The response addresses all parts of the task with a clear, consistent position, develops main ideas on both sides, and supports them with relevant examples such as extreme sports and stamp collecting.
7.0Ideas are organised logically into a concession, the writer’s response and a conclusion. However, the move from varied preferences to the claim that hobbies cannot be ranked by difficulty is not fully explained, and the conclusion initially repeats background information rather than synthesising the reasons.
6.5Topic vocabulary such as accomplishment, expertise and adrenalin conveys the main ideas, but expressions such as trigger the adrenalin and conquer those hobbies are awkward. Breathtaking is also used where the intended requirement needs a noun, and accomplishment and achievement repeat much the same meaning.
7.0A range of complex structures is used and the meaning remains clear. Errors include although combined with but, singular countable nouns in people have different interest, passion and hobby, and the faulty coordination people need ... and require them to master.
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