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Describe your favourite colour. v.1

Describe your favourite colour. v. 1
Describe your favourite colour. You should say: what it is what the significance of this colour is how you started liking it and explain why this is your favourite colour.   Model Answer 1: I’m not sure I have just one favourite colour, but if you insist on making me choose I know which one it would be. I’m going to tell you what it is, why it is significant and as far as I can how it is I started to like it. I’ll try and explain why I like the colour so much, but that might be hard to do – liking a particular colour is, after all, a very personal thing. My favourite colour is blue! That doesn’t seem quite enough to say. There are so very many variants of the colour. Sky blue; sea blue; azure blue; navy blue; royal airforce blue; midnight blue; cobalt to name but a few. Then there are all those colours that are sort of blue, but tip over into green as well like turquoise or teal. To make it even more complicated there are rich blues that might almost be purple like the colour of the iris flower in my country. If you go to a DIY store and pick up a colour chart for different paints I expect there are hundreds if not thousands of ways to describe the colour blue – and I don’t even know if we all see the colour in the same way. It is mind-boggling! I don’t know quite what the significance of the colour is, but I find it a really attractive hue. In nature, I love a clear blue sea or the complex blues of a sky. Moody grey-blue before a storm, dark midnight blue at dusk or bright blue littered with fluffy white clouds on a summer day. As a child, I pronounced at an early age that blue was my absolute favourite colour. I think I did it partly to be different, most girls were expected to like pink but I wanted to dissociate myself from that and stubbornly declared a preference for blue, traditionally a boy’s colour. We used to go for walks from my first school in a big crocodile of children. We each held on to a coloured ribbon that was attached to a long piece of rope, accompanied by two teachers, one leading at the front of the rope and a second walking at the back of the line to keep us all safe. My classmates would fight for the pink ribbon, but ‘my’ blue one was always free. That helped me feel an affinity for the colour from when I was very young. As an adult I think the colour blue suits me to wear, particularly dark blues, I look positively ill in paler colours for some reason. I don’t know if that goes anyway to explain why I still like the colour so much, perhaps vanity is part of it. However, I think the main reason has to be that I associate blue with huge spaces, be that a great sea stretching out to the horizon or the sky opening away to infinity. Looking at that gives a sense of perspective, we are such tiny beings in a vast universe, what could be more impressive a colour than one that reminds us of that! [ Written by - Lucy Marris | Careers Adviser (UK), TEFL teacher (Vietnam) ]   Model Answer 2: Up until recently, I never really cared to distinguish among any colours to be my most favourite or least favourite.   However, before several months, I had to change my mind after looking at a very beautiful painting work in blue colour. Therefore, I guess, it is fair to say that "blue" is my favourite colour these days.   Of course, I have liked some other colours also before here and there just for the sake of liking them because of my mood or different circumstances, but there is no doubt today that blue is my favourite colour, and it will probably remain so for a long, long time. So, what is exactly so significant about this particular colour which I really like that much? Well, the answer is, it is the colour of the sky.   Now, if something as vast as the sky, which is towering our earth and universe, prefers its colour to be blue, then who am I really to like some other colours!   Sometimes, I also feel these days that our world and the things, especially the blue waters in the oceans, on it wouldn’t look as beautiful as they do without a beautiful blue sky over us.   On top of that, we can hardly associate anything negative with the colour blue.   Some people also suggest that we tend to become more creative and smart, more often than not, when we are surrounded by blue colour.   But, is there really any truth in this sort of suggestion? Well, it is hard to tell, but as far as I am concerned, when I am surrounded by blue, I feel more alive and energetic. Anyway, I like the blue colour because it makes me feel more alive, and it is easier on my eyes than any other colours.   Besides, I have a thing against “colour pollution”, and I think that blue colour is the only colour that doesn’t present any colour pollution within our environments and on our building structures, no matter how much of it we really use.   In fact, I have also found that actually more people like blue than disliking it.
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Describe
your
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favourite
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colour
. You should say: what it is what the significance of this
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colour
is how you
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started
liking it and
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explain
why this is your
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favourite
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colour
.
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Model Answer 1: I’m not sure I have
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just
one
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favourite
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colour
,
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but
if you insist on making me choose I
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know
which one it would be. I’m going to
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tell
you what it is, why it is significant and as far as I
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can how
it is I
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started
to like it. I’ll
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try and
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explain
why I like the
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colour
so
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much
,
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but
that might be
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hard
to do
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–
liking a particular
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colour
is,
after all
, a
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very
personal thing. My
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favourite
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colour
is
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blue
! That doesn’t seem quite
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enough
to say. There are
so
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very
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many
variants of the
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colour
. Sky
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blue
; sea
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blue
; azure
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blue
; navy
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blue
; royal
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airforce
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blue
; midnight
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blue
; cobalt to name
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but
a few. Then there are all those
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colours
that are sort of
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blue
,
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but
tip over into green as
well
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like
turquoise or teal. To
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make
it even more complicated there are rich blues that might almost be purple like the
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colour
of the iris flower in my country. If you go to a DIY store and pick up a
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colour
chart for
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different
paints I
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expect
there are hundreds if not thousands of ways to
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describe
the
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colour
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blue
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–
and I don’t even
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know
if we all
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see
the
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colour
in the same way
. It is mind-boggling! I don’t
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know
quite what the significance of the
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colour
is,
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but
I find it a
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really
attractive hue. In nature, I
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love
a
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clear
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blue
sea or the complex blues of a sky. Moody
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grey-blue
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before
a storm, dark midnight
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blue
at dusk or bright
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blue
littered with fluffy white clouds on a summer day. As a child, I pronounced at an early age that
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blue
was my absolute
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favourite
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colour
. I
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think
I did it partly to be
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different
, most girls were
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expected
to like pink
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but
I wanted to dissociate myself from that and
stubbornly
declared a preference for
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blue
,
traditionally
a boy’s
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colour
. We
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used
to go for walks from my
first
school in a
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big
crocodile of children. We each held on to a
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coloured
ribbon that
was attached
to a long piece of rope, accompanied by two teachers, one leading at the front of the rope and a second walking at the back of the line to
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keep
us all safe. My classmates would fight for the pink ribbon,
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but
‘my’
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blue
one was always free. That
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helped
me
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feel
an affinity for the
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colour
from when I was
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very
young. As an adult I
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think
the
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colour
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blue
suits me to wear,
particularly
dark blues, I look
positively
ill in paler
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colours
for
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some
reason. I don’t
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know
if that goes
anyway
to
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explain
why I
still
like the
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colour
so
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much
, perhaps vanity is part of it.
However
, I
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think
the main reason
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has to
be that I associate
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blue
with huge spaces, be that a great sea stretching out to the horizon or the sky opening away to infinity. Looking at that gives a sense of perspective, we are such tiny beings in a vast universe, what could be more impressive a
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colour
than one that reminds us of that!
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[
Written by
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-
Lucy
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Marris
| Careers Adviser (UK), TEFL teacher (Vietnam)
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]
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Model Answer 2: Up until recently, I never
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really
cared to distinguish among any
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colours
to be my most
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favourite
or least
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favourite
.
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However
,
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before
several months, I had to
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change
my mind after looking at a
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very
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beautiful
painting work in
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blue
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colour
.

