Sample answer
My name is Harjeear, and my family name is Gohal, but it's not on my ID card. So please just call me Harjeear.
Part 1 · Band 6
What is your name ?
Source-reported band score · 23 words
Answer analysis
Fluency & Coherence
The answer moves logically from your given name, to your family name, to the detail about your ID card, and ends with a clear request: “please just call me Harjeear.” This sequence is easy to follow, though the response is too short in text to assess spoken flow or development reliably. Practise saying it in 15 seconds, then repeat it with a brief clarification of which name is absent from the card.
Lexical Resource
The vocabulary is clear and appropriate for this personal introduction: “my name,” “my family name,” and “my ID card” communicate the relevant information. The wording is necessarily simple for the question, so this short sample offers little evidence of wider lexical range. As an optional refinement, use “given name” and “surname” if those terms accurately describe your naming situation, while keeping the answer natural and easy to understand.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy
You use complete clauses and connect them with “and,” “but,” and “so,” giving the answer a clear grammatical shape. The main point to refine is the pronoun in “but it's not on my ID card”: it is not immediately clear whether “it” means your family name or your full name. Name the item directly to remove that ambiguity. The sample is brief, so it cannot show a broad range of structures.
Pronunciation
This is a practice guide, not an assessment of a recording; text alone cannot show how you pronounce the answer. Practise the name “Harjeear” and the phrases “family name” and “ID card,” giving the key word in each phrase clear stress. Group the response into three thought groups: your name, the ID-card detail, and your request. Record yourself, replay it, and check that each group is distinct and the names are intelligible.
A transcript shows language and organisation. Fluency, delivery and pronunciation require an audio recording; the synthetic voice demonstrates the text, not the original speaker.
- Clarify what is not shown on your ID card by naming it directly, for example, “my family name,” if that matches your meaning.
- Practise delivering the answer in three thought groups: your name, the ID-card detail, and what you would like to be called.
- Record a 15-second version and check whether a listener can identify your given name and family name on the first hearing.
Plan your answer
Try your own response before reading the samples.
Ideas to explore
- Give your full name and say what you would like the listener to call you.
- Explain who chose your name and the reason behind that choice.
- Briefly describe the person or story that inspired the name.
Suggested structure
- State your full name.
- Offer your preferred name.
- Say who chose the name and why.
- Add a concise detail about the person who inspired it.
Useful vocabulary & examples
- feel free to call me
- A friendly way to invite someone to use a preferred name.
My name is Hajar Hassan Al-Hattali, but feel free to call me Hajar.
- be inspired by
- To get an idea or motivation from someone or something.
My mom chose this name because she was inspired by Hajar.
- known for her resilience
- Recognised for the ability to cope with hardship and keep going.
She is a remarkable woman known for her resilience in Islamic history.
- in Islamic history
- Within the historical context of Islam and Muslim communities.
Hajar is remembered as a remarkable woman in Islamic history.
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