You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
A friend of yours is going on holiday soon and has asked you to recommend a destination.
Dear Tutor,
I have come to Brighton College from Singapore, where I was a student for ten years. I have already taken examinations in Singapore in English, Biology, Computer and Maths. My highest score was for Computer: I got grade A.
When I was a student in Singapore I also had a part-time job in a shop. My uncle owns a supermarket and so I helped him in the evenings. I used to work there four nights a week and I think this was very good experience for me.
At the weekends, I usually played volleyball with friends or, if the weather was bad, we used to go to the theatre, which is very popular in Singapore. Because of my part-time job, I also spent a lot of time studying at the weekend.
I haven't been to many other places. My father took me to Thailand once. Three weeks after we returned, he also went to Malaysia and took the whole family.
This is a brief description of my background.
Best wishes,
Marina
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 7.0 out of 9
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 15 10
No. of Words: 174 200
No. of Characters: 720 1000
No. of Different Words: 110 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.632 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.138 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.506 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 43 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 35 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 21 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 12 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 11.6 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.041 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.4 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.326 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.741 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.12 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 4