Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes I did, I had a small red bike when I was about 7 and I loved riding it around the park because it felt very freeing and often when they're with my friends.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
I think currently it's not popular in my country anymore, but in the past how much people use pie as a transportation?
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 65.0Sugerencia: Your answer is relevant and gives personal detail, but it has grammatical mistakes, a confusing clause at the end, and is slightly long and repetitive. To improve: 1) Start with a clear topic sentence: “Yes, I did.” 2) Use correct past-tense grammar and singular/plural agreement (e.g., “I often rode it with my friends”). 3) Remove redundancy (don’t repeat similar ideas). 4) Keep it within 2–4 concise sentences. 5) Add one specific detail (where or what you did) and a linking word for coherence (e.g., “because,” “and”).
Ejemplo: Yes, I did. I had a small red bike when I was about seven, and I loved riding it around the local park because it made me feel free. I often rode it with my friends after school, which was one of my favorite ways to spend the afternoon.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 40.0Sugerencia: Your answer attempts to compare present and past, which is good, but it contains grammar errors, unclear wording, and a typo (“pie” instead of “bikes”). To improve: 1) Correct grammar and word choice (e.g., “they aren’t popular anymore,” “people used bikes more in the past”). 2) Provide a reason or example to support your opinion (e.g., rise of cars, poor cycling infrastructure). 3) Use linking words (e.g., “however,” “because,” “for example”). 4) Keep to 2–3 concise sentences and be specific about when and why popularity changed.
Ejemplo: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country anymore. In the past, many people used bicycles for daily travel, but today most prefer cars and motorcycles because they are faster and more convenient. However, cycling is becoming more common again in some cities because of better bike lanes and environmental awareness.
× Yes I did, I had a small red bike when I was about 7 and I loved riding it around the park because it felt very freeing and often when they're with my friends.
✓ Yes I did. I had a small red bike when I was about seven and I loved riding it around the park because it felt very freeing, and I often rode it with my friends.
This sentence has multiple structural and agreement problems (Grammar problem type ID 26). It is actually several clauses that were run together and one clause contains an incorrect pronoun and tense. 'Yes I did, I had...' should be separated into two sentences or joined with a coordinating conjunction for clarity. 'often when they're with my friends' is ungrammatical: 'they're' (they are) is wrong in context and the clause lacks a verb matching the past narrative. The corrected version splits the ideas for clarity, uses the past tense consistently ('loved', 'rode') to match the time frame, spells out 'seven' for formality, and replaces the incorrect phrase with 'I often rode it with my friends.' Suggestion: keep consistent past tense for events in childhood, avoid run-on sentences by using periods or proper conjunctions, and ensure pronouns refer clearly to the subject.
× I think currently it's not popular in my country anymore, but in the past how much people use pie as a transportation?
✓ I think currently bikes are not popular in my country anymore, but in the past many people used them as a means of transportation.
This sentence contains present tense and word-choice/structure problems (Grammar problem type ID 6). 'I think currently it's not popular' uses 'it' vaguely and mixes contractions awkwardly; better to use a clear subject 'bikes' and say 'are not popular'. The second part is ungrammatical: 'how much people use pie as a transportation' contains wrong quantifier ('how much' should be 'how many' for countable people), wrong verb tense for a past contrast, a likely typo 'pie' instead of 'bikes', and incorrect article/word choice 'a transportation' (use 'transportation' or 'a means of transportation'). The corrected sentence uses present simple for current opinion and past simple 'used' for past habit, replaces 'how much' with 'many', fixes 'pie' to 'bikes', and uses 'means of transportation' for natural phrasing. Suggestion: ensure subjects are explicit, choose correct countable quantifiers (many vs much), maintain tense consistency for contrasts, and avoid typos.