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Band 6+: Why do people buy things that are not necessary?

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To be honest, it's a good question, especially nowadays when luxury is prevalent everywhere. Many people sometimes buy things they don't need just to splurge. This can negatively influence their society and their behavior towards their family. Children can learn this behavior, and it's a very bad thing.
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To be honest, it’s a good question. Especially nowadays when luxury is prevalent everywhere. Many people sometimes buy things they don’t need just to splurge. This can influence negative to their society and their behavior towards their family. Children can learn this behavior and it’s very bad things and.

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Overall Band Score

6.5
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Vocabulary Complexity:
C2 - Complex
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Vocabulary Repetition:
their: 3
behavior: 2
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Pronunciation

7.5
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Task Response

6
The answer is relevant to the question and provides a reasonable explanation. However, it could benefit from a broader perspective and more detailed examples to support the claims. Consider exploring other motivations beyond mere splurging, such as social status, emotional comfort, or marketing influence.

Fluency & Coherence

7
The answer is coherent and mostly fluent. There is a slight hesitation towards the end, and the sentence 'This can influence negative to their society...' could be improved for clarity and grammar. Minor self-correction is present.

Lexical Resource

7
The vocabulary used is adequate and mostly precise. Words like 'splurge' and 'prevalent' show a good range. However, more sophisticated vocabulary could enhance the response.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

6
There are some grammatical inaccuracies, such as 'influence negative' and the incomplete final sentence. While the overall message is understandable, improving grammatical accuracy would significantly enhance the score. Consider reviewing sentence structures and subject-verb agreement.

Answers On The Same Topic:

Why do people buy things that are not necessary?

While there are some people just pursue trends and while others find the essence of comfort and in buying things, although they don’t use them, for many shopping becomes a way to feel better and reduce stress rather than a real need.

Band 6+

Why do people buy things that are not necessary?

Well, some people like to splurge on certain items, just be for the experience of it, for creating memories. For example, people buy tickets for concerts or travel for the mere joy of the experience. And to be honest, we can’t only buy unnecessary things. We like to splurge our hard earned money on things […]

Band 7+

Why do people buy things that are not necessary?

To be honest, it’s a good question, especially nowadays, when luxury is prevalent. Many people sometimes buy things that they don’t need just to splurge. This can influence their society and their behavior toward, uh, their family. Children can learn this behavior, you know, and it can very bad things for their treats.

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