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Cambridge · Part 2 · 006Cue card
Describe a person who has influenced you.
- —who this person is
- —how you know them
- —what they are like
why they have influenced you.
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Describe a person who has influenced you.
— who this person is— how you know them— what they are like— and why they have influenced you
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ScoredSpeaking attempt·2 min 00 s · 214 words
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PronunciationClearMinor issueNeeds work
The person who has influenced me the most is my aunt Mai. She lives in Ha Noi and I have known her since I was a child. My aunt is a primary school teacher and she used to take care of me every summer when my parents were working. She is thoughtful, patient, and a little bit stubborn — qualities I try to copy. What I admire most is how she listens. When I was fifteen, I failed a maths exam and I was too embarrassed to tell my parents. I called her first. She didn't judge me, she just asked, "What do you want to do through this?" That thought stayed with me. From that moment, I learned to face difficulty instead of hiding from it. She has also influenced the way I teach my younger brother. I don't give him the answer — I ask him questions, the same way she did with me. Because of her, I believe that real teaching is a kind of patience, not a kind of knowledge.
Speaking rate
107 wpm
Pauses
11 · 2 filled
Fillers
4 · "um", "like"
Unique words
118 / 214
Vocabulary range (CEFR)
A1 41%A2 22%B1 21%B2 12%C1 4%C2 0%
B2 · influencedB2 · thoughtfulB2 · stubbornB2 · admireB2 · patienceC1/C2 · qualities
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Band 6.5, and Pronunciation is what is holding the rest back. Your ideas are well organised and the story about the maths exam is exactly the kind of concrete detail Band 7 rewards. Two things: /θ/ is coming out as /t/ in thoughtful, through and thought, and you are still reaching for common words where a precise one exists. Fix the /θ/ sound and you are at 7.0 on delivery alone.
Examiner's notesWhy each criterion scored what it did
Fluency & Coherence6.5
You spoke for the full two minutes without needing the examiner to prompt you, and the answer moves in a clear order: who she is, what she is like, then why she matters.
- No long silences — 11 pauses across 214 words is natural for this level.
- The "When I was fifteen…" story gives the answer a middle instead of a list.
- Four fillers ("um", "like"). At Band 7 these thin out noticeably.
- Linking is mostly "and" / "so". Range of connectives is what lifts this to 7.
Lexical Resource6.5
Enough vocabulary to discuss the topic comfortably, with some flexibility, but the less common items are used one at a time rather than sustained.
- "thoughtful", "stubborn", "admire" are well chosen and correctly used.
- "qualities I try to copy" is a natural collocation, not a memorised phrase.
- "a little bit" and "take care of" are B1 fillers where a precise verb would score higher.
- 12% of your words are B2 or above. Band 7 usually sits nearer 20%.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy6.5
A mix of simple and complex sentences with generally good control. Errors appear but they rarely stop the listener from following you.
- Present perfect used correctly and unprompted: "I have known her since I was a child."
- Relative clauses handled cleanly: "The person who has influenced me the most…"
- "What do you want to do through this?" — "through" should be "about", a preposition slip.
- Sentence openings repeat ("She is…", "She has…"). Vary the subject to widen the range.
Pronunciation6.0
You are easy to understand throughout, but one consistent substitution keeps this a half band below the rest of your profile.
- Word stress is accurate, including on longer words like "embarrassed".
- Sentence rhythm is steady at 107 wpm — neither rushed nor laboured.
- /θ/ becomes /t/ in "thoughtful", "through" and "thought" — the single highest-value fix.
- Final consonants are sometimes dropped, which blurs past-tense endings.
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