Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child. Sometimes I always rode my mom's back and when I rode the back I need to, I needed to practice my back skill and sometimes I will hurt because.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
No, conventional bicycles aren't very popular in my country. Instead, electric bikes have become widespread because they are convenient for commuting and make long journeys much easier.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: Be clearer and more natural: give a direct topic sentence, then one or two specific supporting details. Use correct tense and vocabulary (ride on my mother's bicycle/ride on my mother's back is unnatural — if meaning as passenger, say ride on the back of my mom's bicycle). Avoid repetition and long confusing clauses. Keep it within 3–4 sentences and use linking words like 'so' or 'because' correctly.
Example: No, I didn't have my own bike as a child. Instead, I often rode on the back of my mother's bicycle, so I learned how to balance as a passenger. However, sometimes I fell and got minor scrapes, which made me more cautious.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: Good clear answer with relevant details. To improve, add a brief specific example or comparison and a linking phrase to make it more coherent. Vary vocabulary slightly (e.g., 'traditional bicycles' or 'manual bikes') and avoid repeating 'because' too mechanically.
Example: Not really — traditional bicycles aren't very popular nowadays. Instead, electric bikes have become widespread, mainly because they are convenient for commuting; for example, many office workers use them to cover longer distances without sweating. As a result, electric models dominate urban streets.
× Sometimes I always rode my mom's back and when I rode the back I need to, I needed to practice my back skill and sometimes I will hurt because.
✓ Sometimes I always rode on my mom's back, and when I rode on her back I needed to practice my balancing skills, and sometimes I would get hurt.
The sentence mixes past and present/future forms incorrectly and uses unnatural word choices. Use past tense consistently (rode, needed, would get hurt) because the question asks about childhood. 'Rode my mom's back' should be 'rode on my mom's back' and 'practice my back skill' is unnatural; 'practice my balancing skills' is clearer. 'Sometimes I will hurt because' mixes future with past; change to 'sometimes I would get hurt' to show habitual past occurrences. Also add commas and conjunctions for clarity.
× No, conventional bicycles aren't very popular in my country.
✓ No, conventional bicycles are not very popular in my country.
Contraction 'aren't' is acceptable in speech, but for a formal corrected answer expand to 'are not' if desired. The present simple tense 'are not' correctly describes a general present fact. This suggestion enforces standard formal style rather than tense correction.
× Instead, electric bikes have become widespread because they are convenient for commuting and make long journeys much easier.
✓ Instead, electric bikes have become widespread because they are convenient for commuting and make long journeys much easier.
This sentence is grammatically correct. Present perfect 'have become' and present simple 'are' and 'make' are appropriately used to describe a current situation and general truths, so no change is needed.