Part 1
Examiner
Do you think museums are important?
Candidate
Yes, I think museums are important. This is because museums contain human intelligence accumulated. For scientific studies.
Examiner
Are there many museums in your hometown?
Candidate
No, they are many museums in my hometown. I live in Kawasaki City so there are limited resources. But when I lived in Tokyo, when I had a lot of museums and.
Examiner
Do you often visit a museum?
Candidate
Yes, I used to visit the museum often when I was living in the east side of Tokyo. Winnow was very near, which has four big museums. I like to visit them in the weekends.
Examiner
When was the last time you visited a museum?
Candidate
That's an interesting question. I don't recall exactly when, but around 3 or 4 years ago I used to live in east side of Tokyo which had a lot of museums around the area.
Do you think museums are important?
Score: 55.0Suggestion: Give a direct topic sentence, then expand with one or two clear, connected supporting points using linking words. Be more natural: use phrases like "preserve knowledge" or "showcase cultural heritage," and avoid fragmented sentences. Add a brief specific example or purpose.
Example: Yes, I think museums are very important because they preserve human knowledge and cultural heritage. For example, science museums display inventions and experiments that help students and researchers learn. In addition, art museums allow people to understand historical styles and traditions.
Are there many museums in your hometown?
Score: 40.0Suggestion: Start with a clear direct answer (Yes/No) and follow with a brief explanation using linking words like "because" or "however." Avoid contradictions and unfinished sentences. Provide a specific comparison with Tokyo and one concrete detail about Kawasaki.
Example: No, there are not many museums in my hometown because Kawasaki is more industrial and has fewer cultural institutions. However, when I lived in Tokyo there were many museums nearby, such as the National Museum and several science and art museums.
Do you often visit a museum?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: Use present or past tense consistently and combine ideas into at most five sentences. Begin with a clear statement about current or past habits, then add a specific detail and a reason using linking words like "because" or "so." Correct names or unclear words.
Example: I used to visit museums often when I lived on the east side of Tokyo because there were several large museums nearby. For example, one area had four major museums within walking distance, so I often spent my weekends exploring exhibitions.
When was the last time you visited a museum?
Score: 58.0Suggestion: Answer directly with a time reference, then give a short reason or memory. Avoid filler phrases like "That's an interesting question" and keep it concise. Use linking words like "because" or "so" and be specific about what you saw or did if possible.
Example: I visited a museum about three or four years ago when I was still living on the east side of Tokyo. I remember going to a science museum there because they had an interactive technology exhibition that interested me.
× This is because museums contain human intelligence accumulated.
✓ This is because museums contain accumulated human knowledge.
The original phrasing 'human intelligence accumulated' misorders nouns and participles. 'Accumulated' should modify 'human knowledge' and 'knowledge' is a more natural noun here. Reordering creates a correct present-participial phrase describing 'knowledge'. Suggestion: Place the participle before or after the noun correctly (e.g., 'accumulated human knowledge' or 'human knowledge accumulated over time').
× For scientific studies.
✓ They are useful for scientific studies.
'For scientific studies.' is a sentence fragment lacking a subject and finite verb. Convert it into a complete sentence by adding a subject ('They') and a verb ('are useful') to fit the context. Suggestion: Ensure each sentence contains at least a subject and a verb; combine fragments with preceding sentence if appropriate.
× No, they are many museums in my hometown.
✓ No, there are not many museums in my hometown.
The original uses 'they are many museums', which incorrectly uses 'they' and wrong word order. English existential construction requires 'there are' and negation 'not' for 'no many' idea. Use 'there are not many museums' or 'there aren't many museums'. Suggestion: Use 'there is/there are' for existence and place negation appropriately.
× I live in Kawasaki City so there are limited resources.
✓ I live in Kawasaki City, so there are limited cultural resources.
The sentence is mostly grammatical but 'limited resources' is vague in context. Adding 'cultural' clarifies meaning. Also include a comma before 'so' for compound sentence clarity. Suggestion: Clarify which resources you mean and punctuate compound sentences correctly.
× But when I lived in Tokyo, when I had a lot of museums and.
✓ But when I lived in Tokyo, I had access to a lot of museums.
The original repeats 'when' and ends with 'and.' It's an incomplete clause. Use simple past 'I had access to' to describe past situation and complete the thought. Suggestion: Avoid duplicated conjunctions and finish clauses with appropriate objects or complements.
× Yes, I used to visit the museum often when I was living in the east side of Tokyo.
✓ Yes, I used to visit museums often when I lived on the east side of Tokyo.
'Used to' already indicates past habit; combine with simple past 'I lived' (not progressive 'was living') for clarity. 'Visit the museum' suggests a specific museum; use plural 'museums' to match context. Use 'on the east side' rather than 'in the east side'. Suggestion: Use 'used to' with simple past for background and choose correct preposition 'on' for parts of a city.
× Winnow was very near, which has four big museums.
✓ Winnow was very near, and it had four big museums.
The relative clause 'which has four big museums' incorrectly attaches to 'near' instead of the noun. Use 'and it had' to clearly refer to Winnow. Also match tense: past 'had'. Suggestion: Ensure relative clauses clearly modify a noun; use explicit subject pronoun if needed.
× I like to visit them in the weekends.
✓ I like to visit them on weekends.
In English, 'on weekends' is the correct idiom; 'in the weekends' is incorrect. Also plural 'weekends' usually takes no article. Remove 'the'. Suggestion: Use fixed time expressions correctly: 'on weekends', 'at the weekend' (British), or 'on the weekend' (singular).
× That's an interesting question.
✓ That's an interesting question.
This sentence is correct and needs no change. It is a complete sentence with correct structure. Suggestion: No action needed.
× I don't recall exactly when, but around 3 or 4 years ago I used to live in east side of Tokyo which had a lot of museums around the area.
✓ I don't recall exactly when, but around three or four years ago I lived on the east side of Tokyo, which had a lot of museums in the area.
Maintain tense consistency: 'used to live' can be simplified to past 'I lived' since a time phrase is given. Spell out small numbers in speech is optional but clearer. Use 'on the east side' and include comma before the nonrestrictive clause 'which had a lot of museums in the area.' Suggestion: Keep past-tense simple for completed past actions and use correct prepositions and commas for clauses.