Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I have a bike ride. What time? During that time I was Class 8 only and I bought a new bike from a city area and I start cycling. It was very exciting to me because I was very small that time.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, a bike is very popular in my country because there has so many area and people live in place and our city area is little far away from place area. So due to regular communication people use bike because the road is so narrow and some narrow Rd. is not fully astonished so.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 46.0Suggestion: Be direct and clear: start with a simple topic sentence stating whether you had a bike, then add one or two specific supporting details (when you got it, who you rode with, how it made you feel). Use correct verb tenses and avoid unnecessary phrases. Keep answers to no more than 3–4 sentences and use linking words like "when" or "because" to connect ideas.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I bought it in Year 8 and started riding it around my neighborhood when school finished. It felt very exciting because I was small and proud to ride by myself.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 40.0Suggestion: Organize your answer: give a clear opinion first, then one or two concise reasons with specific details. Use correct grammar (plural/singular, articles) and clearer vocabulary (e.g., "rural areas", "commute"). Use linking words such as "because" and "so" correctly. Avoid unclear phrases and keep it within 3 sentences.
Example: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because many people live in rural areas and need an inexpensive way to commute. Also, many roads are narrow, so bikes are more convenient than cars. As a result, cycling is a common mode of daily transport.
× Yes, I have a bike ride.
✓ Yes, I had a bike.
The student used 'have' with 'ride' incorrectly. The question asks about a past possession, so the past simple 'had' is appropriate. 'Have a bike ride' is ungrammatical; use 'had a bike' or 'went for a bike ride'. Improve by using past simple for past possession and correct noun phrases: 'I had a bike' or 'I used to go for bike rides.'
× What time?
✓ At what time?
'What time?' alone is a fragment and unclear in this context. The correct prepositional question form is 'At what time?' Use a preposition to form a complete question asking about time.
× During that time I was Class 8 only and I bought a new bike from a city area and I start cycling.
✓ At that time I was in Class 8, and I bought a new bike in the city and started cycling.
Multiple tense and structure issues: 'During that time' is awkward; 'At that time' is better. 'I was Class 8' needs preposition 'in'. The sequence of events is past, so use past simple consistently: 'bought' and 'started' (not 'start'). Also 'from a city area' is wrong preposition and article; use 'in the city.' Ensure past-tense consistency for actions that occurred in the past.
× It was very exciting to me because I was very small that time.
✓ It was very exciting for me because I was very small then.
Use 'for me' rather than 'to me' to express that something caused excitement. 'That time' is awkward; 'then' is the correct adverb for past reference. This corrects prepositional and adverb usage.
× Yes, a bike is very popular in my country because there has so many area and people live in place and our city area is little far away from place area.
✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because there are many areas where people live far apart, and our city is a little far from other places.
Multiple number and verb-agreement errors: 'a bike is very popular' should be plural 'bikes are' when speaking generally. 'There has so many area' is incorrect; use 'there are many areas' (plural noun and 'are'). 'People live in place' should be 'people live far apart' or 'in different places.' Rephrase for clarity and correct plural forms and subject-verb agreement.
× So due to regular communication people use bike because the road is so narrow and some narrow Rd. is not fully astonished so.
✓ Therefore, for regular travel people use bikes because the roads are narrow and some narrow roads are not well-paved.
'Regular communication' is incorrect collocation; use 'regular travel' or 'commuting.' 'Use bike' needs plural or article: 'use bikes' or 'use a bike.' 'Road is so narrow' should be plural 'roads are narrow' when generalizing. 'Not fully astonished' is wrong word choice; likely intended 'not fully asphalted' or 'not well-paved.' Use correct adjectives and adverbs and correct noun forms for clarity.