Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes I have bike when I was child it was not a real bike it was a dummy bike which is a four wheels. It's birthday gift of from my father on my 5th birthday. It was red color and my favorite color also my father gave with.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, bikes are very popular in my countries, especially dot bikes with which is also known as mountain bikes because we live in a hilly area and here dot bikes are more useful than regular bikes. It is also used to carry goods from farmers here to there.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: Answer directly in the past tense: say “Yes, I had a bike.” Correct the phrases “when I was a child,” “a four-wheeled bike,” and “It was a birthday gift from my father.” Avoid repeating “bike” and explain clearly that it was a children’s bike with four wheels. Use linking words such as “because” or “also” to connect the supporting details. Keep the answer to three or four well-formed sentences.
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a small, four-wheeled bike that my father gave me for my fifth birthday. It was red, which was my favorite color, so I loved it. I used to ride it around our yard.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 55.0Suggestion: Use the singular country form “my country” and name the type of bike accurately, such as “mountain bikes.” Begin with a clear topic sentence, then explain that the hilly landscape makes them more practical than ordinary bicycles. Correct “It is also used” to “They are also used” because you are referring to bikes. Clarify the final idea by saying that local farmers use them to transport goods from one place to another. Avoid the unclear phrase “dot bikes” and use precise vocabulary.
Example: Yes, bicycles are very popular in my country, especially mountain bikes. Since many areas are hilly, they are more practical than ordinary bicycles. In rural communities, farmers also use them to transport small loads from one place to another. As a result, bikes are useful for both recreation and work.
× Yes I have bike when I was child
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
The question asks about a past experience, so use the past-tense form had instead of the present-tense form have.
× Yes I have bike when I was child
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
Singular countable nouns such as bike and child require an article. Use a before both nouns.
× which is a four wheels
✓ which had four wheels
The bike existed in the past, so use the past-tense verb had instead of the present-tense verb is.
× a four wheels
✓ four wheels
The noun wheels is plural, so it cannot follow the singular article a. Say four wheels, or use the adjective four-wheeled.
× It's birthday gift of from my father
✓ It was a birthday gift from my father.
Because the gift was received in the past, use was. The phrase of from is also incorrect; the correct preposition is from.
× It's birthday gift of from my father
✓ It was a birthday gift from my father.
The singular countable noun gift requires the article a.
× birthday gift of from my father
✓ birthday gift from my father
Use from to identify the person who gave the gift. Do not use of and from together in this phrase.
× It was red color and my favorite color also
✓ It was red, which was also my favorite color.
Red is already an adjective, so the noun color is unnecessary after it. The revised sentence also places the word also correctly.
× my father gave with
✓ my father gave it to me
The verb give normally uses the pattern give something to someone. Therefore, use gave it to me, not gave with.
× my father gave with
✓ my father gave it to me
The sentence needs it to refer to the bike and me to identify the recipient.
× Yes I have bike when I was child it was not a real bike it was a dummy bike which is a four wheels. It's birthday gift of from my father on my 5th birthday. It was red color and my favorite color also my father gave with.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was not a real bike; it was a dummy bike with four wheels. It was a birthday gift from my father on my fifth birthday. It was red, which was also my favorite color, and my father gave it to me.
The original answer contains several run-on sentences and incomplete phrases. Separate complete ideas with full stops or semicolons, and use complete subject-verb structures.
× bikes are very popular in my countries
✓ Bikes are very popular in my country.
The speaker is referring to one country, so use the singular noun country, not the plural noun countries.
× especially dot bikes with which is also known as mountain bikes
✓ especially dirt bikes, which are also known as mountain bikes
The relative pronoun which refers to plural bikes, so it must be followed by are. The phrase with which is not appropriate here.
× which is also known as mountain bikes
✓ which are also known as mountain bikes
The subject bikes is plural, so use the plural verb are instead of the singular verb is.
× It is also used to carry goods from farmers here to there.
✓ They are also used to transport goods from one place to another.
The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to plural bikes. Use they and the plural verb are.
× from farmers here to there
✓ from one place to another
From one place to another is the natural prepositional expression for describing movement between locations.
× Yes, bikes are very popular in my countries, especially dot bikes with which is also known as mountain bikes because we live in a hilly area and here dot bikes are more useful than regular bikes. It is also used to carry goods from farmers here to there.
✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in my country, especially dirt bikes, which are also known as mountain bikes. Because we live in a hilly area, these bikes are more useful than regular bikes. They are also used to transport goods from one place to another.
The original answer combines too many ideas in one sentence and contains an unclear relative clause. Divide the response into shorter complete sentences and use a clear subject in each sentence.