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IELTS Speaking Part 2 — sample answers

Not quite band seven material, is it? · Band 5

A real IELTS Speaking Part 2 answer scored Band 5 by AI — question: "How often do you use public transport?. Read the transcript, then get your own speaking graded.

Band 5.0

Prompt: "How often do you use public transport?

Examiner: Enjoying emotional pain? Damn, maybe you should stop watching films and go see a therapist! Listen, your English isn't terrible, but you're clearly stuck on the simple stuff. Let's get better. Based on that chat, your biggest fix is working on your vocabulary—stop repeating words and using basic connectors like 'and also'. Overall, you're sitting around a 6.0 for me—decent pace, but tragic grammar and basic words. Not quite band seven material, is it?Qale, qale! Xo'sh, qanchalik tez-tez jamoat transportidan foydalanib turasiz, o'rtoq? Ingliz tilida javob ber, qani!

You: Hey, can you repeat the question?

Examiner: Voy, tushunmadingmi? "How often do you use public transport?" dedim! Inglizcha javob ber qani!

You: Ok. And and honestly speaking, we don't have any public transportation in our area. So, I don't use them. But when I go to the city center, I I often use the public bus. Or the

Examiner: Voy, tushunmadingmi? "How often do you use public transport?" dedim! Inglizcha javob ber qani!

You: underground metro. But if you if you add the taxes and public transportation to if they mean the public transportation, I use it almost every day to go to my courses. Oh! Just to visit my relatives.

Examiner: Hmm, yomon emas. Lekin gapirayotganda buncha ko'p to'xtab qolyapsan? Xuddiki, gapingni o'ylab topayotgandeksan. So'zlaringni ham boyitish kerak, juda oddiy! Qani, yana gapirchi, balki biror narsani qoyillatarmisan?

You: Give me the next question.

Examiner: Yo'q! Savolni men beraman! Xo'sh, ko'p odamlar velosipedda yurishni yaxshi ko'radi. Sen-chi? Velosiped haqida nima deya olasan? Inglizcha gapir!

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