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What speaking ability does a score of IELTS Band 7 represent? Watch this Speaking test sample, where Hendrik from Germany talks about 'Famous people'. Here's why this performance was given a Band 7: This candidate can maintain the flow of speech without noticeable effort and there is no loss of coherence. He uses a variety of linking words and markers (I would say; that’s a good question; as I said; as long as), but he overuses the filler (yeah) and sometimes referencing is inaccurate (for the one or the other reasons). He uses a wide range of vocabulary, including some less common and idiomatic items and effective collocation (easy to blame; global warming; financial crisis; he stands for something; can’t stand the pressure). However, sometimes he lacks precision in his choice of words and expressions (Greek instead of ‘Greece’; on the other side of the lake; environmentally people/things; a big branch). His grammar displays a good range of both simple and complex structures. Many of his sentences are e
