Describe something you bought but did not use much.
You should say:
- what you bought
- when you bought it
- why you bought it
and explain why you did not use it much.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]
Model Answer:
We buy things either because we need them, or we like them. Sometimes we buy things just because we think we might need them! But, just because we buy something, we need, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we use them much. Sometimes, we don’t even use them at all and leave them at a storeroom. One such thing, that I bought a few years ago, was a nice looking and expensive sound system, made by a very famous German company. However, I scarcely used it ever.
It was a sound system which was really unique and special to me at the time of its purchase because of its many cool and advanced features. In fact, I bought the system after making very careful consideration of the coverage requirements for my rooms, the walls, the ceiling and the floors as so that the sound system could interact perfectly with its surroundings. Anyway, I bought the sound amplifier, of course, because I wanted to listen to some of my favourite soft rock and pop music in isolation from the crowds and noise of the “rest of the world”.
However, after using it for the first few weeks in a random fashion after buying it, I didn’t exactly use my favourite sound system much anymore mainly because I just didn’t have enough time. Besides, changing and resetting the speaker system, every time you want to listen to a different genre of songs, can be a bit frustrating and time-consuming. On top of that, my family members didn’t exactly like the way I was enjoying my “free time” by listening to music in isolation from the rest of my family.
Finally, I have a smartphone now in my hand which allows me to listen to my favourite songs with just a “click” of the buttons. But, just because I don’t use my speaker system much anymore, it doesn’t necessarily mean that I don’t like it anymore. In fact, I still like it just like the time when I bought it first, and I will keep it with me as long as I can!