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Band 5.0CEFR B1Task 2301 words

Some people are happy to spend their whole lives in the same area. Other people prefer to live in many different areas. Discuss both views and give your opinion

The essay addresses both views on migration and provides a personal opinion, but it suffers from severe run-on sentences, comma splices, and frequent grammatical errors such as ...

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Prompt

Some people are happy to spend their whole lives in the same area. Other people prefer to live in many different areas. Discuss both views and give your opinion

Essay review

Annotated essay

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Nowadays migration in many countries is higher than in others, there are many aspects to consider when people want to stay in the same place while others prefer to live in different places, this essay will show both sides.

First, normally when people do not want to leave their home it is related to the affect that they feel for that place, the sense of community and familiarity, such as, someone can have his best friend in the same street where they grew up, having beautiful memories about their friendship. Now it will be the same for their children. also, considering that they are going to have a very strong support network.

Also, another important consideration in the family, in Latin America family is really important and is very popular that everyone meets in the same place to celebrate whatever they want.

On the other side, cultural exposure used to be one of the principal reasons for the person who wants to live in multiple places, the opportunity to meet different groups of people could enforce their personal growth becoming a worldwide person.

Additionally, the economic aspect is another aspect that people consider when they prefer to migrate, for example, Colombian people is very famous because the migration is high to a different countries looking for better opportunities related to their personal finances and to have success in their careers.

To conclude, one of the principal factors to migrate is the sense of looking forward to a better life mainly when the national conditions are not easy to have a better quality of life. For me, migrating to another country is a hard decision because you have nothing for sure but, if this person doesn't have a job or good possibilities for a better life migrating could be a good idea.

Improvement plan

Close to Band 5.5

Current Band 5.0

Target Band 5.5

  • Fewer sentence boundary errors such as comma splices.
  • Consistent subject-verb agreement across simple and complex clauses.
  • More precise vocabulary without awkward word-form mistakes.

Strengths

Task Response

The writer clearly states a personal opinion at the end of the essay, addressing the prompt's requirement.

Weaknesses

Severe Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences

High

The essay contains multiple comma splices where independent clauses are incorrectly joined by commas instead of full stops or conjunctions.

Inaccurate Word Forms and Collocations

Medium

Incorrect word forms such as 'affect' instead of 'affection' and awkward expressions reduce lexical precision.

Underdeveloped Body Paragraphs

Medium

Main ideas are introduced but lack deep reasoning, strong elaboration, and specific empirical evidence.

Priority improvements

  1. 1Eliminate Comma Splices and Run-on SentencesYour sentences frequently connect independent clauses with only commas. Use periods or proper conjunctions to fix sentence boundaries and raise your Grammatical Range and Accuracy score.Impact: High
  2. 2Improve Vocabulary Precision and Word FormsAvoid errors like 'affect' instead of 'affection' or agreement errors like 'people is'. Selecting accurate word forms will improve your Lexical Resource score.Impact: Medium
  3. 3Extend Ideas with Concrete EvidenceBody paragraphs contain general assertions rather than fully developed examples. Expand your reasoning with specific contexts or details to enhance Task Response.Impact: Medium

Error patterns

Band & CEFR

Band 5.0

B1

Confidence: High

Assessment summary

The essay addresses both views on migration and provides a personal opinion, but it suffers from severe run-on sentences, comma splices, and frequent grammatical errors such as subject-verb agreement mismatches and awkward phrasing. Cohesion is weakened by formulaic transitions and poor sentence boundaries, while lexical range remains limited and repetitive.

Scoring criteria

Strengths

  • The writer attempts some complex structures, such as conditional and subordinate clauses.

Weaknesses

  • Widespread sentence boundary errors, including comma splices ('...is higher than in others, there are many...') and run-on structures.
  • Frequent subject-verb agreement issues ('Colombian people is very famous') and tense inconsistencies ('Now it will be the same').

Justification

The text contains a high density of grammatical and punctuation errors that frequently obscure meaning and require reader effort, fitting Band 4.5.

Writing stats

Words
301
Paragraphs
6
Estimated time
3 min read
Grammar issues
6
Lexical suggestions
5
Major issues
8
Minor issues
1
Top error pattern
Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
Confidence
High