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Band 5+: Do you prefer making plans, or being spontaneous?

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So I'm a person who loves to plan my days in advance, but it comes up spontaneously sometimes. If I'm going to have coffee with my friends, it's not planned, and I just sit at home doing my homework. It's like spontaneous, you know what I mean? It's like that.

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So I’m a person who love plans my days in advance but it’s come up spontaneous sometimes my like my if I going to like coffee is my friends it’s like it’s not going up like and I just sit home and doing my homework like it’s like spontaneous you know I mean like that

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The response addresses the question but could benefit from clearer articulation and more detailed examples to fully illustrate the preference and spontaneous instances. Consider expanding on the reasons behind your preference for planning and providing more vivid descriptions of spontaneous situations.

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