IELTS Part 2

The one I'd like to talk about is my grandmother.

Opening the long turn

So that's the one I would choose if I were asked again tomorrow.

Closing the long turn

The reason it matters to me is that it changed what I ended up doing with the next few years.

Explaining significance

What strikes you about her is that she is completely unhurried about everything — she once sat with me for an entire afternoon over one problem.

Describing a person

What I like about it is that it is genuinely quiet, which is rare in a city that size, and I go there when I need to think about something properly.

Describing a place

I got it at a market on my first trip abroad, and it reminds me of a period when everything was uncertain.

Describing an object

This would have been three or four years ago, and the whole thing lasted an afternoon.

Time reference

This was back when I had just finished studying and had no idea what came next, and what was meant to be an hour ended up lasting most of the night.

Describing an event