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Describe something you have bought recently You should say: ¥ What it was ¥ Where you bought it ¥ Whether it was good value And explain why you bought it 163 Suggestions
You can choose anything that you have bought recently – a car, a bicycle, etc. The most important thing
is to try to expand your answers as much detail as possible based on the given bullet points
Focus on Uncommon Vocabulary
Nouns: retailer, price tag, bargain
Verbs: purchase (= buy), splash out on (= pay a lot of money for), be good value
Adjectives: luxurious, pricey (= expensive), discounted, popular Focus on Grammar
You can use past tenses and present tenses for this topic: ¥ I recently bought…
¥ I went to a supermarket, and while I was walking around…
¥ It’s very useful to me because…
¥ Since then, I’ve kept this item for quite a long time… Sample Response
Well, I’d like to talk about my Samsung Galaxy S9 Phone, which I bought recently.
I bought it a year ago when I went to a local mobile phone shop called FPT Shop. I went there because it
sells a variety of mobile phones from different brands, and I preferred Samsung Galaxy S9 for some reason.
Back then, I needed a clear and high-resolution camera to take pictures, and I also needed to browse the
Internet on the mobile when I am out as well. The phone that I bought cost me about nearly 10 million
VND, which was a large amount of money for me since I was only a university student then. I knew that
there were some less pricey phones from other brands, but I decided to choose this phone.
As for its value, it’s definitely handy to me. Although I have my own desktop PC at home, I usually have to
go out of my home on a regular basis due to work requirements, so I use the phone for browsing the
Internet. Besides, since this is an android device, I can easily install my preferred apps or games from
Google Play and often play these games in my leisure time. In other words, I’m happy with the phone indeed.
That’s all I want to talk about something I purchased recently.
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That’s all I want to talk about something I purchased recently. 165