4. Money as a gift

Describe a time when you received money as a gift

You should say:

who gave it

when you received it

what you did with it

how you felt about it

Sample Answer

Well, when it comes to gifts, everyone considers me to be that difficult person who is impossible to buy something for. So my friends and relatives no longer try to guess what I might like, but ask me directly what I need.

Last year I made my friends even more upset when I asked them to give me money as a birthday gift because I wanted to buy a new laptop, but I didn't have enough money for that. Of course, my friends thought there was nothing fun about giving cash.

Moreover, they understood that they wouldn't be able to give me enough money to consider this computer their birthday present. They joked they would buy one tenth of a computer for me. They weren't as excited about it as I was, so they decided that if they couldn't afford to buy a computer, they would, at least, find some creative way to give cash so that I would remember it for a long time. They gave me a huge bouquet of flowers that were made from banknotes. They folded banknotes so that they resembled buds.

To be honest, I thought they would give me a white boring envelope with cash. Can you imagine how surprised I was when I saw this bouquet. My jaw dropped in amazement. I'm not joking. They managed to kill two birds with one stone. First of all, they gave me what I really needed. At the same time, I was pleasantly surprised as I didn't expect cash to be so creative a gift. So money appeared to be one of the most memorable gifts in my life.