Band 4.5Building

Speaking Part 2: A holiday place (Band 4.5 version)

Speaking Part 2 66 words 1 min read

Question

Describe a place you visited on holiday. You should say: where it was, who you went with, what you did there, and explain why you remember it.

What a band 4.5 answer sounds like

I go to Da Nang. It is in Vietnam. I go with my family. We go last year.

Da Nang have beach. The beach is big and beautiful. I swim. My father swim too. We eat... eat fish. It is good. Er... the hotel is near beach.

I remember because... because it is happy. I like the holiday. Er... the weather is hot. That is all.

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Why this scores 4.5

One note for each marking criterion.

Fluency and coherence: Speaks for well under a minute, with frequent pauses and fillers. Answers each prompt only briefly, so the examiner would ask for more.
Lexical resource: Basic vocabulary only (big, beautiful, good). Cannot explain why the place is memorable beyond 'happy'.
Grammatical range and accuracy: Mostly short present-tense sentences. Past events are described in the present ('We go last year'), and basic forms are often wrong ('Da Nang have').
Pronunciation: Written transcript only, so pronunciation cannot be judged here. At this band, pronunciation would usually cause some strain for a listener.
Note: A teaching sample written by AI to show what this band looks like. Errors in the lower versions are deliberate. Not examiner-marked.

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