Fluency
* Speed – push yourself to speak a little faster but only if your pronunciation is good.
* Continuity – avoid unnaturally long pauses especially in Part 2.
* Smoothness – use linked pronunciation and use contractions.
Coherence
* Expand your answers with a suitable amount of relevant extra information (detail).
* Use connectives to link sentences especially when expressing more complex ideas. (This is a "must" for a Band 6 or above in this sub-score.)
* Answer questions directly.
* Add extra relevant details in suitable amounts after first answering the key point of the question.
* Link your answers to the questions by using the same verb tense.
* Try to ensure that your answers to questions are suitable for the real meaning of the questions.
* Show knowledge of the 'short form' of answer for 'Yes/No' questions.