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Band 5+: What kinds of bills do you have to pay? How do you usually pay your bills – in cash or by another method? [Why?] Have you ever forgotten to pay a bill? [Why/Why not?] Is there anything you could do to make your bills cheaper? [Why/Why not?]

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Usually, I have to pay the water bill and electricity bill, and some credit card bills, of course. Usually, I prefer the online method for paying my bills because it is the most convenient one. Paying in cash is much more difficult, I think. So I mostly use the online method for paying my bills. Most...

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Usually, I have to pay the water bills and electric belt and some credit card bills, of course. Usually, uh, I prefer online method for, uh, paying my bills because it is the most convenient one, uh, paying in cash is much more difficult, I think. So we can use I mostly used the online, and I thought for paying my bills. Most

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

bills: 3

paying: 3

usually: 2

online: 2

method: 2

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Pronunciation

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Task Response

The student attempts to answer the question, but the response lacks specific details and elaboration. The student could improve by providing more information about their bills and payment methods, and addressing all parts of the question.

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Lexical Resource

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