Part 2

Band 5+: Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

See all user-submitted answers on this topic

Skyrocket your IELTS band score by 1-2 points in under a month with our premium plan!

Note: Both the topic and the answer were submitted by one of our users.

67% Accuracy The overall pronunciation accuracy of your speech, reflecting how well a native speaker can comprehend it.

Polished transcript:

Male Female

Well, that's an interesting question. Today I would like to describe a beautiful city I visited last year, in 2022. The name of the city is Chattogram, also known as Chittagong. It is located in the eastern part of Bangladesh. A lot of tourist spots are situated there, such as Boundary Run, Cox's Bazar, Cugrace 3, Sajegh, and so on. I visited this place with my friends. During that time, I went to Cox's Bazar. As I mentioned before, it is located in Chattogram. For this reason, I went there. It's an interesting place. I enjoyed a lot during that time with my friends. That's the most breathtaking view I have ever seen. I also explored their culture, heritage, and people's behavior. The food is quite good, stunning, and outstanding; it was an outstanding journey of my life. While I was there, I saw the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. For this reason, they have good natural resources in the city, and many people call it a kind of vegetable heritage in our country. For this reason, I visited this place, and if I get any chance, I would like to visit this place with my friends.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Well, that’s an interesting question. Today I would like to describe a beautiful city. I visited last year during the time, in 2024. The name of the city is Chotokram Chitagang. It is located in the eastern part of Bangladesh. A lot of tourist spots are situated there such as Boundary run, Cox’s Bajor, Cugrace 3, Sajegh and so on. I visited this place with my friends. During that time I went to Cox’s Bajor. As I mentioned before it is located in Chottogram. For this reason due to this I went there. That’s an interesting place. I enjoyed a lot during that time with my friends. That’s a breathtaking view I have ever seen like that. As well as I explored their culture, heritage and people’s behavior. The foods are quite good, stunning, outstanding, it was an outstanding journey of my life. As I was doing the time I enjoy I saw a beautiful sunset I have ever seen like that and for this reason they have good natural resources in the city for this reason many people call eat one kind of vegetable heritage in our country. For this reason I visit this place and if I get any chance I would like to visit this place with my friends.

Tips: Click on each word to see feedback.

Speaking Time: 80 seconds

Check Your Own Answer On This Topic?

Check My Answer

Generate A Band-9 Sample With Your Idea?

Generate A Sample

Overall Band Score

(+/- 0.5)

Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
Using more sophisticated words could be beneficial.

Vocabulary Repetition:

this: 6

place: 4

city: 3

visited: 3

there: 3

with: 3

friends: 3

reason: 3

have: 3

that's: 2

interesting: 2

would: 2

beautiful: 2

chattogram: 2

located: 2

cox's: 2

bazar: 2

during: 2

heritage: 2

Try using synonyms for the above words

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 addresses all parts of the prompt, including the location, timing, activities, and reasons for finding the place beautiful. However, the development of these points is somewhat limited. To improve, aim to expand on the specific details of your experiences. For example, instead of stating that the food was 'outstanding,' describe a specific dish or the atmosphere of the dining experience. Additionally, try to avoid repetitive sentence structures and circular reasoning, such as stating you went to a place because it is located there. Providing more descriptive adjectives and connecting your ideas with a wider range of cohesive devices will help create a more fluid and detailed narrative.

Fluency & Coherence

The speaker demonstrates the ability to keep talking, but there is significant repetition of cohesive devices, specifically the phrase 'For this reason,' which is used excessively to connect ideas that aren't always logically linked. There is also a lot of circularity (e.g., repeating that the city is in Chattogram and that they went there because it is in Chattogram). To improve, work on using a wider variety of transition words like 'Furthermore,' 'Moreover,' 'Consequently,' or 'As a result,' and try to avoid repeating the same information to fill time.

