Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yeah, when I was young I had a bike and I would really ride that bike often to go to school or hang out with my friend.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yeah, of course people use bikes as a transportation for commute or going to somewhere. That's so so that there are lots of bike roads in Korea whenever, wherever you go.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Make your answer more natural and concise: start with a clear topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Avoid repetition and small grammar mistakes (e.g., use plural forms and correct tense). Try to keep it within 2–4 sentences.
Example: Yes, I did. I rode my bike almost every day to go to school and to meet friends after class. Because my neighbourhood was quiet and close to my school, cycling was quick and convenient.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 64.0Suggestion: Provide a direct opinion first, then support it with specific reasons and a linking phrase. Avoid vague expressions like “so so” and awkward phrasing. Use correct word choices (e.g., “for commuting” and “bike lanes”) and limit to 2–4 sentences.
Example: Yes, I think bikes are very popular in Korea. For example, many cities have extensive bike lanes and people often cycle for short commutes and errands, because it is cheap and efficient.
× Yeah, when I was young I had a bike and I would really ride that bike often to go to school or hang out with my friend.
✓ Yeah, when I was young I had a bike and I often rode that bike to go to school or hang out with my friends.
The sentence mixes 'would' with simple past in a way that sounds unnatural for repeated past actions; use simple past 'rode' to describe habitual actions in the past. Also 'friend' should be plural 'friends' to match the general meaning of hanging out with more than one person. Suggestion: use 'I often rode' for habitual past and use plural when referring to friends in general.
× Yeah, of course people use bikes as a transportation for commute or going to somewhere.
✓ Yeah, of course people use bikes as transportation for commuting or going somewhere.
'a transportation' is incorrect because 'transportation' is an uncountable noun here and does not take the indefinite article; remove 'a'. Use the gerund 'commuting' after prepositions and change 'going to somewhere' to 'going somewhere' (no 'to' before 'somewhere'). Suggestion: use 'transportation' without an article and parallel gerund forms: 'transportation for commuting or going somewhere.'
× That's so so that there are lots of bike roads in Korea whenever, wherever you go.
✓ That's why there are lots of bike lanes in Korea wherever you go.
'That's so so that' is ungrammatical and unclear; use 'That's why' to show cause. 'Bike roads' is nonnative; 'bike lanes' is the usual term. The adverbial 'whenever' is redundant with 'wherever' here; 'wherever you go' is sufficient. Suggestion: simplify to 'That's why there are lots of bike lanes in Korea wherever you go.'