What do you usually do on a Saturday? You have about forty five seconds to answer.
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What do you usually do on a Saturday?
You have about forty five seconds to answer.
Answer Details
What a strong answer covers.
A strong response describes a typical Saturday in order, from the morning to the evening, and covers at least three different activities. The language to expect is the present simple with frequency adverbs such as usually, sometimes and always, plus time sequencers like first, after that and in the evening. This turn is deliberately different ground from turn one, so a response that returns to describing family members has not answered the question.
Model response.
On a normal Saturday I wake up late, at about nine o'clock, because there is no school. First I help at home. I sweep the floor and I wash the plates from breakfast. After that I usually meet my friends near the football pitch and we play for an hour or two. In the afternoon I do my homework, or I watch videos on my phone if I have already finished it. In the evening everybody is at home, so we eat together and then I go to bed quite early.
Mark this turn whole. The bands describe getting the message across, the language used to do it, and how it sounds.
Speaking, out of 4
| Marks | Band | Descriptor |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Band 5 | Speaks readily and keeps going, with only natural hesitation. The point comes across first time. Draws on a good spread of words and structures, handles more than one tense, and links ideas rather than listing them. Slips are few and never hide the meaning. Sounds are clear and the voice rises and falls in a way that carries attitude. |
| 3 | Band 4 | Speaks at a steady pace with some pausing to think. Nearly everything is understood on first hearing. Uses a fair spread of language and joins ideas with simple connectors. Errors show up in the more ambitious stretches but the listener follows. Generally clear to listen to. |
| 2 | Band 3 | Keeps going with noticeable pauses and some repetition. The main idea arrives, though the listener works for parts of it. Relies on everyday words and mostly simple sentences. Errors are frequent but meaning is usually recoverable. Some sounds need effort to catch. |
| 1 | Band 2 | Manages short stretches and then stalls. Only parts of the response can be followed. Vocabulary is narrow and the same few structures repeat. Errors often block the meaning. Delivery is flat or hard to catch. |
| 0 | Band 0 | No response, or nothing that relates to the prompt. |
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