Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I had a bike when I was at school. I ride it on regular daily purpose for usually went to school apart from it I play with my friends by riding bicycle on our street.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, bikes are very popular in my country. People use bikes for staying fit and healthy. Moreover, children use bikes for play or learn how to ride it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 56.0Suggestion: Be more accurate with tense and sentence structure, use a clear topic sentence, limit to 2–4 sentences, and add a linking word to connect ideas. Include specific details (how often, where, who you rode with).
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was at school. I rode it every day to go to class, and in the afternoons I often cycled with my friends along our quiet street. Because it was close to home, we usually spent an hour riding and playing together.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Provide a stronger topic sentence, add specific reasons or examples, and use varied vocabulary and linking words (e.g., therefore, for example). Keep answers concise (2–3 sentences).
Example: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country, especially in cities and small towns. For example, many people cycle to work or to the market to stay fit and avoid traffic, and children often learn to ride in parks or on quiet residential roads.
× Yes, I had a bike when I was at school.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was at school.
This sentence is correct in past tense and needs no change.
× I ride it on regular daily purpose for usually went to school apart from it I play with my friends by riding bicycle on our street.
✓ I used it regularly to go to school, and I also played with my friends by riding our bicycles on the street.
Multiple tense and structure errors: the student mixes present and past (I ride ... went), and word order is incorrect. Use past tense consistently (used, played) because the question asks about childhood. Use correct collocations: 'used it regularly to go to school' and 'riding our bicycles' (plural) for clarity. Add connectors like 'and' and 'also' to join ideas and commas to separate clauses. Suggestions: keep past tense for childhood descriptions, use natural collocations (used to, go to school), and ensure parallel structure.
× Yes, bikes are very popular in my country.
✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in my country.
This sentence correctly uses present simple to describe a general fact and requires no change.
× People use bikes for staying fit and healthy.
✓ People use bikes to stay fit and healthy.
After 'use ... to' the infinitive 'to stay' is more natural than the gerund 'staying' when expressing purpose. Use 'to stay' to indicate purpose clearly. Both forms can be acceptable, but 'to stay fit and healthy' is preferred in this context.
× Moreover, children use bikes for play or learn how to ride it.
✓ Moreover, children use bikes for playing or to learn how to ride them.
Problems: inconsistency between gerund and infinitive ('for play or learn') and incorrect pronoun 'it' referring to 'bikes' (plural). Use parallel forms: 'for playing or to learn' or 'to play or to learn'. Also change 'it' to 'them' to match plural 'bikes'. For style, 'to play or to learn how to ride them' is clear.