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Band 7+: Do you like cooking ?

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Well, I'd say I love cooking, but sometimes it can be strongly influenced by my mood. When I'm in a positive mood, I usually try new recipes and make a delicious meal. However, when I'm sad or mad at someone, I usually try to make a meal quickly. For example, whenever I'm sad, I typically just make fries, but when I'm happy, I usually make more unusual meals, which take more than an hour. When I'm sad, it only takes about 10 minutes.

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Well I’d say I love cooking but sometimes it could be strongly influenced by my mood because when I’m in positive mood I usually try to try new recipes and I usually try to make a delicious meal but when I’m happy, when I’m sad at someone or mad at someone I usually try to make meal fast for example. Whenever I’m sad I usually try to do just make just fries but when I’m happy I usually make unusual meals and it takes more than one hour but when I’m sad it takes only 10 minutes

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

when: 4

make: 4

usually: 3

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Pronunciation

Your pronunciation is quite good. Working on consistency and tackling difficult sounds may enhance clarity.

Task Response

The response is comprehensive and provides a detailed answer to the question. The candidate effectively elaborates on their cooking habits and how they are influenced by their mood, offering specific examples to support their points. The answer is well-structured and easy to follow.

Fluency & Coherence

The response is generally fluent, but there are some hesitations and repetitions ('I usually try to'). The organization is clear, but could benefit from more varied cohesive devices. Try to use a wider range of linking words and phrases to connect your ideas more smoothly.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate and appropriate for the topic. The candidate uses words like 'delicious', 'unusual', and 'influenced'. To improve, try to incorporate more specific and less common vocabulary related to cooking and emotions. For example, instead of 'positive mood', you could say 'buoyant mood'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammar is mostly accurate, but there are a few errors (e.g., 'when I'm happy, when I'm sad at someone'). The range of structures is good, including conditional sentences and time clauses. Focus on eliminating minor grammatical errors to improve accuracy. For example, rephrase 'when I'm sad at someone' to 'when I'm upset with someone'.

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