Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Actually, no. When I was a child I didn't have a bike because I wasn't interested in riding one. I prefer to play games with my friends in the streets and in the small parks.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
To be honest, yes, in my home country bikes are famous, almost famous because little kids and also adults and elderly prefer to ride bikes in the streets to go to go somewhere near.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 72.0建議: Be more concise and correct tense consistency; start with a clear topic sentence, correct minor grammar (I preferred → I preferred or I used to prefer), and add one specific supporting detail using a linking word. Avoid repetition ("when I was a child" twice implied).
範例: No, I didn't have a bike as a child. I wasn't interested in cycling; instead, I preferred playing games with friends in the nearby streets and small parks. For example, we often played football or tag after school, which kept me active without a bike.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 65.0建議: Use natural collocations and correct word choice ("popular", not "famous"); avoid repetition and fix grammar ("to go somewhere nearby"). Begin with a clear opinion, then give two specific reasons using linking words (for example, and because).
範例: Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country. For example, many children use bikes for fun, and adults and elderly people often cycle for short trips because it's cheap and convenient for getting around nearby places.
× When I was a child I didn't have a bike because I wasn't interested in riding one.
✓ When I was a child I didn't have a bike because I wasn't interested in riding bikes.
The sentence uses past tense correctly but the pronoun 'one' is ambiguous and slightly unnatural here. Repeating 'bikes' matches the preceding noun and clarifies meaning. Suggestion: use the same noun form for parallelism when referring back to a noun in the same sentence.
× I prefer to play games with my friends in the streets and in the small parks.
✓ I preferred to play games with my friends in the streets and in the small parks when I was a child.
The context is past (childhood). The original uses present tense 'prefer' which conflicts with 'When I was a child' earlier. Change to past tense 'preferred' and add 'when I was a child' to make temporal reference explicit. Suggestion: keep verb tense consistent with the time frame you mention.
× To be honest, yes, in my home country bikes are famous, almost famous because little kids and also adults and elderly prefer to ride bikes in the streets to go to go somewhere near.
✓ To be honest, yes. In my home country bikes are very popular because children, adults, and elderly people prefer to ride them for short trips in the streets.
Multiple issues: awkward phrasing 'bikes are famous, almost famous' and repetition 'to go to go', inappropriate word choices 'little kids' and 'elderly' without 'people'. The sentence structure is run-on and unclear. Corrections: use 'very popular' instead of 'famous', replace 'little kids' with 'children', add 'people' after 'elderly', use pronoun 'them' for bikes, and 'for short trips' instead of 'to go somewhere near'. Suggestion: simplify and split complex ideas into clearer clauses, avoid repetition, and use appropriate collocations (e.g., 'popular' with 'bikes').