Lexical Resource

The speaker attempts to use high-level adjectives such as 'breathtaking,' 'stunning,' and 'outstanding.' However, some of these are used inaccurately (e.g., describing 'food' as 'stunning' - stunning is usually reserved for visual beauty). There is also some confusion in the latter half of the response regarding 'vegetable heritage,' which lacks clarity. To reach a higher band, focus on collocations (words that naturally go together) and ensure that descriptive adjectives match the noun they are modifying. Pay attention to vocabulary repetition to improve the overall score.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The response relies heavily on simple sentence structures. There are frequent errors in tense consistency and sentence construction, such as 'That's a breathtaking view I have ever seen like that' (which should be 'It was the most breathtaking view I have ever seen'). There are also issues with relative clauses and word order. To improve, practice using complex structures like superlative forms ('the most...'), relative clauses ('which is located...'), and conditional sentences ('If I had the chance, I would...') more accurately.

Answers On The Same Topic:

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Well, I would like to say, I went to Italy last year. I visit it to Milan. It was an amazing city I had ever seen. Personally, I love exploring to Italian culture and Italian cuisine. But I most impressed there which is Italian kusils like tiramisu, arancini and Italian I went there with my […]

Band 4+

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Well, the city which left me with unforgettable and positive feelings and impressions was Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. It is located in the southeast of this beautiful country and the climate there is mild, like relatively mild, but it actually depends on the season. For instance, we traveled there in the summer […]

Band 7+

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

In the world there is a lot of beautiful locations, beautiful cities. Now I am going to tell you about the churches that I ever visited. It’s located in Uzbekistan. I haven’t go to the other cities like Russia, Kyrgyz, England, like that. But I can go in my countries beautiful locations. It’s located in […]

Band 4+

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Well, if I describe a city that I found interesting and beautiful, that is Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and I visited it last year with my family. It was a very wonderful trip for us, not less because we went to a small family trip and During the few days, I and my family […]

Band 5+

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

I have seen a lot of national attraction places in my life and I can really pick one of them but still I’m gonna give some backstory to it So, three years ago, we were planning to head to a holy place for a Muslim, it’s called Makkah. And we booked a session and we […]

Band 6+

See All

Describe a child you know who likes drawing very much

So I would like to talk about a child I know who is my cousin. His name Alex. Alex is so funny and smart and patient child. Alex is 10 years old and I know him when he was a burden. Alex is a really good person and he is really smart. The one thing […]

Band 5+

Describe your education and career goals

Good morning everyone. Good morning. I am Samira. Today I am going to talk about my education and career goals. Education is very important in my life. It helps me gain knowledge, develop skill and become a better person. I always try to study sincerely and learn new things every day. My career goals is […]

Band 6+

Describe a city you would like to visit in the future.

In future I want to visit Sydney which is a well known city and also a metropolitan city of Australia. in Australia, it is located in Australia. I have heard there are many good places to visit there such as the beach area where people get refreshment during their vacations and having a lot of […]

Band 5+

describe a person who is good at learning languages

Learning languages is one of the most necessary things for people and I would like to talk about a person who is really good at learning languages. It is my friend, Mohamed from middle school. When he was very young he used to try to learn Russian language and over the time since it was […]

Band 6+

Describe an advertisement that you found particularly persuasive. You should say: - Where you saw/heard it - What product or service it advertised - What the content of the advertisement was And explain why you found it persuasive.

Once I saw an interesting advertisement in Instagram that contains a Kachinari phrase, like, not time to lie, the last chance to prepare. And I appreciate of this advertisement and this advertisement was about a course for preparation for national exam of history of Kazakhstan. And the approach that this company propicied people was unique […]

Band 5+

See All

Band 5+: Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Check Your Own Answer On This Topic?

Generate A Band-9 Sample With Your Idea?

Overall Band Score

Pronunciation

Task Response

Fluency & Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Answers On The Same Topic:

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Describe a beautiful city you have visited.

Other Topics:

Describe a child you know who likes drawing very much

Describe your education and career goals

Describe a beautiful place you have visited that you would like to recommend to others. You should say: - Where this place is - When you went there - What you did there And explain why you think other people should visit this place.

Describe a city you would like to visit in the future.

describe a person who is good at learning languages

Describe an advertisement that you found particularly persuasive. You should say: - Where you saw/heard it - What product or service it advertised - What the content of the advertisement was And explain why you found it persuasive.

Check Your Own Answer On This Topic?

Generate A Band-9 Sample With Your Idea?

Overall Band Score

Pronunciation

Task Response

Fluency & Coherence

Lexical Resource

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Answers On The Same Topic:

Other Topics:

Plans & Pricing

Free

Premium