Part 1 · Band 6
Source-reported band score · 49 words
My name is Alisha. I have a big family. My family includes my mother, sister, and brother. I love my family. My mother's name is... I love my mother. She is like a flower, beautiful. I am interested in English. I'm afraid of dogs and big snow. I like...
On the page, the answer moves from your name to family, your mother, English, and fears, so it offers several personal details. However, “My mother's name is...” and “I like...” leave thoughts unfinished, which weakens the development. Text alone cannot show spoken fluency. Practise a 30-second response using this answer: state your name, add two connected details, and finish each thought; then check that you have no unfinished sentences.
The vocabulary is relevant and includes a personal image in “She is like a flower, beautiful.” The answer also communicates interests and fears clearly. However, “big snow” is an unusual combination, and repeated use of “family” and “love” limits variety. Practise replacing one repeated word with a suitable alternative and learn “heavy snow” as a more natural phrase for this meaning.
You use clear basic sentence patterns, such as “My name is Alisha” and “I am interested in English.” The main grammatical limitation is that “My mother's name is...” and “I like...” are incomplete clauses, while “She is like a flower, beautiful” is awkwardly ordered. Practise making each idea a complete sentence, and join related details with a simple connector such as “and” or “especially.”
Pronunciation cannot be assessed from this text, and this practice guide is not an assessment of a recording. Practise word stress in “interested in English” and “beautiful,” and group the answer into thought units: “My name is Alisha / I have a big family.” Record yourself reading it, then check whether each phrase is easy to understand and whether the stressed words stand out; do not try to judge an accent.
A transcript shows language and organisation. Fluency, delivery and pronunciation require an audio recording; the synthetic voice demonstrates the text, not the original speaker.
Try your own response before reading the samples.
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