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Band 6+: Worst thing about your work

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The worst thing about my work is the number of working hours, which is 10 hours per day, affecting my relationship with my kids.

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The worst thing about my work is the number of working hours which is 10 hours per day which affect my relations between me and my kids.

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Overall Band Score

6.5

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Vocabulary Complexity:
B1 - Intermediate
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Vocabulary Repetition:

hours: 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

The answer is relevant and directly addresses the question. Consider expanding on the impact of long working hours on your relationship with your children to provide a more detailed and compelling response.

Fluency & Coherence

The answer is coherent and easy to follow. There is a slight hesitation and slightly unnatural phrasing in the original answer ("which is 10 hours per day which affect"). The refined answer improves this. More sophisticated linking words and smoother transitions would push this to a higher band.

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is adequate and appropriate for the task. Words like "affect" are used correctly, but more precise and sophisticated vocabulary could be used to describe the negative impact of long working hours. For example, instead of 'affect', consider words like 'strain', 'jeopardize', or 'undermine'.

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

Grammar is mostly accurate, but the original answer has a slight grammatical error ("affect" should be "affects"). The refined answer corrects this. While the answer demonstrates basic grammatical structures, using more complex grammatical structures (e.g., subordinate clauses, passive voice) would improve the score.

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