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okay from here starts the speaking test

this is the speaking test of international English language testing system

taking place in Ross Iowa's Academy the candidates is Samson C's

candidate number zero one four one three two seven seven the examiner is Manu Shafi examiner number 443523.

Good afternoon.

My name is Mehnush Hafi.

Would you please tell me your full name?

Hello, my name is Samson Seas.

What can I call you?

You can call me Samson.

Okay, Samson.

Great.

Can I see your identification, please?

Absolutely.

Thank you very much.

here you are thank you very much thank you good

so we can start with your speaking test the first part in the first part of the exam

i will ask you some personal questions first

i'd like to ask you about studying what do you study right now i'm studying three subjects drama music

and performing arts so that's a combination of dance music again

and certain type of acting okay do you like

that subject I love these subjects very much because I actually didn't know

which one to pick I decided to go for the music first of all

then I realized I also love theater studies as well

so then I realized I also love media so I picked performing arts to get more involved okay and what

What was your first day like in this subject?

It was very exciting to be honest with you

because I was really struggling with mathematics and science

and all these subjects that the school

and the national curriculum really wanted us to study

and they said you have to have these qualifications otherwise you cannot take further studies.

So I thought it was very exciting to go ahead

and pick these subjects that I feel I'm more comfortable with and that I like very much.

Okay, very good now let's move on to talk about music what's your favorite type of music oh

it's funny you should ask that because I happen to be a musician

and I play the piano so I love all sorts of genres

if I'm going to talk about music but to answer your question

and pick one in particular in fact I'll pick two for you I love classical music

and New Age and also a mix of pop in between as well

Okay, very well.

Can you sing?

That's the embarrassing question that lots of people ask me.

Can I sing?

Well, I do sing in the choir sometimes, but I would never take the risk and be a solo singer.

I prefer to be just the musician and play the piano or even take a second instrument.

Okay, very well.

Now let's talk about neighbors and neighborhood.

Do you like your neighbors?

To be honest with you, I have good neighbors and bad neighbors.

I don't want to name anybody, but some neighbors, they're just not very cooperative if you want to have a bonfire in the garden.

So, on the left -hand side of my father's house, we have Rosalyn.

So, she's very nitpicky, she's always complaining a lot and we cannot turn the music up very much.

And are your neighbours usually close to each other in your country?

Not particularly.

I don't think neighbours or people who live next to each other in the UK are particularly close.

Unless you have a very special friendship and atmosphere in the road.

But you can find the kind person now and then.

Okay.

And what is your neighbourhood like?

Our neighbourhood in North London is a very peaceful place.

I would prefer to live there all the time

if I'm going to compare that to central London because it's suburban and we have lots of green areas,

we have a local park and you can sleep soundly at night without the noise of anything else.

Great, thank you very much.

We are done with the first part of speaking tests.

Now we can move on to part two.

In this part I'm going to give you a topic

and I would like you to talk about this topic for two minutes but before

that you will have one minute to think about what you're

going to say do you understand yes great very good now I'll give you a paper

and a cue card you will have one minute to think about the topic

and you can make notes if you wish good

so here's your cue card and here is the paper thank you very much

and here is a pen so I would like you to describe a quiz program

or game show on TV that you like.

Now you will have one minute to think about the topic and your one minute starts right now.

Thank you.

Okay, your one minute is over, and if you feel ready, you can talk about the topic for two minutes.

Your two minutes starts right now.

Right, so I've been asked to talk about a television quiz show that I like very much.

I want to talk about Bruce Nolan's Generation Game.

So it is a quiz game, and basically it applies to families on the stage

when they have a live audience

so these two groups these two families basically they would have to get into games

and do different activities and then they'll be scored at the very end

and always found that very interesting

because they get put in situations where they wouldn't know how to for example make pottery

or how to act on the stage it depends what the activity is and we always watch this programme.

We found out about it from ITV, they were advertising.

ITV is our Channel 3 in the UK

and we just love to sit around the television and watch that together as a family.

We find it most fun.

So I enjoy the activities that they do.

Like I said, they get onto the stage, they have to do an acting game

or they'll be maybe making a painting to see who could perform the painting better than the other.

And I always like the way the presenter hosts the show,

he's always very energetic and the way he addresses the candidates and then the way he talks to the audience,

it's always very theatrical and very friendly at the same time

and then in between he goes on about joking

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and trying to encourage other people to get up on the stage

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and get involved and sometimes he even picks on people in the audience

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so it's a very very fun show to watch another show

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i'd like to talk about is uh cilla black's blind date

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and that's where she brings people on to actually match make people single people of course

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and then if they pick the hidden candidate

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and they like what the other person is saying then they'll choose

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that person to maybe go on holiday that's that's the thing they'll go on the trip

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and then they'll come back next week thank you very much great we are done with part two

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and your two minute is over now we can now move on to part three

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we've been talking about a quiz program or game show on TV

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that you like now I would like to ask you some questions related to this topic okay okay great

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so let's consider television do people in your country like to watch TV?

