Sample Tier 2 report

This is a SAMPLE of the Tier 2 speaking report, including real acoustic word-stress detection from your own recording — measured, never guessed.

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Cue card (sample)

Describe a skill you learned that you found difficult at first.

Tier 2 diagnostic
FCFluency & Coherence7.0

You speak at a natural pace with only occasional hesitation when searching for a specific word, and you extend your answer well beyond the minimum without losing the thread of the cue card.

LRLexical Resource6.0

You use some good topic vocabulary ('frustrating', 'muscle memory') but repeat 'difficult' four times where a Band 7 answer would vary it with 'challenging', 'demanding', or 'tricky'.

GRAGrammatical Range & Accuracy6.0

Your past narrative tenses are mostly accurate, but 'I was practice every day' (should be 'practising') recurs as a pattern, not a one-off slip.

PRPronunciation6.0

Individual sounds are generally clear, but one recurring word-stress error affects intelligibility on a key word you use repeatedly — see the stress callout below.

This report is deliberately built to prepare you for the worst — scored the way the strictest fair examiner would, spotting every weakness so nothing surprises you on test day. Your real exam band is most likely to be the same or higher.

Your errors, corrected — all four criteria

Your own words — each one tagged to the criterion it affects, with the rule to stop it recurring.

Lexical Resource
it was difficult, really difficult, so difficult → it was challenging, and honestly quite demanding at first
"Difficult" repeated four times across the answer where a Band 7 response varies its evaluative language.
Rule: Once you've used an evaluative adjective, swap in a synonym the next time the same idea comes up — repetition reads as a limited range, even when the word itself is correct.
Grammar
I was practice every day for like two months → I was practising every day for about two months
Past continuous needs the -ing form, not the bare verb, after "was".
Rule: "was/were" + verb-ing forms the past continuous — the verb itself never stays in its base form here.
Fluency & Coherence
and then, um, after that, so, the thing is → and after a few weeks
Four filler/discourse markers stacked in one clause slow the answer down without adding meaning.
Rule: One linking phrase is enough to signal a new point — stacking fillers while you think reads as hesitation, not fluency.
How to raise each score, step by step
Lexical Resource6 7
Build a bank of 3-4 synonyms for the evaluative words you reach for most (difficult, good, interesting) and rotate them.
  1. Notice which "safe" word you repeat most in practice recordings.
    “"difficult" appeared 4 times in this answer alone.”
  2. Pair it with 2-3 topic-appropriate synonyms before your next attempt.
    “difficult → challenging, demanding, tricky”
  3. Deliberately use a different one each time the idea recurs, out loud, until it's automatic.
    “"It was demanding at first, but the routine got easier — the tricky part was staying motivated."”
Band 7 Lexical Resource specifically rewards a WIDER range used naturally, not just correct vocabulary — repetition caps the band even when nothing is technically wrong.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy6 7
Drill "was/were + verb-ing" until it's automatic under pressure — this was the one recurring error type, not a one-off slip.
  1. Say five true sentences about your own week using past continuous.
    “"I was studying for my exam all weekend."”
  2. Record yourself and check every -ing ending landed.
    “"I was practise" → "I was practising"”
  3. Re-answer this exact cue card, listening specifically for that one structure.
    “"I was practising every day for about two months."”
A single recurring error pattern (not random slips) is exactly what pulls Grammatical Range & Accuracy down a band — fixing this one habit is the highest-leverage grammar work you can do right now.
Your answer, one band higher (6.5 → 7.5)

Same story, same structure — just fewer fillers between ideas and a wider range of evaluative words, both drawn from what you already said.

I took up running about two months ago. It was demanding at first — I hadn't exercised regularly in years, so even a short jog left me exhausted. But after a few weeks, my body adjusted and it actually became something I looked forward to, especially early in the morning when the streets are quiet.

What lifted it
  • Replaced three repeats of "difficult" with challenging/demanding/tricky, matched to context.
  • Cut the filler chain ("and then, um, after that, so") down to one clean linker ("but after a few weeks").
  • Fixed "was practice" → "was practising" and kept every other past-continuous form consistent.
6 word stress findings
de-vel-OP-mentde-VEL-op-ment× 3 occurrence(s)

Word Stress: You mispronounced development. You put the stress on the wrong syllable. It should be pronounced de-VEL-op-ment, not de-vel-OP-ment.

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