See what holds your writing and speaking back, then fix it and check again.
1
Write or speak
Answer any Task 1, Task 2 or Speaking question. Ours or your own.
2
Read
Each criterion against the public band descriptors, with your own words quoted.
3
Revise
Fix one thing. Read it again. See what moved.
What a read looks like
Part of a sample Task 2 answer, and one of the four criteria.
Firstly, public transport can carry many people. A bus can carry fifty people but a car carry only four or five. So if more people use bus, there will be less traffic. Also it is good for environment because less cars means less pollution.
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Task Response
5estimate
Your reasons are relevant, but each gets a sentence or two and none is developed with a real example.
“So if more people use bus, there will be less traffic.”
Next: Give each reason a specific example and say what it leads to.
Band 6 asks for: Every part of the question is addressed, some more fully than others. There is a relevant position, though the conclusion may be unclear or repeat itself, and some main ideas are not developed enough.
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