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Band 7+: Did you learn to swim when you were a child? [Why/why not?]

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No, unfortunately, I didn't learn to swim when I was a child because I was living in a village, and we didn't have any options for swimming lessons back then. But when I moved to the city and grew up, I started taking swimming lessons around 18 years old, so I learned to swim at that age approximately.

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No, unfortunately I didn’t learn swimming when I was a child because I was living in a village and we didn’t have any options of swimming lessons back then. But when I moved to the city and I grew up, I started taking some swimming lessons around 18 years old, so I learned to swim at this age approximately.

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swimming: 2

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Pronunciation

8.5

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Task Response

This is a good response that directly answers the question. Consider adding more detail to the reasons why you didn't learn as a child and elaborating on your experience learning to swim later in life. This would make the response even stronger.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and well-structured. The pacing is good, and there is a natural flow between sentences. Minor improvements could be made by slightly smoothing out the transition between the two parts of the answer. For example, instead of 'But when I moved...', a more sophisticated transition could be used, such as 'However, upon moving...'

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is appropriate and accurate. Words like 'unfortunately' and 'approximately' show a good range. More sophisticated vocabulary could be used to describe the lack of swimming opportunities in the village (e.g., 'lack of access to swimming facilities').

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammar is largely accurate and the sentence structures are varied. There are a few minor grammatical imperfections ('options of swimming lessons' could be improved to 'options for swimming lessons'). The use of tenses is consistent and appropriate.

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