Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Did you have a bike when you was a child?
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Do you think the bias are popular in your country?
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 15.0Suggestion: Відповідь не дає інформації про ваш досвід і лише повторює запитання. Крім того, після “you” потрібно використовувати “were”, а не “was”. Почніть із прямої відповіді, а потім додайте одну конкретну деталь, наприклад, коли ви їздили на велосипеді або для чого його використовували.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I often rode it around my neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 15.0Suggestion: Відповідь не висловлює вашої думки й повторює запитання. Використовуйте слово “bikes”, а не “bias”, і дайте чітку відповідь із коротким поясненням або прикладом. Для логічного зв’язку можна використати “because” або “especially”.
Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country because they are affordable and convenient. They are especially common among students and people who live in busy cities.
× Did you have a bike when you was a child?
✓ Did you have a bike when you were a child?
The pronoun you always takes were in the past tense, not was. Therefore, you were is the correct form. Grammar problem type ID: 27.
× Do you think the bias are popular in your country?
✓ Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
The word bias is a singular noun and cannot be used with are. In this context, the intended word is the plural noun bikes, which correctly takes the plural verb are. Grammar problem type ID: 27.