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Band 7+: Do you prefer public transportation or private transportation?

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Me personally, as much as I love the earth, to be selfish, I actually prefer private transportation more than public transportation. It is because in my country, Indonesia, it's not that convenient for me as a girl to use public transportation, because there are some stalkers who literally follow a girl until she gets home. Overall, it's just much safer for me to drive by myself or even ride in private transportation with people I trust.

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Me personally, as much as I love the earth to be selfish, I actually prefer. Prefer transportation more than public transportation. It is because in my country, in Indonesia, it’s not that convenient for me as girls to be using public transportation, because, like, there are some about stalkers, uh, who literally stalk a girl till she went home. And overall, it’s just much more safer for me to even, like, drive by myself or even write a private transportation with people who can it us.

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Task Response

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Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and mostly fluent. There are a few minor hesitations and repetitions ("like," "uh"), but these do not significantly impede understanding. Improving the flow by removing filler words would enhance fluency.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary is adequate and mostly accurate. Words like "stalkers" are used effectively. More precise language could be used in places; for example, instead of "it's just much more safer," consider "it is significantly safer." Expanding on the reasons for preferring private transport would showcase a wider range of vocabulary.

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There are some grammatical inaccuracies. The sentence "Prefer transportation more than public transportation" is grammatically incorrect. The phrasing "who can it us" is also ungrammatical. While the overall message is clear, focusing on grammatical accuracy would improve the score. Using more complex sentence structures would also demonstrate a wider grammatical range.

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