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 really good to to play with it and to ride it.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, of course when I was a child there was a statement like everyone has to have some bikes or something else like this and for example my grandfather had a bike. It was a red bike and he really enjoyed to use it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Cevabınız soruya doğrudan yanıt veriyor ve iki cümleyle anlaşılır bir fikir sunuyor. Ancak “to to” tekrarı bir dilbilgisi hatasıdır ve “It was really good to play with it” ifadesi doğal değildir; bunun yerine “I really enjoyed riding it” diyebilirsiniz. Cevabı daha etkili hâle getirmek için bisikletin rengi, ne zaman kullandığınız veya nerede sürdüğünüz gibi kısa ve spesifik bir ayrıntı ekleyin.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was bright blue, and I really enjoyed riding it around my neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 58.0Suggestion: Cevabınızda bisikletlerin popüler olduğunu belirtmeniz olumlu; ancak “there was a statement like everyone has to have some bikes” ifadesi belirsiz ve doğal değildir. Sorudaki genel duruma odaklanarak “Bikes are quite popular, especially among children” gibi net bir konu cümlesi kullanın. “My grandfather had a bike” örneği uygun, fakat “enjoyed to use it” yerine “enjoyed using it” denmelidir. Fikirlerinizi “For example” ve “because” gibi bağlaçlarla daha düzenli bağlayın.
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among children. When I was growing up, many families owned at least one bike because cycling was an affordable way to exercise and travel. For example, my grandfather had a red bike and really enjoyed riding it.
× It was really good to to play with it and to ride it.
✓ It was really good to play with it and ride it.
The infinitive marker to is repeated incorrectly before play. In a coordinated structure, one to can introduce both verbs: to play and ride. Avoid repeating to unnecessarily when the two verbs share the same infinitive structure.
× Yes, of course when I was a child there was a statement like everyone has to have some bikes or something else like this and for example my grandfather had a bike.
✓ Yes, of course. When I was a child, there was a saying that everyone had to have a bike. For example, my grandfather had a bike.
The phrase everyone had to have a bike refers to one bike for each person, so the singular noun bike is appropriate after the distributive subject everyone. The plural form bikes would mean that each person had several bikes. Use a singular countable noun with a when referring to one item per person.
× It was a red bike and he really enjoyed to use it.
✓ It was a red bike, and he really enjoyed using it.
The verb enjoy must be followed by a gerund, which is the verb ending in -ing, not an infinitive with to. Therefore, use enjoyed using rather than enjoyed to use. Common verbs that are followed by -ing include enjoy, avoid, finish, and suggest.