Unemployment: day 11
Today, I bought necessity items for JOCV via Amazon. Now Amazon Prime Day is held. I temporarily applied for Amazon Prime for Prime Day sale. However, I wondered if the discount was true. I thought that a product which I didn’t know the ordinary price might have a fake discount. Therefore, I recommend this app “Keepa”. Keepa can suggests us recent price of a product we consider. So as we check it before buying it, we can decide whether the price or the discount are proper or not.
By the way, the parts of products I bought were below.
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Correct version
Today, I purchased some essential items for my JOCV assignment via Amazon. At the moment, Amazon Prime Day is taking place. I temporarily signed up for Amazon Prime to take advantage of the Prime Day deals. However, I questioned whether the discounts were genuine. For products whose usual prices I wasn’t familiar with, I suspected that the discounts might be misleading.
Therefore, I recommend an app called “Keepa”. Keepa allows users to view the price history of any product they are considering. By checking it beforehand, we can judge whether the price or the discount is reasonable.
By the way, here are some of the items I bought.
IELTS Improvement Points
Collocation:
“essential items”
→ More natural and academic than “necessity items”. Common in IELTS Task 2 when talking about daily needs or survival.
“take advantage of (a sale/deal)”
→ A frequently used collocation to express benefiting from a situation. Sounds fluent and idiomatic.
“question whether (something) is genuine”
→ A formal and precise way to express doubt. Useful in essays discussing truth, reliability, or trust.
“price history”
→ Typical phrasing in consumer or economic topics. Common in both speaking and writing when discussing product value.
“judge whether (something) is reasonable”
→ A strong collocation often used when evaluating a decision or offer.
Template:
“I recommend an app called _.”
→ Useful structure in IELTS Speaking Part 2 when describing a useful tool, place, or item.
“Here are some of the items I bought.”
→ Simple and clear transition in a list or description context. Helpful in informal writing or speaking.
“By checking it beforehand, we can…”
→ Excellent conditional structure showing logic and planning; useful in both writing and speaking.
Vocabulary:
“purchased”
→ A more formal alternative to “bought”; preferred in formal writing contexts such as IELTS essays.
“taking place”
→ A more natural phrase than “is held”; frequently used to describe ongoing events.
“temporarily signed up for”
→ More accurate than “applied for” in the context of a service like Amazon Prime.
“genuine”
→ Means “real” or “authentic”; often used when talking about trust or credibility.
“misleading”
→ Useful adjective meaning “deceptive” or “likely to give the wrong idea”; strong word for critical evaluation.
