# Grammar Bands

**9**

Uses a full range of structures naturally and appropriately. Produces consistently accurate structures apart from ‘slips’ characteristic of native speaker speech.

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**8**

Uses a wide range of structures flexibly. Produces a majority of error-free sentences with only very occasional inappropriacies or basic/non-systematic errors.

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**7**

Uses a range of complex structures with some flexibility. Frequently produces error-free sentences, though some grammatical mistakes persist.

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**6**

Uses a mix of simple and complex structures, but with limited flexibility. May make frequent mistakes with complex structures though these rarely cause comprehension problems.

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**5**

Produces basic sentence forms with reasonable accuracy. Uses a limited range of more complex structures, but these usually contain errors and may cause some comprehension problems.

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**4**

Produces basic sentence forms and some correct simple sentences but subordinate structures are rare. Errors are frequent and may lead to misunderstanding.

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**3**

Attempts basic sentence forms but with limited success, or relies on apparently memorised utterances. Makes numerous errors except in memorised expressions.

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**2**

Cannot produce basic sentence forms.

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**1**

Cannot produce basic sentence forms.

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**0**

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