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Band 7+: Do you prefer buying things in big companies or from small businesses?

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That depends on the kinds of things that I need or want to buy. If I need to buy in bulk, of course, I go to big companies because in most cases, they offer a better deal. However, if I'm looking for something handmade or unique, something that's special to a particular small business, then without a doubt, I'd buy from those types of shops.

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That depends on the kinds of things that I need or want to buy. If I buy things in bulk, of course, I go for big shops because in most cases, they offer a better deal. However, if I buy things that are handmade or something that is special to a particular small shop, then without a doubt, uh, buy things from those types of shops.

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Overall Band Score

7.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

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Pronunciation

7.5

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Task Response

The answer is relevant to the topic and provides a clear explanation of the speaker's preference. However, to reach a band 9, the answer could be more detailed and nuanced, with more specific examples and explanations.

Fluency & Coherence

The speech is mostly fluent, with only minor hesitation ('uh'). The cohesion is good, with clear linking between ideas. To reach a band 9, the speech could be more fluent, with no hesitation, and more sophisticated cohesive devices.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate, but not particularly precise or nuanced. To reach a band 9, the speaker could use more precise vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and collocations.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammar is mostly accurate, with only minor errors. To reach a band 9, the grammar could be more complex and varied, with more accurate use of subordinate clauses and other sentence structures.

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I prefer buying something from the small businesses, especially local ones, because I believe that when I purchase from the small businesses, I contribute to our local economy. This behavior would boost our welfare and activity purchase.

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Do you prefer buying things in big companies or from small businesses?

I would say that buying from big companies is reliable and cozy because they have enough experience and good quality of things and they are more well known. Sometimes there might be good quality of things in small businesses too.

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Do you prefer buying things in big companies or from small businesses?

Honestly speaking, I prefer, uh, both because, um, uh, I search, uh, good qualities, um, items. And whenever I find this, it’s, uh, big companies or small businesses I don’t, uh, care about. Because I find quality, uh, items.

Band 6+

Do you prefer buying things in big companies or from small businesses?

In my opinion, it’s 50 50. Because big companies can make their products in good quality because they uh, are professional or uh, in poor quality because they didn’t care about, about quality of this product. Because they have the auditory to buy the air goods. And from smaller businesses, they can make good quality […]

Band 5+

Do you prefer buying things in big companies or from small businesses?

Actually, I like people who begin with, um, business. But, uh, mainly they have some problems in organing and, uh, organization and the management. But big companies always can, uh, solve the problems. And just make you a great environment for buying things to small businesses. Sometimes I think, um, give some more exaggerate their, […]

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