Part 1 · Band 7
Illustrative target band for this model answer · 79 words
Yes, I do. I spend lots of time at my job where I do my work more passionately. Afterwards, whenever I go home, I used to watch a lot of shows once upon a time. But nowadays, I have decreased the number of TV shows. I mostly watch streaming shows, like some Hindi and English content, depending on what I feel like watching. I still enjoy TV, but I watch fewer shows now than I did in the past.
The ideas follow a clear sequence: you answer yes, describe your past viewing, contrast it with your current habits, and name the languages of the content you stream. The answer could develop the reason for the change a little more, but it already gives a relevant personal response. Practise delivering it in 30 seconds, using “in the past” and “nowadays” as the contrast, then add one brief reason without introducing a new personal fact.
You use relevant topic vocabulary such as “TV shows” and “streaming shows,” and “Hindi and English” makes your preference more specific. Some wording is less idiomatic: “decreased the number of TV shows” sounds as if you reduced a count, rather than simply watch less. A useful next step is to learn natural viewing collocations, such as “watch fewer shows” and “stream content in Hindi and English,” and use them in a short spoken answer.
The response includes simple and longer sentence forms, and the contrast beginning “But nowadays” is understandable. However, “whenever I go home, I used to watch” mixes a present-time clause with a past habit, while “Afterwards” and “once upon a time” make the time reference repetitive. Practise describing past habits with consistent past-time wording, then contrast them with a present-tense sentence beginning “Nowadays, I…”.
Pronunciation cannot be assessed from text, so this is a practice guide rather than an assessment of a recording. Try the phrases “streaming shows,” “Hindi and English,” and “in the past”: identify the main stress in each phrase and group the words so each phrase stays together in one thought group. Record yourself reading the answer, check that these phrases are easy to understand, and repeat any that sound unclear to you.
A transcript shows language and organisation. Fluency, delivery and pronunciation require an audio recording; the synthetic voice demonstrates the text, not the original speaker.
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