The following question comes from Cambridge IELTS book 9.
Describe an open-air or street market which you enjoyed visiting. You should say:
- where the market is
- what the market sells
- how big the market is
- and explain why you enjoyed visiting it.
Task:
Let's imagine that you have visited the Christmas market in Manchester. Write your answer to the question above using information from the websites linked below. Try to 'steal' some good vocabulary from the sites. I'll share my answer next week.
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Dear All,
Here is my description for today's topic.
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I want to talk about the farmers' market in my neighborhood, which is a type of open-air market my wife and I really enjoy going to.
I live in a small town near the San Francisco Bay Area and they have a farmers' market in its small downtown every Saturday in the summertime. This open-air market is actually quite small, about only 3 blocks long, but you can find all sorts of products. Here you can find locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables as well as handmade accesories and jewelry. There are also some stands selling different kinds of snacks, such as caramel apple, kettle corn, and cotton candy.
My wife and I really enjoy going to this farmers' market because the atmosphere is quite relaxing. All the vendors are locals and they treat everyone nicely. I also feel they are honest people and would never try to trick you when selling you something. In fact, we have bought oranges, apples, and different kinds of vegetables, and everything was indeed quite fresh.
All in all, although very small, this farmers' market is a wonderful place for local residents to hang out and buy some fresh produce.
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Enjoy your weekend!
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I am going to the describe a street market called Manchester City Christmas Market. This market open every year in November and is located about eight locations across the city. This is the biggest market in Manchester. One can buy fabulous Christmas gifts and is perfect place to visit during November December. Every year thousands of visitors from all over Europe stroll through stalls and do Christmas shopping. You can enjoy mouth watering and mind boggling foods and drink from different countries. The visitors can relax after a hard day during shopping and can enjoy wine. This is the biggest and longest market and children must be accompanied by an adult. I always enjoy visiting this place because I can buy Christmas gifts from here and can enjoy Christmas sweets. This is safe and secure place because security guards are working there during market timing and only guide dogs are permitted on site. All in all this is my favorite market in Manchester.
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I would like to talk about street market that i visited in May this year is brick lane which is situated in east London. I went there with my husband and my best friend. This was my second visit after almost 2 years. The reason i chose to go there again was due to my first experience, its environment, varieties of smells from foods, music played by entertainer and stalls for clothes and antiques was waiting for people to offer their services. All this events happens in on the street which extends almost 1 kilometer distance.
I enjoyed this market because it is different from every days supermarket.food court is something i liked and was my best part of that market where we can test different country's cuisines in musical environment. I must admit that you need to have good company to enjoy things like this.
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I would
like to tell you a Saturday market in Brisbane. This market is located
in Davies Park alongside the Brisbane River in west end. It runs on
every Saturday between6 am to 2 pm.
This market sells just about everything you want in a market, such as a range of garden fresh veg and fruit ,hot breads, seasonal flowers, a unique collection of first hand and second hand clothes and mouthwatering delicacies from all over Europe and Asia. German sausage and Chinese spring rolls are my favorite treats。
This market is not very big, there are about 10 to 12 stalls and most of the stalls are covered under the canopy of a giant fig tree.
I love to visit this market on Saturday with a few friends, we will sit on a picnic blanket and enjoy a cup of fresh coffee, watch live performing artists and musicians under the shade of the tree. I also enjoy the banter and advice of stallholders from all over the continent, and soak up the atmosphere of a truly international event with a uniquely Brisbane flavour
This market sells just about everything you want in a market, such as a range of garden fresh veg and fruit ,hot breads, seasonal flowers, a unique collection of first hand and second hand clothes and mouthwatering delicacies from all over Europe and Asia. German sausage and Chinese spring rolls are my favorite treats。
This market is not very big, there are about 10 to 12 stalls and most of the stalls are covered under the canopy of a giant fig tree.
I love to visit this market on Saturday with a few friends, we will sit on a picnic blanket and enjoy a cup of fresh coffee, watch live performing artists and musicians under the shade of the tree. I also enjoy the banter and advice of stallholders from all over the continent, and soak up the atmosphere of a truly international event with a uniquely Brisbane flavour
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Greetings everyone!
