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Band 5+: 19. Describe an occasion when someone gave you positive advice or suggestions about your work 1. What did you do? 2. When was it? 3. Why do you get positive feedback?

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In my entire life, I received a lot of advice from my parents, relatives, and friends. Those are the amazing pieces of advice that I found really helped me in my life. They helped me to improve and better myself. Today, I would like to talk about the valuable advice I received from my parents. When I was a student in school, one of my teachers told me to take part in a competition. I was really an introverted person and I could not make sense of it. However, my teacher encouraged me to participate, and I decided that I would take part in the competition. Thank you.

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In my entire life I received a lot of advice from my parents, relatives and friends. Those are the amazing piece of advice that I really found is helped for my life. They helped me better, to better something in my life. Today I would like to talk about the valuable device I received from my parents. When I was a student in my school, one of my teacher told me to take part in a competition in school. But really I was an introvert person and I could not make sense of it. But my teacher wanted to take part in this and I decided that I would take part in competition. Thank you. Thank you.

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

advice: 3

received: 2

parents: 2

really: 2

helped: 2

would: 2

competition: 2

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Pronunciation

Your pronunciation is above average. However, you may find complexity in certain words challenging. Regular practice should aid in improvement.

Task Response

The response is quite brief and lacks detail. It mentions receiving advice but doesn't fully address the prompt's three specific questions (what you did, when it was, and why you received positive feedback). Try to expand on each point with more specific examples and details to better illustrate the advice and its impact. Consider adding more descriptive language to paint a clearer picture of the situation. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is understandable but lacks a smooth flow. There's some repetition and the conclusion is abrupt. Work on connecting your ideas more smoothly and providing a more natural conclusion. Practice speaking more continuously and avoid unnecessary pauses and fillers like 'Thank you'.

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate but could be more precise and sophisticated. Phrases like "make sense of it" are a bit informal for this context. Try using more specific and descriptive language to enrich your vocabulary. For example, instead of 'make sense of it', you could say 'understand the purpose' or 'grasp the concept'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammar is mostly correct but contains some errors. There are issues with articles and pluralization ("pieces of advice," not "piece of advice"). Practice using a wider range of grammatical structures and focus on accuracy to improve your score. Pay attention to subject-verb agreement and article usage.

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Band 5+: 19. Describe an occasion when someone gave you positive advice or suggestions about your work 1. What did you do? 2. When was it? 3. Why do you get positive feedback?

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