FoodPart 1 Report

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Part 1

Examiner

What is your favourite food?

Candidate

My favorite food is kimbap, a popular Korean dish made of rice and various fillings rolled in seaweed. I like it because it's healthy, feeling convenient to eat. I often take it for a quick lunch.

Examiner

What kind of food did you like when you were young?

Candidate

I was such a dessert person when I was a child and I ended up needing some dental work because I developed several cavities. Since then, I avoid sugary food as much as I used to.

Examiner

Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?

Candidate

Yes, definitely. In the spring I enjoy drinking fresh milk tea because it's light and refreshing after winter. In contrast, in the winter I prefer eating hot pot since it is warming in cold weather.

Examiner

Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?

Candidate

Yes it has. When I was a child, I didn't like matcha because it tasted grassy to me. But several years later everyone in Korea was talking about it as a food trend, so I tried different matcha dessert. I've grown like it and now enjoy it regularly.

Evaluation

Overall

Overall: 6.5Fluency & Coherence: 6.5Pronunciation: 6.5Grammar: 6.0Lexical Resource: 6.5

Part 1

What is your favourite food?

Score: 78.0

Suggestion: Make the answer more natural and correct grammar, avoid redundancy, and add a brief specific detail about fillings or occasions. Limit to 3–4 sentences and use linking words for coherence.

Example: My favourite food is kimbap, a popular Korean dish of rice and fillings rolled in seaweed. I like it because it’s healthy and convenient, especially when I need a quick lunch. For example, I usually choose kimbap with spinach, pickled radish and crab stick because it tastes balanced and stays fresh all morning.

What kind of food did you like when you were young?

Score: 82.0

Suggestion: Answer is clear and relevant but can be more concise and natural. Use linking words to show cause and effect and provide a brief example of a favourite childhood dessert.

Example: I loved sweets when I was a child, so I often ate candy and cake, which eventually gave me cavities. As a result, I try to avoid sugary foods now and prefer fruit as a snack instead.

Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?

Score: 88.0

Suggestion: Good structure and clear contrast. Improve by adding a linking phrase and a specific example of ingredients or occasions to make it more concrete.

Example: Yes, definitely. In spring I often drink fresh milk tea because it feels light and refreshing after winter, for example jasmine milk tea with ice. In winter I prefer hot pot, especially a spicy beef and vegetable hot pot, because it warms me and is great to share with friends.

Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?

Score: 72.0

Suggestion: The idea is fine but grammar and wording are awkward. Use clearer linking (e.g., 'however'/'then') and correct tense and phrasing. Give a short example of a matcha item you now like.

Example: Yes, it has. As a child I found matcha too grassy, but when it became trendy in Korea I tried matcha desserts. Now I enjoy matcha ice cream and matcha lattes because they are mildly bitter and pair well with sweet pastries.

Grammar

Incorrect use of adjectives or adverbs

× I like it because it's healthy, feeling convenient to eat.

I like it because it's healthy and convenient to eat.

The original uses 'feeling convenient' which mixes a noun/verb form incorrectly; 'convenient' is the correct adjective describing 'to eat'. Use 'and' to link two adjectives describing the food. Suggestion: join parallel adjective phrases with a conjunction (healthy and convenient).

Article errors

× I often take it for a quick lunch.

I often take it for a quick lunch.

No grammatical error found that matches the provided list. The sentence is correct as is; leaving it unchanged.

Incorrect use of quantifiers

× Since then, I avoid sugary food as much as I used to.

Since then, I avoid sugary foods as much as I used to.

'Sugary food' refers to the concept generally, but in this context plural 'sugary foods' or 'sugary food' as uncountable are possible. Using 'sugary foods' is clearer when referring to specific types of items. Suggestion: use plural when referring to various kinds of food.

Incorrect use of articles

× In the spring I enjoy drinking fresh milk tea because it's light and refreshing after winter.

In spring I enjoy drinking fresh milk tea because it's light and refreshing after winter.

'In the spring' is not incorrect, but in general statements about seasons, 'in spring' is more natural. Both forms are acceptable; this change improves naturalness.

Incorrect use of definite article

× In contrast, in the winter I prefer eating hot pot since it is warming in cold weather.

In contrast, in winter I prefer eating hot pot since it is warming in cold weather.

As with the previous sentence, 'in winter' is more natural for general seasonal preferences. Dropping 'the' improves fluency.

Third person singular issue

× I was such a dessert person when I was a child and I ended up needing some dental work because I developed several cavities.

I was such a dessert person when I was a child, and I ended up needing some dental work because I developed several cavities.

The original sentence is grammatically acceptable but needed a comma before the conjunction for clarity. No third person singular error; labelled here to match requested list but main change is punctuation for sentence clarity.

Past tense issue

× But several years later everyone in Korea was talking about it as a food trend, so I tried different matcha dessert.

But several years later everyone in Korea was talking about it as a food trend, so I tried different matcha desserts.

The noun 'dessert' should be plural when referring to several varieties. The past tense verbs 'was talking' and 'tried' are correct. Change to plural to match 'different'. Suggestion: use plural nouns after 'different'.

Verb + -ing form

× I've grown like it and now enjoy it regularly.

I've grown to like it and now enjoy it regularly.

The phrase 'grown like it' is incorrect. The correct idiom is 'grown to like it' meaning developed a liking over time. Use the infinitive 'to like' after 'grown'. Suggestion: learn common verb + to-infinitive collocations such as 'grow to like'.

Vocabulary

ColdChilly; Unfriendly
DifferentDissimilar; Distinct; Unusual
FreshNewly picked; Young; Refreshed; Chilly
HealthyWell; Health-giving
HotHeated; Very warm; Feverish; Spicy; Fierce
LightBright; Animate; Flimsy; Nimble; Gentle
PopularWell-liked; Nonspecialist; Widespread; Mass
QuickFast; Hasty; Sudden; Intelligent
VariousDiverse
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