Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yeah, I had the bike when I was child. So basically I have that 2 bike. First bike I was six years old, my father bought to me and the second buy bike was uh, gift by my uncle. So the bike was very big and it's very fast.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
No, bike is are not popular in my country because uh, they are very fast and loud and not safe. So the traffic police and the cultural they are recommend that not buying bike. Instead they recommend us to buy a bicycles or the cars.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 54.0Suggestion: Improve grammatical accuracy, reduce hesitations and redundancy, and organise the answer with a clear topic sentence plus two supporting details. Use correct past tense and possessive forms, and avoid filler words (uh). Add linking words (for example, "first" and "also") to make the sequence clear. Keep it within 3–4 concise sentences.
Example: Yes. I had two bikes as a child. The first was a small red bike my father bought me when I was six, and the second was a larger, faster bike my uncle gave me as a gift. Both bikes were a lot of fun to ride.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 48.0Suggestion: Address the question directly and provide clear reasons with correct grammar and vocabulary. Replace vague or incorrect words (e.g., "cultural they") with precise expressions like "local culture" or "authorities." Use linking words such as "because" and "therefore" and keep sentences short and logical. Offer one or two specific examples to support the claim.
Example: I don't think motorcycles are very popular in my country because many people consider them noisy and unsafe. For example, traffic police often advise against riding motorcycles in busy cities, and families prefer to buy bicycles or cars for safety and comfort.
× Yeah, I had the bike when I was child.
✓ Yeah, I had a bike when I was a child.
This sentence uses singular/plural and article incorrectly. 'the bike' and 'was child' are wrong; use 'a bike' for a nonspecific item and 'a child' because English requires an article before 'child' in this context. Suggestion: use 'a' with countable singular nouns when not specific and include 'a' before 'child'.
× So basically I have that 2 bike.
✓ So basically I had those 2 bikes.
The sentence mixes tense and uses wrong demonstrative and number agreement. 'that' should be plural 'those' to match '2 bikes', and 'bike' must be plural. Also tense should remain past 'had' to match previous sentence. Suggestion: use 'those' for plural demonstratives and pluralize the noun when referring to more than one.
× First bike I was six years old, my father bought to me and the second buy bike was uh, gift by my uncle.
✓ When I was six years old, my father bought me the first bike, and the second bike was a gift from my uncle.
The original mixes word order and prepositions. English requires time clause 'When I was six years old' at start or proper placement, verb 'bought me' rather than 'bought to me', 'buy bike' is wrong form, and 'gift by my uncle' should be 'a gift from my uncle'. Suggestions: use correct clause order, 'bought me' for giving, and 'a gift from' for passive recipient.
× So the bike was very big and it's very fast.
✓ The bike was very big and very fast.
Tense inconsistency and contraction issue: mixing past 'was' with present 'it's' is inconsistent. Use past tense 'was' for both adjectives when describing a past possession. Also omit redundant 'very' if stylistic, but main issue is tense agreement. Suggestion: keep tense consistent across coordinated adjectives.
× No, bike is are not popular in my country because uh, they are very fast and loud and not safe.
✓ No, bikes are not popular in my country because they are very fast, loud, and unsafe.
Subject number and verb form were wrong: use plural 'bikes' with 'are'. Also 'not safe' is better expressed as 'unsafe'. Suggestion: match plural noun with plural verb and use standard adjective 'unsafe'.
× So the traffic police and the cultural they are recommend that not buying bike.
✓ So the traffic police and cultural norms recommend not buying bikes.
Original has extra pronoun 'they', wrong verb form 'are recommend', and awkward noun 'the cultural'. Use 'recommend' (present simple) and 'not buying bikes' or better 'not to buy bikes'. Suggestion: remove redundant pronouns, use correct verb form and collocation 'recommend not to buy' or 'recommend against buying'.
× Instead they recommend us to buy a bicycles or the cars.
✓ Instead they recommend that we buy bicycles or cars.
Errors: 'recommend us to buy' is unidiomatic; use 'recommend that we buy' or 'recommend us to' rarely. 'a bicycles' mixes singular article with plural noun; remove 'a'. 'the cars' is incorrectly definite; use 'cars'. Suggestion: use 'recommend that we buy bicycles or cars' or 'recommend buying bicycles or cars'.