Therefore
,
I guess
, it is
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fair
to say that
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"
blue
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"
is my
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favourite
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colour
these days.
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Of course
, I have liked
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some
other
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colours
also
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before
here and there
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just
for the sake of liking them
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because
of my mood or
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different
circumstances,
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but
there is no doubt
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today
that
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blue
is my
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favourite
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colour
, and it will
probably
remain
so
for a long, long time.

So
, what is exactly
so
significant about this particular
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colour
which I
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really
like that
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much
?
Well
, the answer is, it is the
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colour
of the sky.
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Now
, if something as vast as the sky, which is towering our earth and universe, prefers its
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colour
to be
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blue
, then who am I
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really
to like
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some
other
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colours
!
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Sometimes
, I
also
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feel
these days that our world and the things,
especially
the
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blue
waters in the oceans, on it wouldn’t look as
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beautiful
as they do without a
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beautiful
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blue
sky over us.
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On top of that
, we can hardly associate anything
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negative
with the
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colour
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blue
.
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Some
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people
also
suggest that we tend to become more creative and smart, more
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often
than not, when we
are surrounded
by
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blue
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colour
.
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But
, is there
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really
any truth in this sort of suggestion?
Well
, it is
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hard
to
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tell
,
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but
as far as I
am concerned
, when I
am surrounded
by
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blue
, I
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feel
more alive and energetic.

Anyway
, I like the
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blue
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colour
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because
it
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makes
me
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feel
more alive, and it is easier on my eyes than any other
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colours
.
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Besides
, I have a thing against “
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colour
pollution”, and I
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think
that
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blue
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colour
is the
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only
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colour
that doesn’t present any
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colour
pollution within our environments and on our building structures, no matter how
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much
of it we
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really
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use
.
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In fact, I have
also
found that
actually
more
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people
like
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blue
than disliking it.
19Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
60Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
72Mistakes

IELTS speaking Describe your favourite colour. v. 1

Speaking
  American English
4 paragraphs
941 words
5.5
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 5.5
  • Structure your answers in logical paragraphs
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    Vary your linking phrases using synonyms
Lexical Resource: 5.0
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  • Check your work for spelling and word formation mistakes
Grammatical Range: 5.5
  • Use a variety of complex and simple sentences
  • Check your writing for errors
Task Achievement: 5.0
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