What kinds of bills do you have to pay…

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Band Score: 5.0 Bands

1. What kinds of bills do you have to pay?

I pay uhhh two kinds of bills. There are a bill I pay monthly and that’s my water bill for water consumption uhmmm at home for washing and drinking purposes. I also pay the bill for my internet.

2. How do you usually pay your bills — in cash or by another method?

I pay my bills through cash. It is uhhh safe and mmm I would say there are lesser chances of loosing your money by aaaa let’s during robbery. Then, I just feel easy to pay cash.

3. Have you ever forgotten to pay a bill?

Yes, I have forgotten to pay a bill. I remember uhhh it was my WiFi bill. I forgot to pay yes, and then the WiFi company shut down my internet. So, uhhh that was very bad experience.

4. Is there anything you could do to make your bills cheaper?

No nothing. There’s nothing I could do to uhmm to make my bills cheap. I think I have to pay them monthly each month. There are not other way.

Band Score Analysis:

• There is no use of linking words
• The answers are short.
• The student has poor fluency due to the use of fillers like uhmm, uhhh etc.
• There is no paraphrasing.
• There is a repetition of words in almost every answer.

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Band Score: 7.5 Bands

1. What kinds of bills do you have to pay?

There are a number of bills I pay every month. Regarding utilities, I pay bills for gas, electricity, and mobile phone. Furthermore, I have taken some subscriptions for entertainment like Netflix, so I pay for them as well.

2. How do you usually pay your bills — in cash or by another method?

Mostly online through my online baking application. I would simply add the reference number of my bill and then pay the mentioned amount. Paying by cash is quite tiring, as we have to go to the billing office of the company, and that takes a lot of time.

3. Have you ever forgotten to pay a bill?

It happened once last year. The thing is that I went to a remote location to spend my summer holidays. At that place, there was no internet, due to which I was unable to pay my bill. I remember that I had to pay a fine as well for the late payment of the bill.

4. Is there anything you could do to make your bills cheaper?

There are two things I can do to make my bills cheaper. Firstly, I keep my lights turned ON even in the morning when they are not needed. Therefore, I am planning to change that habit of mine. Lastly, the consumption of my internet is really high because I watch a lot of entertaining content, so I will reduce that as well to save some money.

Band Score Analysis:

• The student has used some linking words logically.
• The student has given extended answers with proper reasoning.
• There are minimal grammar mistakes
• The pronunciation and fluency are good.
• The student could improve their score by including idioms and using complex grammar structures.
• There is proper paraphrasing as well in the first sentence of each answer.

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