Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yeah, I was pretty active, umm, when I was a child. I really loved to explore new things. Also by umm, biking also was my favorite, umm, activity. And umm, yeah, I had a bike and I went to the market, uh, with it and umm going some other.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially umm, in all among uh, all generations, umm, but uh, nowadays also some teenagers are love to umm, ride it uh, nowadays and umm and yeah, it's good 'cause umm, instead of uh, taking.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 58.0Suggestion: Сократите заполнители (umm, uh) и дайте более структурированный ответ: начните с чёткой темы (да/нет + краткое объяснение), затем добавьте 1–2 конкретных деталей (когда, куда и с кем вы ездили) с логическими связками. Старайтесь не превышать 3–4 предложений и избегайте лишних повторов (‘also’, ‘and’).
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I loved exploring the neighborhood on it, and I often rode to the market with my mother on weekends. Riding was my favorite pastime because it gave me freedom and helped me meet friends in the park.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: Уберите ненужные повторы и заполнители, используйте связки для ясности (for example, especially, because). Дайте конкретные примеры групп людей, которые используют велосипеды, и причину популярности (экономия, здоровье, трафик), завершите логичным выводом. Ограничьте ответ 2–4 предложениями.
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among adults and children. Recently many teenagers also prefer cycling because it is cheap and helps avoid traffic. For example, people often ride to work or school to save time and money.
× I really loved to explore new things.
✓ I really loved exploring new things.
The sentence is in the past ('loved') and the verb that follows should be a gerund when describing activities enjoyed in general in the past. Use 'exploring' to link the liking verb with the activity smoothly. Suggestion: use 'loved exploring' or 'liked to explore' for natural phrasing.
× Also by umm, biking also was my favorite, umm, activity.
✓ Also, biking was my favorite activity.
Redundant words 'also' and 'by' create ungrammatical phrasing. Remove the extra 'by' and one 'also'; place commas properly. Suggestion: 'Also, biking was my favorite activity.' ensures correct conjunction and flow.
× And umm, yeah, I had a bike and I went to the market, uh, with it and umm going some other.
✓ I had a bike, and I went to the market with it and went to other places as well.
Original sentence mixes tenses and fragments ('going some other' is incomplete). Maintain past tense with 'went' for all actions and provide an appropriate object 'places'. Suggestion: use parallel verbs and complete noun phrases: 'went to the market with it and went to other places as well.'
× Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially umm, in all among uh, all generations, umm, but uh, nowadays also some teenagers are love to umm, ride it uh, nowadays and umm and yeah, it's good 'cause umm, instead of uh, taking.
✓ Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among all generations, and nowadays some teenagers also love to ride them; it's good because, instead of taking cars or buses, they use bikes.
Multiple issues: awkward word order 'in all among all generations' should be 'among all generations'; subject-verb agreement 'some teenagers are love' is incorrect — use 'some teenagers love'; pronoun agreement 'ride it' should be 'ride them' (plural). Also sentence was incomplete after 'taking' — complete the comparison by specifying 'cars or buses'. Suggestions: simplify and correct word order, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun number; keep tense consistent.