning. On the 
very first day of the training, I met with Mr. Roberto. He introduced himself as 
the coach of the local team and instructor in this football club. 
Mr. Roberto is a very busy person and needs to travel in and out of Spain for 
his coaching purposes. Sometimes, he also needs to be present in different 
national and international football matches. So, whenever he needs to travel 

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out of the city and to a long distance, he prefers airplane. He mostly visits in 
various national and international stadiums. There he either watches the 
matches or goes to train up the players. In fact, his presence in the stadium 
encourages the players to win the match. So, he is desired everywhere.
To be frank about Mr. Roberto, he does not use the airplane for luxury. He is 
always in hurry. So, to meet the deadlines or to be present in important 
meetings, he needs to move from one place to another. He is a man who 
moves round the day and thus he needs a speedy mode of transport. The other 
transportation modes are not as speedy as an airplane is. Besides, attending an 
important meeting might not be possible if he is not in time at the meeting 
venue. He might get late to reach the other city due to a heavy traffic or other 
reasons. Therefore, he has picked the best mode to move. It is actually 
something more than a luxury for him. Definitely, this is an expensive 
transportation medium but he bears all the costs by himself. Consequently, he 
has become an iconic coach.
If you can talk about the cue card topic