IELTS Speaking Part 2: IELTS Cue Card/ Candidate Task Card

Describe the best gift/ present you have received

: You should say

what the gift was
who gave it to you
when you received it
And explain why it was the best gift/ present you have ever received

: Sample Answer

In my life, I have got numerous gifts and presents and among them, most exciting and best gift was the Laptop my father gave me when I was 14 years old. When I was 10 years old, I found that many of my friends had their own laptops and desktop computers. I was heavily fascinated about this wonder machine and dreamed about owning one someday. After getting admitted in grade 6, I got admitted to a computer training centre and learned the basic computing. Whenever I visited a friend of mine who had a computer, I felt overwhelmed to play games, learn new software, browse the internet etc. over there. I sometimes visited some of my friends’ houses more often than usual only because they had computers. Thus this machine became the only dream of my life. As I knew that my father won’t be able to buy a computer for me, I did not ask for one. I made a dummy computer using papers and boards and played with it. One day I bought a savings bank and started saving coins and notes there. After one month I found that I have saved very few amount to purchase a computer

I got busy with other stuff and could hardly find times to visit friends’ houses to use their computer but in a corner of my heart, I felt the same fascination for owning a computer. On my 14th birthday, my father told me that he wants to take me to the computer shop and purchase one for me. I could not believe what I was hearing. That night it was tough for me to sleep. In the morning I wake up earlier than usual and went to the computer shop with my father. He bought a Dell Laptop that was Pentium 4 machine. While returning home, I found myself flying in joy. I opened the box after returning home and showed it to my mother and other relatives

As a kid, that was a long expected gift that my father gave me and till now it’s the best gift/ present I have ever received