Do people take enough exercise these days?
A strong Part 3 answer takes a position in the first clause, supports it with one reason and one concrete case, and then names where it stops being true. Around a minute.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Do people take enough exercise these days?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 125 words at a natural pace — roughly what 60 seconds holds.
Answer it yourself first
Record your own answer first. A model you have read three times comes out with a flattened rhythm, and examiners are trained to hear exactly that. Read it afterwards for the vocabulary and the shape, not to memorise the sentences.Deliberate exercise has probably increased and total movement has fallen considerably, which is the part that matters. There are far more gyms than there were and far fewer jobs that involve standing up. An hour three times a week does not compensate for sitting for the other eleven hours a day, and the research on that is reasonably clear. What I would emphasise is that this is mostly a design problem rather than a motivation problem. People walk when walking is the obvious way to get somewhere, and where I live it is frequently unpleasant or genuinely unsafe, so it is not a mystery why nobody does. Telling individuals to be more active while building places that make it difficult is not a serious approach.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- deliberate
four syllables with the stress on the second
- compensate
three syllables with the stress on the first
- emphasise
British spelling, three syllables
- motivation
four syllables with the stress on the third
- unpleasant
three syllables with the stress on the second
- unsafe
the precise adjective for the real obstacle
- approach
the noun, stressed on the second syllable
How a strong answer is built
- 1Split the question into two measures.
- 2Give the arithmetic that matters.
- 3Relocate the problem from motivation to design.
- 4Close with a criticism of the usual advice.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Do people take enough exercise these days?” be?
About 60 seconds. Long enough for the answer plus a reason or an example, short enough that the examiner can get through the rest of the set.
Should I memorise the model answer?
No. Record your own version first, then read the model for the shape and the vocabulary. A memorised answer changes rhythm and pace noticeably, and examiners are trained to hear it — it usually costs more than the better wording gains.
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