Group Contribution Dispute: PTE Respond to a Situation Question with Sample Answers

Your task

You will hear a description of a situation. Please respond to it as you would in that situation.

“You've discovered that your group members mistakenly reported to your tutor that you didn’t contribute to a major group project. You actually completed your assigned research section, but due to a miscommunication, it wasn’t included in the final submission. You decide to speak to your tutor to clarify the situation. What do you say to your tutor?”

30 community answers with AI feedback

SCORE 15/16

hi tutor, hope you're doing well. this is regarding the miscommunication happen in my group project to wherein my group members have mistakenly reported to you that i have not contributed to the project, but that's not the case. i just wanted to clarify it here that i did submit my part to the final submission and did my, i tried to do my really best. i hope you understand the situation, any recommendation or any discussion you want to have with me would be most welcome. thank you for understanding.

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Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation by explaining the miscommunication and asserting the user's contribution, achieving the communication goal with relevant details.

Oral Fluency:

Speech is smooth and natural, with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is clear and natural with precise articulation.

SCORE 14/16

hi, ma'am. i discovered that my group members were mistakenly put to do that. i did not contribute to major project. but actually i completed a design research section. but due to some miscommunication, it was not included in the final submission. i hope you will understand this situation. please consider my first and i am requesting you to allow us for the resubmission with my research section added kindly to help me to score in the so it's a lot of people by helping me with this.

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Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, though it lacks some detail in development.

Oral Fluency:

Speech is smooth and natural with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is mostly accurate with minor mispronunciations.

SCORE 14/16

hi, good evening, ma'am. it came to my notice that mistakenly reported about me that i haven't contributed anything major to the project. but actually, it is wrong conception or it is misunderstanding from our group members. where i have completed my research section and have been in the part of their group. where i have been i seems that i have been not included in the final submission could i would if you want i could send my section or as report research report.

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Content:

The response addresses the situation and clarifies the misunderstanding, achieving the communication goal, though it could be more detailed.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is smooth and fluent, with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but overall, the pronunciation is mostly accurate.

SCORE 14/16

hello, sir. as you know, we submitted our final group project last week and my assigned research section was not included in the final submission. it was due to a major miscommunication within our group and i would like to let you know that i have completed my assigned research section and also asked my group members to include it in the final project submission. i would ask you to talk to my group to get a clarification and consider my submission.

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Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, but it could benefit from more detailed development.

Oral Fluency:

Mostly fluent with minor pauses, but overall understandable.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is clear and natural with precise articulation.

SCORE 14/16

hi sir, i recently discovered that our group members mistakenly reported that i haven't completed or contributed to a major group project. so i would like to request you to consider my final submission because it was miscommunicated. i have completed all those things and i have submitted in the recent section. please consider this and clarify the situation. thank you so much.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response addresses the situation correctly and achieves the communication goal, but lacks some detailed development.

Oral Fluency:

The speech was smooth and natural with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

Minor mispronunciations were present, but the overall pronunciation was mostly accurate.

SCORE 14/16

hello sir, i recently discovered that my group members mistakenly reported to you that i didn't contribute to a major group project. i had actually completed assigned research section but due to miscommunication it wasn't included in the final submission. i wanted to clarify the situation with you. please consider my request. thank you for the consideration.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, but lacks some detailed development.

Oral Fluency:

Speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses affecting the flow.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is clear and natural with precise articulation.

SCORE 14/16

hi tutor. i just want to clarify about the group assignment that we did. actually, i have contributed to my group. it was actually a miscommunication between the team members. that's why it was not included in the final submission. so i have contributed to my group and thank you for your understanding. i hope you can fix this up. thanks.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, but it lacks some detailed development.

Oral Fluency:

Speech is mostly fluent with minor pauses affecting the flow.

Pronunciation:

Pronunciation is clear and natural with precise articulation.

SCORE 14/16

hello tutor, i am here to speak about the clarification about the situation of major group project. i actually completed my assigned research section, but due to some technical issues or reach or miscommunication, it was not included in the final submission. so could you please re-check and re-check about the project work?

AI Feedback

Content:

The response addresses the situation correctly and achieves the communication goal, but it lacks some development and clarity in phrasing.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is smooth and natural, with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but the speech is mostly accurate and understandable.

SCORE 14/16

perspective tutor. this message is to clarify a miscommunication that i was mistakenly reported to you about my contributions to the group project. i had actually completed my assignments, but due to certain miscommunication, it wasn't included in the final information. please consider my request.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response clearly addresses the situation and achieves the communication goal, but it lacks some development and detail.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is smooth and natural with no noticeable hesitation.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but overall, the pronunciation is mostly accurate.

SCORE 14/16

hello man, i discovered that my group member mistakenly reported that i did not contribute major group project, but i actually have completed the assignment research section, but due to some miscommunication, i will not able to tell.

AI Feedback

Content:

The response addresses the situation and communicates the misunderstanding effectively, but it lacks some development and clarity in expressing the resolution.

Oral Fluency:

The speech is smooth and fluent, with no noticeable hesitations.

Pronunciation:

There are minor mispronunciations, but the speech is mostly accurate and understandable.

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How to approach it

Understand the situation. Identify who you are speaking to and the goal.
Set the right tone. Polite and appropriate, formal or friendly as the situation needs.
Address the request. Say what you need or how you will respond.
Close politely. End with thanks or a courteous sign-off.