Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes of course I have a bike in my childhood but it's South of in the past cause umm I use this bike to have a ride with my dad and my childhood but he's busy umm in his business so I didn't have much time to play with me.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, I think bike is popular uh, in my country and actually we have a lot bikes with apps in nowadays and everyone will hang out with friends and have a ride with a bicycle and it's.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 54.0Suggestion: Make your answer clearer and more grammatical by starting with a direct topic sentence, limiting length to 2–3 sentences, and adding specific details. Use past tense consistently, remove fillers (umm), and use linking words to connect ideas (for example, 'although' or 'because'). Also clarify who 'he' refers to and avoid contradictory phrases like 'play with me.'
Example: Yes, I did. I had a small bicycle when I was a child and I often rode it with my father. However, because he was usually busy with his business, we could only ride together on weekends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: Provide a clear topic sentence, use correct nouns and articles, and give one or two specific supporting details using linking words (for example, 'also' or 'for instance'). Avoid trailing off. Mention examples like bike-sharing apps, cycling for commuting, or social rides to make your answer concrete.
Example: Yes, I think bicycles are very popular in my country. For example, many cities now have bike-sharing apps, and people often use bicycles to commute or to hang out with friends at the weekend.
× Yes of course I have a bike in my childhood but it's South of in the past cause umm I use this bike to have a ride with my dad and my childhood but he's busy umm in his business so I didn't have much time to play with me.
✓ Yes, of course I had a bike in my childhood, but it was broken in the past. I used this bike to ride with my dad when I was a child, but he was busy with his work so he didn't have much time to play with me.
The student uses present tense verbs (have, use) to describe past events. Use past simple (had, was, used, was busy, didn't have) for completed actions in the past. Also corrected 'it's South of' which appears to be incorrect word choice to 'it was broken' based on likely meaning; clarified time expressions ('in my childhood' -> 'when I was a child'). Suggestion: consistently use past tense for past events and use clear past-time expressions (when I was a child, in the past).
× Yes, I think bike is popular uh, in my country and actually we have a lot bikes with apps in nowadays and everyone will hang out with friends and have a ride with a bicycle and it's.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, and actually we have a lot of bikes available through apps nowadays. Everyone hangs out with friends and rides bicycles.
The student uses singular 'bike' where plural 'bikes' is required and mixes count noun forms ('a lot bikes' should be 'a lot of bikes'). Also verb forms needed agreement: 'are popular' for plural subject, 'hangs' -> 'hang out' with plural subject 'everyone' takes singular verb 'hangs' but natural phrasing uses 'Everyone hangs out' or 'people hang out'; here corrected to 'Everyone hangs out... and rides bicycles.' 'In nowadays' is incorrect; use 'nowadays'. Suggestions: use plural nouns for general statements about many items (bikes are popular), use 'a lot of' before plural nouns, and use 'nowadays' for current time reference.