Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I did. Actually. I had my first bike when I was at middle school and my mom taught me how to ride a bicycle. It was a great memory for me because I learned it with my mom and I loved how we spend time together.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, of course. I think one of the main reasons that bikes are popular is that there are public bikes all around the city. Seoul offers a public bikes called Dadangi.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: 답변의 핵심 내용과 개인적인 경험이 잘 제시되어 자연스럽고 효과적입니다. 다만 “Actually.”는 문장 중간에 연결해서 사용해야 하며, “when I was at middle school”은 “when I was in middle school”이 더 자연스럽습니다. 또한 과거의 경험을 말하고 있으므로 “how we spend time together”는 “how we spent time together”로 고쳐야 합니다. 마지막으로 어머니와 무엇을 했는지 한 가지 구체적인 세부사항을 덧붙이면 답변이 더 풍부해집니다.
Example: Yes, I did. I got my first bike when I was in middle school, and my mom taught me how to ride it. It is a great memory because we spent a lot of time together practicing in a nearby park. I still remember how proud I felt when I could ride by myself.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 75.0Suggestion: 질문에 직접 답하고 자전거가 인기 있는 이유도 제시했지만, “a public bikes”는 “a public bike-sharing service” 또는 “public bikes”로 수정해야 합니다. 서울의 공공자전거 명칭은 일반적으로 “Ttareungi” 또는 “Seoul Bike”라고 하며, “Seoul offers a public bikes”보다는 “Seoul operates a public bike-sharing service”가 자연스럽습니다. 또한 공공자전거가 왜 편리한지, 예를 들어 출퇴근이나 짧은 거리 이동에 유용하다는 구체적인 설명을 추가하면 내용과 연결성이 향상됩니다.
Example: Yes, definitely. Bikes are quite popular in South Korea, especially in large cities like Seoul. One reason is that Seoul operates a public bike-sharing service called Ttareungi, so people can easily rent bikes throughout the city. They are particularly useful for short trips and commuting during pleasant weather.
× I had my first bike when I was at middle school and my mom taught me how to ride a bicycle.
✓ I had my first bike when I was in middle school, and my mom taught me how to ride a bicycle.
Use in with school when referring to the period or stage of education. At middle school is not the usual prepositional expression in this context.
× It was a great memory for me because I learned it with my mom and I loved how we spend time together.
✓ It was a great memory for me because I learned it with my mom, and I loved how we spent time together.
The answer describes a past experience, so spend must be changed to its past-tense form, spent, to agree with loved and the past-time context.
× Seoul offers a public bikes called Dadangi.
✓ Seoul offers public bikes called Dadangi.
Bikes is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Remove a before the plural noun bikes.
× Seoul offers a public bikes called Dadangi.
✓ Seoul offers public bikes called Dadangi.
The indefinite article a is used before a singular countable noun, not before the plural noun bikes. Therefore, a should be omitted.