Part 1
Examiner
What is your favourite food?
Candidate
Umm, my favorite food is salmon, umm, which is pretty healthy umm, I like to eat it both on both raw and cooked, like eating it in sushi or maybe to bake it to eat like many restaurants.
Examiner
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Candidate
When I was young, I am a big fan of sweet food, especially ice creams. Umm, I really like the cold and sweet taste of ice cream and the ice cream just it's have a texture of cream very rich, and it is also very rich in taste.
Examiner
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Candidate
Not really actually, because nowadays you can eat different food at the same time of the year due to the development of technology like the develop development of greenhouses. So I can eat the food I like ordered here.
Examiner
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Candidate
Umm yes, when I was a child I like to eat sweet sweet food like ice creams and but now I've found that those food are really not healthy and so I just really eat them and now I prefer healthier food like salmon.
What is your favourite food?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 回答自然但有很多犹豫词和重复,句子结构需更清晰、简洁。建议减少“umm”等填充词,开门见山给出主题句,然后用1-2个补充句说明原因或举例,使用连接词如“and”或“also”保持连贯,并注意语法(如“both on both raw”应改为“both raw and cooked”)。
Example: My favourite food is salmon because it is healthy and versatile. I enjoy it both raw, in sushi, and cooked, such as baked salmon at restaurants.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: 时态和语法不一致(应使用过去时),表达中有重复和断断续续的片段。建议用一到两句清楚说明过去的喜好,并用具体描述支持,如口感、原因。避免冗长的重复,改正语法错误如“it's have”应为“it has”。
Example: When I was young, I loved sweet foods, especially ice cream. I liked its cold, creamy texture and rich flavor, which made it my favourite treat.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Score: 66.0Suggestion: 回答简明但有语法和用词问题,且有重复(“develop development”)。建议直接表明观点后用一两句说明原因,使用合适的连接词并改正句子结构,例如将被动/名词化表达改为更自然的陈述。
Example: Not really. Thanks to modern technology and greenhouses, many seasonal foods are available year-round, so I can usually buy what I want whenever I need it.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Score: 64.0Suggestion: 答案表达了转变但有时态和语法错误、词语重复(“sweet sweet”)、以及含糊的部分(“so I just really eat them”)。建议先用一句话明确对比,然后用一两句解释原因和现状,注意过去时与现在完成时的使用,避免重复词汇。
Example: Yes, it has. As a child I preferred sweets like ice cream, but over time I realised they are unhealthy, so now I prefer healthier options such as salmon.
× Student: Umm, my favorite food is salmon, umm, which is pretty healthy umm, I like to eat it both on both raw and cooked, like eating it in sushi or maybe to bake it to eat like many restaurants.
✓ Umm, my favorite food is salmon, which is pretty healthy. I like to eat it both raw and cooked, for example in sushi or baked like in many restaurants.
错误类型:动词 + -ing(重复或不必要的动名词短语)和句子结构混乱。说明:原句中出现“both on both raw and cooked”和“like eating it in sushi or maybe to bake it to eat like many restaurants”,用词重复且动名词与不定式混用导致表达不清。改正建议:1) 删除多余的“on”并使用“both raw and cooked”;2) 用并列和示例短语将句子拆成两句更清晰;3) 统一动词形式,使用不定式或现在分词时要一致。改进方法:多读例句并练习用“both ... and ...”结构,以及在列举方式时用短句或从句表示例子(例如“for example”)。
× Student: When I was young, I am a big fan of sweet food, especially ice creams.
✓ When I was young, I was a big fan of sweet foods, especially ice cream.
错误类型:现在时与过去时混用;名词单复数使用不当。说明:开头已用过去时“When I was young”,后半句却用现在时“am”,时态不一致。且“ice creams”在此情境下更常用不可数名词“ice cream”或复数视具体口味而定,通常说“sweet foods”。改正建议:将“am”改为“was”,并将“ice creams”改为“ice cream”或保持“sweet foods”。练习方法:注意时间状语决定主句时态,复述过去经历时全句应使用过去时。
× Student: Umm, I really like the cold and sweet taste of ice cream and the ice cream just it's have a texture of cream very rich, and it is also very rich in taste.
✓ I really like the cold, sweet taste of ice cream. Ice cream has a very creamy texture and a rich flavor.
错误类型:代词和助动词使用不正确,句子重复且结构混乱。说明:原句中“the ice cream just it's have”含有冗余代词“it' s”并错误地使用“have”而非“has”。此外用词冗长,需分成两句表达。改正建议:把句子拆为两句,主语“ice cream”与动词“has”保持一致;用形容词“creamy”描述质地,用“rich flavor”描述味道。练习方法:注意主语单复数与动词一致,避免在口语中重复代词或插入停顿词。
× Student: Not really actually, because nowadays you can eat different food at the same time of the year due to the development of technology like the develop development of greenhouses.
✓ Not really. Nowadays you can eat different foods at any time of the year thanks to technological developments such as greenhouses.
错误类型:介词使用和名词改进。说明:“at the same time of the year”表达不自然,应为“at any time of the year”;“due to the development of technology like the develop development of greenhouses”有重复并且结构错误。改正建议:用“thanks to”或“due to”引出原因,使用复数或不可数名词“technological developments”,并用“such as”引出例子。练习方法:学习常用固定搭配(如“at any time of the year”,“thanks to”),避免重复词语。
× Student: So I can eat the food I like ordered here.
✓ So I can order and eat the food I like here.
错误类型:句子结构不完整,动词顺序错误。说明:原句“eat the food I like ordered here”中“ordered”位置错误且缺少连贯性。改正建议:将动词按逻辑顺序排列为“order and eat”,并把地点放在句末“here”。练习方法:理清动作顺序并用连接词或并列动词表达多个动作。
× Student: Umm yes, when I was a child I like to eat sweet sweet food like ice creams and but now I've found that those food are really not healthy and so I just really eat them and now I prefer healthier food like salmon.
✓ Umm, yes. When I was a child I liked to eat sweet foods like ice cream, but now I've found that those foods are really not healthy, so I rarely eat them and now I prefer healthier food like salmon.
错误类型:过去时使用错误和名词单复数及副词使用问题。说明:句首已指过去“when I was a child”,动词应为过去时“liked”而非“like”。“ice creams”改为“ice cream”或“sweet foods”;“those food”应为“those foods”;“I just really eat them”表达不当,意图应为“不再常吃”,用“rarely eat them”。改正建议:使用过去时描述过去习惯,注意复数形式和合适副词(rarely)。练习方法:复习过去时叙述(used to/liked),并练习常用频率副词的位置和用法。