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Well, I consider my country, if I'm going to answer this question,

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I consider the nation that I come from to be a country very much involved with the media.

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I'll call it the mother of all media, the UK, because they created the BBC.

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They created the BBC radio many years ago.

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I think it was sometime in the mid -20th century.

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So I think it's very, very important they have governmental channels they also have lots of private channels

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and lots of people plenty of people like to watch these channels

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you can watch anything you want you can view movies tv series soap operas

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but nowadays obviously because of the internet

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and technology people prefer to watch the same shows

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that our televisions are showing on their phones maybe laptops maybe netflix

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so that's a social media channel and everything

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so they there might be a pay -per -view

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and they might want to watch a certain tv channel okay great tell me about the types of programs

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that are generally on television in your country well as i

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spoke about earlier in the in the previous part of this test people love to watch quiz shows

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i think a lot because it's very challenging.

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the way they present these shows, it's very gripping.

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Not only do lots of people learn something, it could be a language -related show, where there's something we have called catchphrase,

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and many people love to watch that and improve their vocabulary.

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But there's plenty of entertainment on our TV channels that many people like to look at.

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And how about you, do you like such quiz shows on TV?

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I certainly do, I mentioned that earlier, and there's quite a few quiz shows that I would pick out.

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I would definitely pick

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Catch Phrase and the previous one I spoke about, Bruce Nolan's Generation Game, because it's just very creative,

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and this is something that will keep me involved.

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And the shows are not too long either.

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They're about 25 minutes long or 30 minutes long, and I think that's enough to sit down and watch a television quiz show.

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Okay.

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And why do some people like to watch TV on their computer?

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Well, that's a very debatable question if you ask me,

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because now if you look at the way generations are shaping out to be in the 21st century,

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it's not like the old -fashioned days where we'd sit in front of a television as a family

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and watch too many shows.

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Many people like to do things individually, especially with the technology accessible, like we have our laptops, we have tablets,

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and just walking around with our phones

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and being connected to the internet it's a lot easier to access the kind of home entertainment

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that many people are looking for okay very good

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and what is the difference between young people

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and old people's favorite TV drama well that's that's something I really wouldn't know what to answer

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because I don't actually know what young people are definitely watching in terms of drama

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and the same goes with the elderly group of people.

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But I can maybe sense a pattern of what they're watching.

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So if it's young people, they'll be probably watching a drama related to action, if we're talking about boys, males or men.

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If we're talking about girls, maybe they're most likely to view romantic things, romantic TV series.

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And why do you think is that?

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Why do they like to watch romantic movies?

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I think lots of these issues are to do with hormones.

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I mean, I don't like to be nitpicky and definitely generalize on all these things, but generally girls love to watch TV series or movies

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that are romantic and they have some kind of a sweet angle towards it.

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Boys, because they tend to be more energetic and again to do with the hormones,

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they love to watch action and be entertained with all that gripping stuff.

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thank you very much we are done with your speaking test for today now you can just relax

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and take a deep breath thanks yes great good so uh let's see what you did

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and your mock test of speaking for today

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but before uh i just get into details of different criteria what do you think about your performance

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i i thought i did okay maybe i could have used the even a stronger range of vocabulary

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but I thought it was mostly related to the topics

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and yeah I believe I answered the questions as you asked me yes yes that's totally right

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because Samson what I loved about your speaking was a wide range of as you said vocabulary

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that you were using so I would say

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that was enough even more than enough

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and I would just give you a very good score in your lexical resource

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but if i just wanted to start with your fluency

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and coherence what was really outstanding in your speaking is the flow of a speech

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you have like you do not stop when you are talking

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and you're very fluent while you're speaking english

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and on the other hand i didn't really notice any self -correction

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or self -repetition you didn't repeat yourself you were just using all the words

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and all the structures correctly accurately and that was

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that was really good i couldn't really notice any effort to just keep on talking to me

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so that was just wonderful maybe you had some hesitations a few not many

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but it was all about you were just trying to come up with ideas

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and you know

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when you know what you want to say what language

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you want to use then these hesitations are okay you are not looking for words you were looking for ideas

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and that was just wonderful something else about your fluency

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that was really good was a good use of connectives

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and discourse markers like when I was asking you a question you were just paraphrasing my question

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and using some boosters that's a good thing to do is of course

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it's a good thing to do I love the booster to use.

