Pre-Intermediate D Speaking Test Feedback

Quang
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 2/4
Grammar = 2/4

15/20

Positives
Intonation: your intonation is good
when youre speaking which makes you
interesting to listen to. You have good
rising intonation for yes/no questions.
Stress: youve improved greatly in this
area. You are putting stress on the right
syllables almost all the time.
Fluency:
-Because your intonation and stress is
good, you are able to speak more
fluently than before and youre starting
to sound more natural. You are not
pausing in between words anymore.

Things to improve
Grammar:
-be careful with your tenses. Past tense
of chat is chatted.
-When speaking about imaginary
possibilities (2nd conditional) you should
use would, not will.
-Prepositions: we say at home, not in
home.
-You cannot use very before a verb: I
very love business should be I love
business very much.
-be careful with your tenses and word
orderl when forming questions. You said
why you dont do the homework, which
should be why didnt you do the
homework.
Pronunciation:
-Generally good, but you are missing the
final s sounds on plural words. Reasons
(/z/) + arguments (/s/)
Vocabulary:
-You need to start trying to use more
advanced vocabulary, rather than
relying on words you have known for a
long time.

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Hung
Initiation = 4/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 2/4
Vocabulary = 3/4
Grammar = 3/4

15/20

Positive
Expansive answers:
-Your answers are long and detailed
which is great to see! You have good
ideas when you are speaking which adds
to the conversation.
-You ask extra questions to try and keep
the conversation lasting longer.
Vocabulary:
-For pre-intermediate level, you are
using some advanced vocabulary which
is good to see. It is important to
challenge yourself and not to rely on
easy words.

Things to improve
Vocabulary:
-Borrow (v) = to take something from
someone and give it back later
-Lend (v) = to give something to
someone and get it back later.
Grammar:
-another can only be used with singular
nouns. You cannot say another people,
you need to say other people.
- When speaking about imaginary
possibilities (2nd conditional) you should
use would, not will.
-Some times you confuse word order. For
example, you said I wait you for so long
time (Ive waited for you for such a long
time).
Pronunciation:
-Be careful with your ed sounds.
Watched = /t/ not /id/.
-Sometimes you forget to say the final s
sounds. E.g. wants /s/, economics /s/

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Son
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 4/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 2/4
Grammar = 3/4

15/20

Positive
Expansive answers:
-Your answers are long and detailed
which is great to see! You have good
ideas when you are speaking which adds
to the conversation.
-You ask extra questions to try and keep
the conversation lasting longer.
Fluency, stress and intonation:
-You are starting to sound more natural
when youre speaking. You put the stress
on the right syllables and use rising and
falling intonation to make your speech
interesting to listen to. Well done!
Grammar:
-You used the 2nd conditional well and
used would/wouldnt to talk about
imaginary situations.
-You also used say and tell properly.

Things to improve
Vocabulary:
-You should try to use more advanced
vocabulary at this level. You are relying
on easy words too much and you
should try to challenge yourself more.
Pronunciation:
-Be careful to remember your ed
sounds for past tense words. Wanted /id/
watched /t/
-Be careful with your final s sounds.
Computers /z/.
Grammar:
-Sometimes you forget the verb to be
when youre speaking. For example, you
said this week my office very busy.
-When making a question in the past
tense, use a base verb: Why did you
forgot (forget).

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Hai
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 2/4
Grammar = 3/4

14/20

Positive
Fluency, stress and intonation:
-Your speech is starting to sound more
natural. You put the stress on the right
syllables and use rising and falling
intonation to make your speech
interesting to listen to. Well done!
Conversation:
-You are very good at keeping the
conversation going and asking follow-up
questions. Your answers are fairly
detailed and you use good humour.

Things to improve
Grammar:
-Be careful with your prepositions: at
mothers day (on mothers day). For a
specific day, use on
-I would ask him for help me (to help
me).
-Be careful with countable/uncountable
nouns. many money (much money).
Vocabulary:
-Be careful not to rely too much on easy
words that youve known for a long time.
Try to challenge yourself with the new
vocabulary weve learnt on the course.
-Bank leader = bank manager / CEO
Pronunciation:
-Be careful with the final s sounds.
Sneakers (/z/).

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Tam
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 4/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 3/4
Grammar = 3/4

16/20

Positive
Vocabulary and expressions:
-You are starting to use more advanced
vocabulary which is great! You have
improved in this area and you are no
longer relying on easy words. It is good
to see you are challenged yourself.
-You used some nice natural expressions
like are you kidding me!?
Expansive answers:
-You are getting better at starting
conversations and asking more
questions to keep the conversation
going.
-You use good examples to make your
answers longer and more detailed. Well
done!