Here is my variant of answer. Sorry, it's not related to the Christmass market in Manchester.
I'd like to describe a market which I used to visit in my native town R. It's a central market that is situated not far from the central part of the town. Most of the goods selling there are related to a cloth and food industry. Jeans, coats or shoes - anything you need to wear are selling on the market. On the other hand there are variety of fresh meat, vegetables or fish.
In compare to other markets I know, this one is small due to the size of the town which has a small population. In my childhood I was always fascinated by visiting this market, because each time it meant that I'll get something new. Additionally, it was always funny to watch how sellers haggling with customers.
Here is my variant of answer. Sorry, it's not related to the Christmass market in Manchester.
I'd like to describe a market which I used to visit in my native town R. It's a central market that is situated not far from the central part of the town. Most of the goods selling there are related to a cloth and food industry. Jeans, coats or shoes - anything you need to wear are selling on the market. On the other hand there are variety of fresh meat, vegetables or fish.
In compare to other markets I know, this one is small due to the size of the town which has a small population. In my childhood I was always fascinated by visiting this market, because each time it meant that I'll get something new. Additionally, it was always funny to watch how sellers haggling with customers.
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First of all, I would to thank Mr. Simon for running this wonderful website. It's very helpful for people who are going to take IELTS exam. I have gained lot of valuable information from this website. Now come to the topic.
I would like to talk about Friday market in Kuwait. Friday market is situated in Kuwait City and its open only on Friday. It sells so many products on very reasonable price with comparison in local market for instance; carpets, dining table, sofas, beds, also all kind of electronic items and etc...The market is quite big and covering around 1km area and almost all area covered with big sheds. I would love to visit the market whenever I get free time. There are so many things which you can buy from there and main point is for me, as I am addicted by the technology and always in search of new electronic things. I have already got so many good things from there like MP3, headphones, Dolby System and many more.
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I'm trying to say like this:
I'm going to describe a street market which I with my three close friends enjoyed visiting about four years back. The market, popularly known as 'shosta bazar', is located beside a busy street in chittagong and very near to chittagong new market. Shosta Bazar means Cheap market, that means, where things are sold at cheap price. Actually, we were the visitors in chittagong city. I came to know about this market while chatting with a local people. So I asked my friends to go there to buy some things at cheap rate. They all agreed in a word. At first, I thought It would be very small market but to my surprise I saw I was really big occupying about 200 feet long and 4 feet wide area of the roadside. Mainly ready-made garments and show pieces of which mostly made of seashell that are available in the nearby sea are sold in this market. We enjoyed a lot having very nice and strange show-pieces at a very low price. In fact, we were totally amazed. We came back to our hotel buying a lot of things. All the way we were just talking over this interesting market.
I'm going to describe a street market which I with my three close friends enjoyed visiting about four years back. The market, popularly known as 'shosta bazar', is located beside a busy street in chittagong and very near to chittagong new market. Shosta Bazar means Cheap market, that means, where things are sold at cheap price. Actually, we were the visitors in chittagong city. I came to know about this market while chatting with a local people. So I asked my friends to go there to buy some things at cheap rate. They all agreed in a word. At first, I thought It would be very small market but to my surprise I saw I was really big occupying about 200 feet long and 4 feet wide area of the roadside. Mainly ready-made garments and show pieces of which mostly made of seashell that are available in the nearby sea are sold in this market. We enjoyed a lot having very nice and strange show-pieces at a very low price. In fact, we were totally amazed. We came back to our hotel buying a lot of things. All the way we were just talking over this interesting market.
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The market is built in over 700 sq kilo meters area. IT has 16 stalls in total attracting thousands of people across the city.
The reason why I enjoyed this market is that its bustling atmosphere and environmental friendly location is attracting quite a huge population. So, I am one of them to get fascinated by its green natural scenes and sights.
So,all in all I would say that this open market is a destination to enjoy and relax your day off, if you have taken a leave from your work.