Part 1 · Band 8

What do you like to do in your free time?

Source-reported band score · 46 words

Sample answer

Well, when I have leisure time, I usually take care of my flowers in my garden with my mother. I also go to our local park with my little brother to relax and ride bicycles. Especially when I'm at home, I read books, particularly adventure books.

Answer analysis

Fluency & Coherence

The answer develops in a clear sequence: gardening with your mother, going to the park with your brother, then reading at home. This gives the response a natural progression, though each activity is mentioned briefly and the final point could connect more smoothly to the others. Practise speaking this answer for 30 seconds, adding one brief detail about why you enjoy each activity while keeping the same facts.

Lexical Resource

Phrases such as “take care of my flowers” and “local park” communicate familiar activities clearly, and “particularly adventure books” adds useful specificity. The vocabulary is accurate and appropriate, though it relies mostly on common words and repeats the idea of reading books. As an optional refinement, use a more varied expression for one activity or preference, such as “look after my flowers” or “I’m especially fond of adventure stories.”

Grammatical Range & Accuracy

The response uses accurate present simple forms to describe habits, including “I usually take care” and “I also go.” The subordinate clause “when I have leisure time” and the added detail “to relax and ride bicycles” show some sentence variety. There are no clear grammatical errors to correct. For further development, try joining the final reading detail to the home context in a slightly more varied sentence.

Pronunciation

This is a practice guide, not an assessment of a recording; no judgment is made about your actual pronunciation. Practise the word stress in “leisure time,” “local park” and “adventure books,” making the key nouns clear. Group the answer into three thought groups: gardening, the park, and reading at home. Record yourself reading it, then check whether each phrase is easy to understand and the pauses mark those groups.

A transcript shows language and organisation. Fluency, delivery and pronunciation require an audio recording; the synthetic voice demonstrates the text, not the original speaker.

  • Keep the three activities in a clear sequence, and add one short reason for enjoying each without introducing new personal facts.
  • Practise replacing one repeated general word, such as “books,” with a more specific term already supported by your answer, such as “adventure books.”
  • Record a 30-second version and check that the gardening, park and reading ideas each form a distinct, easy-to-follow thought group.

Plan your answer

Try your own response before reading the samples.

Ideas to explore

  • Name reading as the free-time activity you enjoy.
  • Mention the library and the Peace Hotel as places where you used to read.
  • Include the detail that you read in class three times, expressed clearly.

Suggested structure

  1. Answer the free-time question directly with the activity.
  2. Add a sentence about when or where you used to read.
  3. Give the class-reading detail in a separate, clear sentence.
  4. Check that each detail connects to reading rather than introducing a new question.
Useful vocabulary & examples
in my free time
during the time available for leisure

I enjoy reading books in my free time.

I used to read
I read regularly or habitually in the past

I used to read in the library.

at the Peace Hotel
at the named place, Peace Hotel

I used to read at the Peace Hotel.

read in class
read while attending a class

I read in class three times.

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