Where would you most like to travel next?
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
Where would you most like to travel next?
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.Japan, and specifically not Tokyo. I have a friend who spent a month cycling between small towns on the west coast, and the photographs she came back with looked like nowhere I had imagined. What appeals to me is that everything about it would be unfamiliar, including the alphabet. I have been putting money aside for two years, so it is closer to a plan than a daydream now.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- specifically
adverb that makes the answer precise immediately
- cycling
concrete activity that paints the trip
- photographs
stress on the first syllable, unlike photography
- appeals
natural collocation, what appeals to me
- alphabet
an unexpected, specific reason
- daydream
compound noun that lands the contrast
How a strong answer is built
- 1Name the place, then narrow it immediately.
- 2Say where the idea came from.
- 3Give the reason it attracts you.
- 4Show how real the plan is.
Sounds to watch
The ones this answer leans on most.
Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Where would you most like to travel next?” 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.
Does sayit score this answer?
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