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What did you want to be when you were a child? · Band 5

A real IELTS Speaking Part 2 answer scored Band 5 by AI — question: What did you want to be when you were a child?. Read the transcript, then get your own speaking graded.

Band 5.0

Prompt: What did you want to be when you were a child?

Examiner Grace: Hi, Turna here! What did you want to be when you were a child?

You: When I was a child, I want to I wanted to travel in another country, especially Japan because there were there were sakura trees and then there is a kindness person and there is a fresh air and you can breathe you can breathe so easily. Examiner Grace: Cool, Japan! What made you want to go there, of all places? Anything else you dreamed of doing?

You: Of course yes. Ah for example I want to do travel in Japanese. Of course there is a there was my favorite character who lives in Japan. Examiner Grace: Ah, so a character inspired you! That makes sense. Did you want to be an adventurer like them?

You: Of course I want to. Examiner Grace: That's great! Thanks for sharing. It's fun to look back on those childhood dreams. Well, based on that, I'd say you're around a 5 or 5 5 overall. You did well making sense, but sometimes the words were a bit hard to come by, and grammar errors held you back a little. To improve, trying to speak more smoothly and practicing basic sentence structures could help a lot. Nice vocabulary about Japan, though! Remember, this is just an estimate. So, have you been anywhere fun lately?

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