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Band 6+: Do you prefer to use public transportation or drive your own car? Why?

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It is safe to say that owning a vehicle is more convenient than any other mode of transport. But I prefer public transport as it is more planned and organized. Another thing is that we are going above 40 to 60% in a vehicle rather than 1 or 2%, which makes traffic jams more infrequent and travel times more predictable for where I want to go.

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It is to say that owning own vehicle is more convenient than any other mode of transport. But I prefer the public transport as they are more planned and organized. Another thing is that we are going above 40 to 60% in a vehicle rather than 1 or 2% that makes traffic jam more infrequent and more predictable time where I wanted to go.

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

more: 4

vehicle: 2

transport: 2

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Pronunciation

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Task Response

The response addresses the question directly and provides reasons for preferring public transport. Elaboration on the benefits of public transport could further strengthen the answer.

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Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate but not particularly sophisticated. There are some inaccuracies in word choice ('infrequent' is not quite the right word for traffic jams). To improve, try to use more precise and varied vocabulary. Read more widely to expand your vocabulary and pay attention to how words are used in context.

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