Band 8+: When is your birthday and how do you usually celebrate it?

Your pronunciation is very good. Aim to refine subtleties and intonation to further improve.

This is an excellent response. The answer is concise, natural, and directly addresses both parts of the question. The addition of detail regarding the family dinner and location enhances the response.

The answer is coherent and easy to follow. Minor improvements could be made by using more sophisticated linking words or phrases to connect the two sentences. The slight hesitation in the delivery ('and because it is only...') could be smoothed out with more natural phrasing.

The vocabulary is adequate and appropriate for the context. Using more descriptive language to describe the restaurant (e.g., instead of 'fancy,' perhaps 'upscale' or 'high-end') would enhance the lexical range. The phrase 'nearby our house' could be replaced with a more concise and sophisticated alternative like 'nearby' or 'in our neighborhood'.

The grammar is largely accurate. The only minor error is the lack of the definite article before '17 July' ('the 17th of July'). The sentence structure is simple but effective. Using more complex sentence structures would improve the grammatical range.