Ielts speaking strategies

OBJECT DESCRIPTION

Something that comes up in part 2 speaking is talking about objects, talking about things that you own like a watch, a smartphone, a motorbike, etc . When we talk about an object, we need to describe its appearance.
How do we describe its appearance? We describe it by using adjectives . But you know, there are a lot of things you can say about objects. We can talk about what we think about it. Is it beautiful? Is it lovely? Is it ugly? ...We can talk about its size , we can be general, we can say big , small , tiny …we can be specific (3 centimeter long, 2 feet long…). We can talk about its age like new , old , brand- new , twelve years old ; we can talk about its shape, color ; we can also talk about its pattern ; we can talk about its origin (where is it from?) ; we can talk about its material (wood, bamboo, metal..)
Made of & made from : these prepositions are very important.
We use made of when we can still recognize the material that is used to make the object.
For example: the house is made of wood.
We use made from when we don’t know what material is used to make the object.
For example: Plastic is made from oil.
When we are talking about the description about where we got something, or how we found something, we are going to talk about the past, but we don’t just stick with past simple, and past simple. We should be saying something like “I was visiting my family when my brother surprised me with a new watch” or sorts of reasons (ways to talk about why or what was your object is used by using infinitive of purpose “to; in order to; so as to” ), and then we can talk about when was the first time , when was the last time we saw or used something. For example “the first time I used this computer when I was 10 years old” , “the last time I saw the watch is when I was at my parents’ home” ; “the last time I played the video game was with my brother at Christmas 4 years ago” , and then we will talk about how this object made us or other people feel? You might talk about the birthday present you received or you might talk about the birthday present you gave. Either way, there will be interested how you feel about giving it or how the other feels about getting it. In this case, you should talk about what
the object looks like , but you also talk about what other people feel, and why other people do things by using adjectives of evaluation “people watch TV because it’s relaxing” , “people like to read because it’s enjoyable” we use adjectives of evaluation to talk about what we feel , and how we feel .