TOPIC # 49 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters, e-mail, or telephone calls.
It is often said that “out of sight, out of mind”. This is true that when people personally visit each other, make eye contact, or shake hands, in fact they are strengthening the bonds between each other. However, I firmly believe that with this continuous progressing world and all its subsequent problems, these technologies in the communication field have become indispensable parts of our modern lifestyle’s necessities.
First, these days, people are busy with everything such as work, life, and technology. They rarely get to pay visit to their relatives, friends, or even parents. Ever...
- The following appeared in an editorial in a local newspaper."Commuters complain that increased rush-hour traffic on Blue Highway between the suburbs and the city center has doubled their commuting time. The favored proposal of the motorists' lobby is to w 80
- IELTS Task 1 - Tables give information about sales of fairtrade-labelled coffee and bananas in 1999 and 2004 in five European countries 84
- TPO1 90
- TOPIC # 46 What are the important qualities of a good son or daughter? Have these qualities changed or remained the same over time in your culture? 80
- TOPIC 24 a person you know is planning to move to your town or city What do you think that person would like and dislike about living in your town or city 87
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 26 in 30
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 20 15
No. of Words: 361 350
No. of Characters: 1713 1500
No. of Different Words: 210 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.359 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.745 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.677 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 114 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 79 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 49 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 34 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 18.05 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 6.36 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.65 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.292 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.504 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.125 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5