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Band 7+: It is your cousin's birthday soon and your family are planning a surprise party. Your parents have asked you to be in charge of one of the following options: • cooking a special meal for everyone • inviting friends and other relatives. Talk about how easy or difficult each option would be to do. Say which option you would prefer,and why

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Well, the problem is that it is my cousin's birthday, so my family is planning a surprise party. My parents have asked me to either cook a special meal for everyone or invite friends and other relatives. I think cooking a special meal for everyone is difficult because we need to make the food suitable for everyone, and it would take a lot of time. Inviting friends and other relatives is very easy; we just need to send a message to them, and they will come. I prefer cooking a special meal for everyone, even though it is time-consuming and difficult. I think it is meaningful, and it can make us all enjoy the meal together.

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

Well, the problem is that it is my cousin’s birthday, so my family are planning a surprise party. My parents have asked me to cook a special meal for everyone, inviting friends and other relatives. Well, I think cooking a special meal for everyone is difficult. That’s because we should make the food suitable for everyone, and also it would waste a lot of time. And inviting friends and other relatives is very easy. That’s because I think we should just send a message to friends and relatives and they will go. Well, I prefer cooking a special meal for everyone, although it is very time wasting and very difficult. I think it is very meaningful and also it can make us eat very happily.

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Overall Band Score

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
Using more sophisticated words could be beneficial.

Vocabulary Repetition:

meal: 4

everyone: 4

special: 3

friends: 2

other: 2

relatives: 2

think: 2

cooking: 2

difficult: 2

Try using synonyms for the above words

Pronunciation

7.5

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

Task Response

The response adequately addresses both tasks, outlining the challenges of cooking and the relative ease of inviting guests. Consider expanding on the specific challenges of cooking a meal for a large group, perhaps mentioning dietary restrictions or preferences. Elaborating on the 'meaningful' aspect of cooking would strengthen the response. Adding more detail to the invitation process, such as the method of communication or any logistical considerations, would also enhance the answer. The response could be expanded as it currently feels quite brief.

Fluency & Coherence

The response is coherent and mostly fluent. There is a slight hesitation at the beginning, and a minor repetition ('very time wasting and very difficult'). Improving the flow by using more sophisticated linking words and phrases would enhance fluency. For example, instead of 'Well, I think...', try 'I believe...' or 'In my opinion...'

Lexical Resource

6.5

The vocabulary is adequate and appropriate for the task. More precise vocabulary could be used. For example, instead of 'suitable for everyone,' consider 'catering to diverse dietary needs' or 'appealing to a wide range of palates.' Using more sophisticated synonyms would improve the score. Pay attention to vocabulary repetition to improve the overall score.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammar is mostly accurate, but there are a few minor errors. For example, 'my family are planning' should be 'my family is planning.' The sentence 'we should just send a message to friends and relatives and they will go' could be improved by using a more sophisticated structure. Focusing on more complex sentence structures and ensuring subject-verb agreement will improve accuracy.

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