Band 9.0 Sample Answer Ideas.

• I think puzzles are a good way to challenge our brains.

• Ever since I was a kid, I have enjoyed solving puzzles.

• I was always very curious and even used to disassemble and reassemble my toys just to see how they worked.

• My whole family used to do the Sunday newspaper crossword puzzle together.

• I have also done many jigsaw puzzles and here I would like to talk about one that I did a few years ago.

• On my 18th birthday, my friends gifted me a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle.

• Before that, I had never solved a puzzle with so many pieces.

• 100 pieces was the maximum I had done before.

• The jigsaw design on the box had a beautiful landscape with mountains in the background and a lake in front of it.

• It looked easy but I when I started doing it, I realized it had a lot of tricky repeating patterns and similar shapes and colors.

• It was very challenging and after spending 2 hours on it I was not even halfway done.

• I was glad I was doing it on a weekend and didn’t have to go to school that day.

• I started getting frustrated and at one point I wanted to give it up

• I took a 30-minute break and decided to get back on it.

• The break helped, and I could concentrate better and do it faster.

• I finally managed to finish it and in total, it took me about 5 hours to solve it.

• I felt a great sense of achievement.

• I was so happy and showed the finished puzzle to my family.

• I didn’t want to break it apart and kept it on my desk for a few days.

• I redid this puzzle after a few months and finished it a little faster.

• I have bought many 500 and more piece’s puzzles after that but instead of completing them in one day, I like to keep them on my desk and work 20-30 minutes on them every day.