Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes. I was a bike when I was a child. It was mountain bike black. I remember I I love reading it when I go to school and in afternoon with my girlfriend.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, it was very common to have a bike when I was a child. I remember riding riding hit to school and in afternoon to go around with my friends.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 40.0Suggestion: La risposta è pertinente, ma contiene diversi errori grammaticali e di scelta delle parole. Usa “I had a bike” invece di “I was a bike” e inserisci gli articoli corretti: “a black mountain bike”. Per descrivere un’abitudine passata, usa “I loved riding it” e non “I love reading it”. Inoltre, evita le ripetizioni (“I I”) e collega le informazioni con parole come “and” o “because”.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a black mountain bike, and I loved riding it to school. In the afternoon, I often rode it around the neighbourhood with my friends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: La risposta non risponde pienamente alla domanda, perché descrive soprattutto la tua infanzia invece di spiegare se le biciclette sono popolari oggi nel tuo Paese. Inizia con una frase diretta come “Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country”. Usa il presente per parlare della situazione attuale e correggi “riding riding hit” in “riding it”. Aggiungi un dettaglio specifico, ad esempio che le persone usano la bicicletta per andare al lavoro, fare esercizio o spostarsi in città.
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among young people and fitness enthusiasts. Many people ride them to work or use them for exercise at weekends. However, in large cities, traffic and a lack of safe bike lanes can discourage some people from cycling.
× Yes. I was a bike when I was a child.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
The sentence describes possession in the past, so use had, not was. Had is the past tense of have and expresses possession.
× It was mountain bike black.
✓ It was a mountain bike black.
A singular countable noun such as bike needs an article. Use a before mountain bike.
× It was mountain bike black.
✓ It was a black mountain bike.
In English, the color usually comes before the type or noun combination. Therefore, say black mountain bike, not mountain bike black.
× I remember I I love reading it when I go to school and in afternoon with my girlfriend.
✓ I remember that I loved riding it when I went to school and in the afternoon with my girlfriend.
The answer refers to childhood memories, so the past tense is more appropriate: loved and went. The repeated I should also be removed. Riding is the appropriate verb for using a bike.
× I remember I I love reading it when I go to school and in afternoon with my girlfriend.
✓ I remember that I loved riding it when I went to school and in the afternoon with my girlfriend.
Afternoon is a singular countable time expression here and needs the definite article the: in the afternoon.
× Yes, it was very common to have a bike when I was a child.
✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in my country.
The question asks about the current popularity of bikes, so use the present tense are, not the past tense was. Bikes is plural, so it takes are.
× I remember riding riding hit to school and in afternoon to go around with my friends.
✓ I remember riding it to school and going around with my friends.
After riding, use the object pronoun it to refer to the bike. The second activity should be parallel with riding, so use the -ing form going. The repeated riding should be removed.
× I remember riding riding hit to school and in afternoon to go around with my friends.
✓ I remember riding it to school and going around with my friends.
Use the pronoun it to refer back to the bike. Hit is not the correct word in this context.
× I remember riding riding hit to school and in afternoon to go around with my friends.
✓ I remember riding it to school and going around in the afternoon with my friends.
Use the definite article the in the fixed time expression in the afternoon.