Did you write the good vocabulary from yesterday's lesson in your notebook? Here are the words and phrases that I think you should have noted down:
- took place a few years ago
- where I grew up
- the marriage ceremony was held in a church
- the wedding reception
- members of my family
- the bride and groom
- my mother made sure that...
- we all dressed for the occasion
- and so on (instead of "etc.")
- her big day
- we had a fantastic time
- it's rare for me to see
- what made the day so memorable
Hello sir, I need help in writing .my exam is on 26 july .
Posted by: Ritu Lidhar | July 12, 2014 at 11:22
Hi Simon,
What makes the difference between each vocabulary band? For example, what's the difference between vocabulary of band 9 and band 7?
Posted by: hellcha | July 12, 2014 at 14:16
that's helpful phraces. thank sir
Posted by: ttrung | July 13, 2014 at 04:26
Hellcha
The main difference is in the level of error. 7 contains some evidence of natural collocation and idiomatic use while 9 would be that this use is sustained with no errors. Individual words do not really fit into a band because the way they are used plays an important role.
Basically a 7 uses some high level words or expressions appropriately, an 8 can do this over a long period and a 9 does this like a native speaker.
It is very difficult for anyone who is not at the 9 level to assess vocabulary scores because at the upper levels it is often a question of what sounds 'natural' or not.
Posted by: Sjm | July 13, 2014 at 06:45
Can anyone help me for speaking
Posted by: Shanil parikh | July 13, 2014 at 10:39
Thanks, Sjm.
So the difference here is about how natural, flexible we use the words or collocation
Posted by: hellcha | July 13, 2014 at 14:31
Hi Simon. Please I need a help.I got 5.5 6 time I just need 6 I don't know what happened with me every test I felt very good sometime I expected 7 .in speaking section I saved all ideas all the time the examiner gave me 6. Please help me
Posted by: laith | July 14, 2014 at 01:01
Great post thank you for sharing.
Posted by: skrotbil | July 14, 2014 at 15:45
Yesterday they asked me to describe about an animal
Posted by: DRC | July 18, 2014 at 05:54
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Posted by: Sabrina | July 18, 2014 at 07:21
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