Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a small little bike with training wheels behind it. It was red and I liked it very much. I rode it for three to 10 years.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, bikes are quite popular in the country. Everybody use them to road to work or school. Students are more common to riding bicycles to school. My all my peers in the school ride bicycles.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Your answer is generally clear and relevant, but you should correct minor grammatical errors, avoid redundancy, and give one specific time frame rather than a vague range. Use a topic sentence, then add 1–2 supporting details with linking words. For example, replace “small little” with “small,” change “training wheels behind it” to “training wheels,” and use a precise duration like “from age three to ten.”
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a small red bike with training wheels, and I loved riding it. In fact, I rode it from age three to ten, which helped me become confident cycling on streets later.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: The content is relevant but contains several grammar and word-choice errors and some redundancy. Improve subject-verb agreement (“use” → “use”), prepositions (“on the road” or “to get”), and phrasing (“more common to riding” → “more likely to ride”). Start with a clear topic sentence, then give 1–2 specific supporting details using linking words (e.g., “for example,” “because”).
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people use them to get to work or school, especially students; for example, most of my classmates commute by bicycle. This is partly because cycling is inexpensive and convenient in our city.
× Everybody use them to road to work or school.
✓ Everybody uses them to ride to work or school.
Subject 'Everybody' is singular and requires the singular verb 'uses' (subject-verb agreement). Also 'road' is incorrect; the correct verb is 'ride'. Use 'ride to work or school' for clarity.
× Students are more common to riding bicycles to school.
✓ Students are more likely to ride bicycles to school.
The phrase 'more common to riding' is incorrect. Use the adjective 'likely' with the infinitive 'to ride' or use the structure 'are more commonly seen riding'. Here 'are more likely to ride' is natural and grammatically correct.
× My all my peers in the school ride bicycles.
✓ All my peers at school ride bicycles.
The original has redundant 'My all my' and awkward preposition 'in the school'. Remove redundancy and use 'All my peers at school' for natural English word order and correct preposition.
× I rode it for three to 10 years.
✓ I rode it from ages three to ten.
The phrase 'for three to 10 years' is ambiguous. If referring to ages, use 'from ages three to ten'. If referring to duration, use 'for seven years'. Also use consistent number formatting ('ten' rather than '10') in formal speech.