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Band 7+: Do you use a mirror when buying clothes?

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Well, absolutely, yes. I can't purchase any clothes without checking my appearance in the mirror. So, before leaving the shop, I have to ensure that my appearance and my performance are really good and wonderful, and the clothes are really stylish on me. Then I decide to buy the clothes.

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

Well, absolutely, yes. I can’t purchase any coothes, um, without, um, checking myance m. Uh in the mirror. So, um, before leaving the shop, I have to, um, ensure, uh, that my appearance and my performance, uh, is really good and wonderful and the clothes is really, um, stylish on me. And then I decide to buy the clothes.

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

clothes: 3

appearance: 2

really: 2

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Pronunciation

6.5

Your pronunciation is above average. However, you may find complexity in certain words challenging. Regular practice should aid in improvement.

Task Response

This is a great response. You answered the question directly and provided a detailed explanation of your process. Your language is natural and fluent. Consider adding a brief example to further illustrate your point.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and addresses the question directly. However, there are noticeable hesitations and fillers like "um" and "uh," which affect the fluency. Reducing these would significantly improve the score. Try to plan your response briefly before speaking to minimize these pauses.

Lexical Resource

The vocabulary used is adequate and mostly accurate. Words like "stylish" and "appearance" are well-chosen. However, the phrase "my performance" seems slightly out of place in this context. Consider replacing it with a more appropriate term related to how the clothes look on you. Expanding your vocabulary with synonyms for words like "good" and "wonderful" would enhance the response.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The grammar is mostly correct, but there are a few minor errors. The sentence "the clothes is really, um, stylish on me" should be "the clothes are really stylish on me." The use of simple sentence structures is acceptable, but incorporating more complex structures would improve the grammatical range. Practice using different tenses and sentence structures to enhance your grammatical accuracy and range.

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