Know exactly what to fix next
Every answer is transcribed again, marked word by word and scored three times. Then the report picks the one thing costing you the most, on a sentence you actually said.
Past tense when you talk about the past
You told a story about high school in the present tense. Past events need past forms: went, remembered.
When I was in high school, me and my friends go there almost every day after class.
When I was in high school, my friends and I went there almost every day after class.
- Past tenseFocus13
- Word orderGrammar6
- ArticlesGrammar5
Past tense comes first: it happens most, and Grammar is your lowest range. The other 18 are saved to your notebook for review.
Not secure yet. Grammar pulls it down most, and past tense is the quickest half band to win back.
- Fluency & coherence25%6.0–6.5
Speaks at length with few pauses. Ideas mostly linked with “so” and “but”.
- Vocabulary25%6.0–6.5
Clear and natural, but mostly common words like “special” and “place”.
- Grammar25%5.5–6.0
Past tense slips when telling a story. Complex sentences in about a third of answers.
- Pronunciation25%Not assessed
Each answer is scored several times. The range is where those scores agree, widened when they don’t or when an answer is short.
Every answer, marked word by word
Open an answer to read it back with the marks, or press play and follow along. Nothing is marked unless the system is sure.
Um, I think I miss a small noodle shop near my old school. When I was in high school, me and my friends my friends and I go went there almost every day after class. It's, uh, nothing special, but the owner always remember remembered our orders. So when I'm away, that's the place I think about first.
- go wentAn error, with the fixShown only when it clears both bars below. Otherwise it stays out.
- um, uhFillersGreyed out and counted, never marked as mistakes.
- noodleNot sure what you saidDotted words were hard to hear. No error is ever marked on them.
- 3s+Where you got stuckPauses of 3 seconds or more are saved, so the course can give you words for those moments.
Measured from your recording
Pauses, pace and error rate come from the timing of every word you said, not from an impression. Each one is compared with your last test.
14 pauses over a second, down from 20, none longer than 4.2 s. And 9 more words a minute.
- Speaking time11:421:05 longer
- Pace128 wpm9 faster
- Pauses over 1 s146 fewer
- Errors per 100 words2.11.0 fewer
The longest pause, 4.2 s, came halfway through Part 2, when the story ran out. Errors bunch up in Part 1, where most answers start with the past.
14 this time, the fewest of four tests.
All numbers, by part
| Part | Speaking | Words | Pace wpm | Pauses > 1 s | Longest s | Errors / 100 w | Common % | Complex % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 19 answers | 4:31 | 552 | 122 | 5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 21 | 26 |
| Part 21 answer | 1:44 | 236 | 136 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 14 | 38 |
| Part 35 answers | 5:27 | 710 | 130 | 6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 17 | 35 |
| Whole test15 answers | 11:42 | 1,498 | 128 | 14 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 18 | 31 |
Measured from your recording, not guessed: every pause over a second, every word per minute, every error the report marks.
Band ranges, not guesses
One exact number would look more impressive and be less true. You get the range the scores agree on, and it tells you when it isn’t sure.
Every answer is scored independently three times. You see where those scores agree.
If the scores spread by more than a band, the range gets half a band wider.
Spread more than that and a stronger model scores the answer again.
With fewer words in a test, ranges stay wide. Short answers can’t be scored precisely.
Say it again. Watch the number drop.
Retake the same question after practice and compare both recordings. Then see the same issue fall across your mock tests.
Um, I think I miss a small noodle shop near my old school. When I was in high school, me and my friends my friends and I go went there almost every day after class. It's, uh, nothing special, but the owner always remember remembered our orders. So when I'm away, that's the place I think about first.
I really miss a small noodle shop near my old school. When I was in high school, my friends and I went there almost every day after class. It wasn't anything special, but the owner always remembered our orders. So whenever I'm away, that's the place I think about first.
−76% since Sep 12, across 4 mock tests.