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For example, in part one

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uh you started one of your answers by saying i happen to be something

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and then you gave me the answer

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or that's uh the embarrassing question i should answer

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or um not particularly right

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so you didn't give me a uh direct answer in the beginning buying time to actually answer the questions

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because who knows to how to answer all the questions right

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some topics may be unfamiliar right how about you was it familiar to you

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because i from what i understood

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you had a lot to say about the questions thank you

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very much are we looking at a quite a good band score here

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i mean of course we're of course

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we're looking at could you give me a number oh yeah um

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we are definitely looking at a band score nine here wow yes

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because everything was just perfect really and yeah we're just talking about different criteria

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so your fluency was wonderful thank you very much thank you to talk about your lexical research

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you use a very good range of collocations and vocabulary

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and i could from uh like what i heard you use some idiomatic vocabulary

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and uncommon collocations words and that is really good it just boosts your score to eight

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and more and your paraphrasing was wonderful i really loved

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that you didn't repeat the same words

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that i was uh using in my questions

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and uh how was my pronunciation by the way was it clear your pronunciation

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you used a range of pronunciation features

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and what was really good about your pronunciation was

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that you could link up different sounds like it was not word by word you were linking

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and just speaking very naturally like a native speaker as you are like a native speaker as a native speaker

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it was great and Samson I just have one problem with your speaking generally part one,

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two, and three, and that's the pace of your speech.

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Oh, is it too fast?

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It's a bit fast.

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Sometimes it's a bit fast.

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I mean, you managed to speak with that pace and you answered all the questions very well.

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But sometimes when you speak too fast, you may get a bit stressed

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and it is more likely to make some grammatical mistakes right

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and the pronunciation of some words might not might not be clear

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if you speak very fast so maybe you can just work on

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that a little i know you have a lot of information

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but sometimes it was too much you know i needed a bit you know slightly tone it down yes exactly

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and so yeah that's all about it

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and your grammatical range as the last thing i want to talk about you use a range of complex structures

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if i want to give you examples for example you were using conditional sentences very well relative clauses compound sentences

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and i could hear some adverbs you started some of your sentences for example by saying generally definitely you know

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and you were talking about the different issues so

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that was really good and in part two what i realized was

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that you covered all the bullet points which is just terrific great

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but after like you covered the two minutes

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but after uh like about you had like 10 seconds

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or 20 seconds left right and you kind of ran out of words

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so you went off the topic and you started talking about another show right right

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because i didn't i thought it's good to complete the two minutes

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and keep the flow of speech and that's great so

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that was really good you went off the topic

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and you didn't stop talking the same thing happened in part three like in question number four

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you said that's something i really wouldn't no you didn't have an answer to the question

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but you didn't stop no i didn't stop

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because you have to address the question i thought

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so i just you know from a different angle go into the idea

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and stop that's answering the question okay great yes

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that's totally right okay yeah

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i have good examples of what you did here yeah the only problem

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i have is with the pace of your speech like you said you managed really well

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but yeah maybe you can just work on that a little

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and finally the last thing I would say the connectives

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and conjunctions that you were using you were not just using

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and so because but it was more than

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that like besides unless also as well you know it's more conversational

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I thought exactly just why not yeah

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I could totally feel like I'm having a conversation with you it was not like a real exam

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and you were so confident we had eye contact these are not part of criteria

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but it really helps you to reduce your stress levels

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it does yeah i felt

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i felt better doing just getting involved with the chat okay thank you very much

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you're welcome do you have any questions

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or problems uh no i think you basically covered everything

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so i really appreciate it and thank you for your time thank you okay

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS Speaking Test band score 9 with feedback”. This video has 269 sentences and 3164 words to shadow. The speech runs for 19:47. The speaker talks at a natural 160 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
quiz noun	/kwɪz/	A competition in the answering of questions.
vocabulary noun	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
pronunciation noun	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
romantic adjective	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
pace noun	/peɪs/	A step taken with the foot.
angle noun	/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/	A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
piano noun	/piˈænɪː/	A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers…
examination noun	/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/	The act of examining.
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.
grip noun	/ˈɡɹɪp/	A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
musician noun	/mjuˈzɪʃən/	A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
neighbourhood noun	/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/	British standard spelling of neighborhood.
hormone noun	/ˈhoɹmoʊn/	Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
bind verb	/ˈbaɪ̯nd/	To tie; to confine by any ligature.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go off verb		To explode.
come back verb		To return to a place.
come up with verb		To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
pick out verb		To remove by picking.
sit around verb		To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important.
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Would you please tell me your full name?
What can I call you?
Can I see your identification, please?
What was your first day like in this subject?
Do you like your neighbors?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	I've been asked · be scored · being connected
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've been asked · have called
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	people who live · points which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I'm, they'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, breathe /bɹiːð/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, theatrical /θiˈætɹɪkəl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like topic, quiz, vocabulary.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?