Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes I do actually. I was an active child and in my childhood I really I used to like sport activities and my first bike was in the year of 6.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, I do. Every single person from my childhood had a bike and I remember that every day we went for a walk on a bike. And now I do think so because I see a lot of people riding a bike in my town.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 48.0Suggestion: Відповідайте в минулому часі: на запитання про дитинство природно сказати “Yes, I did”. Уникайте повторів (“in my childhood”, “really I used to”) і замініть “in the year of 6” на “when I was six”. Додайте одну конкретну деталь про те, як ви користувалися велосипедом.
Example: Yes, I did. I got my first bike when I was six, and I loved riding it around my neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 58.0Suggestion: Дайте пряму відповідь, а потім наведіть чіткий доказ із теперішнього життя. “Every single person from my childhood” звучить неприродно — краще сказати “many of my childhood friends”. Також використовуйте “go for a bike ride”, а не “go for a walk on a bike”, і поєднайте думки без зайвого “And now I do think so”.
Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country. Many of my childhood friends had bikes, and these days I often see people cycling around my town, especially when the weather is nice.
× Yes I do actually.
✓ Yes, I did, actually.
The question asks about a past experience using did, so the answer should also use the past-tense auxiliary did, not the present-tense do.
× I was an active child and in my childhood I really I used to like sport activities and my first bike was in the year of 6.
✓ I was an active child, and I really used to like sports activities. I got my first bike when I was six.
The phrase I really I repeats the subject and makes the sentence structure incorrect. Also, my first bike was in the year of 6 is not a grammatical way to express age. Use I got my first bike when I was six. For clearer answers, avoid repeating subjects and use when I was + age to describe when something happened.
× And now I do think so because I see a lot of people riding a bike in my town.
✓ And now I think so because I see a lot of people riding bikes in my town.
Do is unnecessary for an affirmative statement here; it usually adds emphasis, which is not needed in this context. The plural bikes is also appropriate when referring generally to many people riding bicycles. Use do think only when you want to emphasize your opinion.