Describe a gift you would like to buy for a friend

Band 6

I would like to talk about a gift I want to buy for my friend Sevara, who moveLỗi thì: phải là “moved” to Almaty last year to study for a master’s degree. She always sayLỗi hoà hợp chủ ngữ – động từ: phải là “says” that she wishes she could paint, but she was always too busy to start. So I will to buyLỗi dạng động từ: phải là “will buy” hoặc “am going to buy” her a set of watercolours with a pad of paper and two goodTính từ cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource brushes, all in a wooden box for her desk. There is a small art shop near our old university, and the owner knows about this, so I ask him help meThiếu “to” và “will”: phải là “will ask him to help me” choose the right ones, because I have no idea what a beginner needs. I will give it to her on her birthday in December, erTừ ngập ngừng tự nhiên, từ đệm không đáng kể maybe when I visit her. I think she will be loveLỗi dạng động từ: phải là “will love” it, because it is not just a thing, it is a way to help herCách diễn đạt cơ bản, hạn chế Lexical Resource start something she always wanted, and I think she will be happy that I remembered what she said a long time ago, because many people forget these small things.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about a gift I’d love to buy for my friend Sevara, who moved to Almaty last year to start a master’s degree. For as long as I’ve known her, she has said she wishes she could paint, but she has always been too busy or too shy to begin. So I’m planning to give her a proper set of watercolours, together with a thick pad of paper and two soft brushes, in a wooden box she can keep on her desk. There’s a small art shop near our old university where the owner knows his materialsMệnh đề quan hệ nêu một chi tiết chính xác, and I’d ask him to help me choose, since I really don’t know which paints does a beginner needLỗi trật tự từ trong câu hỏi gián tiếp: phải là “which paints a beginner needs”. I’d hand it over on her birthday in December, ideally in person. What I like about the idea is that it’s a gentle pushCụm từ tự nhiên, mang tính thành ngữ towards something she’s always wanted to try, and I think she’d be touched that I rememberedCollocation cảm xúc chính xác a casual comment from years ago. More than anything, I’d like her to feelDiscourse marker tự nhiên, dẫn vào phần suy ngẫm cuối that someone believes she can do it.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about a gift I’d love to buy for my friend Sevara, who moved to Almaty last year to start a master’s degree. For as long as I’ve known her, she has said she wishes she could paint, yet she has always been either too busy or too shy to begin. So I’m planning to give her a proper set of watercolours, along with a thick pad of paper and two soft brushes, in a wooden box she can keep on her desk. There’s a small art shop near our old university whose owner knows his materials, and I’d ask him to help me choose, since I wouldn’t have the faintest idea which paints suit a beginner. I’d hand it over on her birthday in December, ideally in person. What appeals to me about the idea is that it isn’t merely an objectCâu chẻ với cấu trúc đối lập but a gentle push towards something she has always wanted to try, and I suspect she’d be touched that I remembered a throwaway comment from years ago. More than anything, I’d like her to feel that someone believes she can do it.