Do you feel you have enough free time during the week?
A strong Part 1 answer puts the actual answer in the first clause, adds one reason or one example, and stops. Two or three sentences, roughly forty seconds.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Do you feel you have enough free time during the week?
no preparation, about 45 seconds to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 67 words at a natural pace — roughly what 45 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.During the week, no, and I have stopped pretending otherwise. By the time I get home and eat, there is maybe an hour before I am too tired to do anything useful with it. Weekends are different, and I try to keep Saturday morning completely empty, which is the only genuinely free time I have. I could probably find more if I were stricter with my phone.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- pretending
honest verb that makes the answer sound real
- otherwise
adverb used correctly to close a clause
- genuinely
adverb that sharpens the definition of free
- empty
concrete adjective applied to time, a nice small leap
- stricter
comparative form of an irregular-looking adjective
- useful
a clean consonant cluster at the end of a word
How a strong answer is built
- 1Answer for the week and the weekend separately.
- 2Explain the weekday constraint with real numbers.
- 3Give the one protected habit you keep.
- 4Concede that you could do better.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Do you feel you have enough free time during the week?” be?
About 45 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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