Is it easy to make new friends as an adult?
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
Is it easy to make new friends as an adult?
no preparation, about 45 seconds to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 69 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.Much harder than it was, and I think the reason is repetition. At school you see the same people every day for years without arranging anything, and that is what friendship needs. As an adult you have to deliberately create that, which feels awkward. The friends I have made in the last five years all came from something regular, a class or a team, never from a single meeting.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- repetition
one abstract noun that explains everything after it
- arranging
the exact verb for the effort involved
- deliberately
five syllables with the stress on the second
- awkward
a difficult consonant cluster worth practising
- regular
the key adjective of the argument
- meeting
contrasts a one-off with a pattern
How a strong answer is built
- 1Compare with the past in the first clause.
- 2Name the underlying reason in one word.
- 3Explain how adulthood removes it.
- 4Support with evidence from your own life.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Is it easy to make new friends as an adult?” 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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