Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I have a bike when I'm in a very soon age about in primary school I got my first bike and I use this for riding to my school without my parents.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yeah, I think cars are popular in my country, uh, especially in for umm, for young, young for a student, uh, which they came writing to school and improve their health. Umm, Besides, they can save their.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: Be direct, use correct tense, and make sentences concise and coherent. Start with a clear topic sentence (e.g., 'Yes, I had a bike as a child.'), then add one or two specific details using linking words. Correct verb forms and time expressions are important.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I got my first bike in primary school and I used it to ride to school by myself. It helped me feel independent and also kept me active.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 40.0Suggestion: Answer the question directly and avoid confusion between 'bikes' and 'cars.' Use clear reasons with linking words (e.g., 'because', 'for example', 'however') and finish your idea. Provide one or two specific reasons and a brief example.
Example: Yes, bikes are fairly popular among students in my country because they are inexpensive and good for exercise. For example, many secondary school students cycle to class to save money on transport and to stay fit.
× Yes, I have a bike when I'm in a very soon age about in primary school I got my first bike and I use this for riding to my school without my parents.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was very young. I got my first bike in primary school and I used it to ride to school by myself.
Errors identified: incorrect tense usage (mixing present and past), incorrect time expression and word choice ('very soon age' incorrect), and article/word order issues. According to the Present tense issue (ID 6) and Past tense issue (ID 5) rules, the student should use past tense to describe a past situation. Use 'had' and 'was' for past states, 'got' for past action, and 'used' for habitual past action. Also replace 'very soon age' with 'very young' and 'ride to my school without my parents' with 'ride to school by myself' for natural, grammatically correct English.
× Yeah, I think cars are popular in my country, uh, especially in for umm, for young, young for a student, uh, which they came writing to school and improve their health.
✓ Yes, I think bicycles are popular in my country, especially among young students who ride them to school to improve their health.
Errors: wrong noun ('cars' vs intended 'bikes'), incorrect preposition and article usage ('in for umm, for'), incorrect relative clause and verb form ('which they came writing') and incorrect verb choice. This fits Present tense issue (ID 6) and Incorrect use of prepositions (ID 11). Use present simple 'are popular' for general truth, 'among' for groups, 'young students' (plural) and a reduced relative clause 'who ride them to school' using the base verb 'ride'. 'Improve their health' is correct purpose phrase.
× Umm, Besides, they can save their.
✓ Besides, they can save money.
Error: sentence is incomplete and missing the object after 'save' (Sentence structure errors ID 26 and Incorrect use of pronouns ID 12). 'Save their' is unfinished; the speaker likely means 'save money' or 'save time'. Provide the full noun 'money' to complete the sentence and make the meaning clear.