Things to improve
Grammar:
-Sometimes you mix up your tenses. He
go to the hospital should be present
perfect (he has gone to the hospital)
-Prepositions: Im in home (at home).
-Verb to be: My uncle sick (is sick)
Pronunciation:
-Be careful with your final s sounds that
we practiced on this course. You need to
make sure the listener can hear your
plural nouns:
two ticket /s/)
I want to give them lots of activity /z/

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My
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 3/4
Grammar = 3/4

15/20

Positive
Questions and answers:
-You managed to keep the conversation
going well.
-You used good examples to support your
answers and make them longer and
more detailed.
Vocabulary:
-You used some advanced vocabulary for
this level. For example divide the work /
apologised / keep silent / take care
of. Keep challenging yourself to use
new vocabulary!
Pronunciation/stress:

Things to improve
Grammar:
-Be careful about when to use the
present perfect/past simple. You said I
have an argument, but you should say I
had an argument last week (specific
time in the past).
-Verb to be: when I angry (when I am
angry)
-Prepositions: I would give money for my
friend (to my friend). give back for
me (to me).
Fluency:
-Sometimes your speech can be a bit
slow. Try not to worry too much about

-I think youve improved a lot in this area

well done! I could hear all the s
sounds on your plural nouns which was
great.
-You are putting stress on the right
syllables in words.

making mistakes. It is better to speak

fluently / naturally and make grammar
mistakes than to speak slowly and
unnaturally and make no mistakes.

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An
Initiation = 4/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 3/4
Vocabulary = 3/4
Grammar = 2/4

Positive

15/20

Things to improve

Vocabulary:
-You used some advanced vocabulary for
this level which was good to see. For
example, obtain. You should keep trying
to use new words you learn and not rely
on old, easy vocabulary.
-Good use of say/tell in your answers.
Expansive answers:
-You are good at keeping the
conversation going and asking follow-up
questions to your partner.
-You used good examples to make your
answers longer and more detailed.
Communication strategies:
-Your apologies and excuses were very
good.

Grammar:
-Pronouns: she told that I was wrong
(she told me that I was wrong. / I dont
agree with. (I dont agree with her)
-Verb to be: I want to a boss (be a boss)
I dont want to employee (be an
employee)
-ed/ing adjectives: makes me boring
(bored)
Fluency:
-It was good to see you try to self-correct
some of your grammatical mistakes (e.g.
forget / forgot) but you should try not
to worry too much about grammar
because it makes your speech sound
slow and staggered.
- It is better to speak fluently/naturally
and make grammar mistakes than to
speak slowly and unnaturally and make
no mistakes.

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Nhu Hieu
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 2/4

16/20

Vocabulary = 4/4
Grammar = 4/4

Positive
Vocabulary and communication
strategies:
-You used some advanced vocabulary for
this level which was good to see.
-Great expressions and strategies to
communicate your apology. For example,
forgive me, I promise.
-Good excuses and opinions. It
depends. In that situation, I would.
Grammar:
-In general, your grammar is strong
when youre speaking and you make few
errors.
-You used conditionals appropriately and
used would to speak about imaginary
possibilities.

Things to improve
Pronunciation:
-I think sometimes you try to speak too
quickly which has a negative effect on
your pronunciation. Sometimes your
words and the final/initiation sounds of
the words get mixed together.
-Try to slow down your speech, take a
breath and put stress in the right places.
-Be careful with final s sounds : you
missed the s on sometimes /z/. When
you said six it sounded like sick /ks/
-Blood = /'bld/, not /'blu:d/.

Expansive answers:
-Good initiation to begin speech and
good questions to keep the conversation
going.

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Sinh
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 2/4
Vocabulary = 4/4
Grammar = 3/4

15/20

Positive
Expansive answers:
-Good initiation to begin speech and
good questions to keep the conversation
going.
Vocabulary:
-I was very impressed with the advanced
vocabulary you used. This is a great
improvement from last time. Good work!
-Examples: colleague / disagree /
professional / investigate /they cheat
themselves / Im terribly sorry / In my
opinion../ its not my problem / target
market/

Things to improve
Pronunciation/fluency:
-Sometimes you speak too slowly
because you are worried about making
grammatical mistakes. Try to link your
words together and put stress in the
correct places.
-It is better to speak fluently/naturally
and make grammar mistakes than to
speak slowly and unnaturally and make
no mistakes.
Grammar:
-When talking about an imaginary
situation, use would not will.
-Prepositions: Im in home (at home)
-You always forgot (forget)
-I wish I be a business man (I wish I
could be a business man) -> imaginary
possibility.

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Sinh
Initiation = 3/4
Response = 3/4
Pronunciation = 2/4
Vocabulary = 4/4
Grammar = 3/4

15/20

Positive
Pronunciation, intonation and
fluency:
-Your speech is starting to sound more
natural and you are able to make your
words flow together nicely.
-Your speech is clear and easy to
understand. Well done!
-

Grammar:
-Good use of conditionals and would /
wouldnt to talk about imaginary
possibilities.
-You used the present perfect tense
very well.

Things to improve
Expansive answers:
-Sometimes your responses are a bit
short. You should try to use examples to
make your points longer and more
detailed.
Vocabulary:
-You should try to use some of the more
advanced vocabulary which we learnt on
the course. Try not to rely on easy
words which youve known for a long
time and try to challenge yourself.