Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I have a bike when I was three and I love a pink bike
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
I live in Thailand so yes it's very popular When I was five years old the type of bikes that very popular is BMX
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: ตอบตรงคำถามได้แล้ว แต่ควรใช้ past simple ให้ถูกต้องเมื่อพูดถึงวัยเด็ก เช่น “had” และ “loved” นอกจากนี้ “a pink bike” ควรใช้ “a pink one” หากกล่าวถึงจักรยานคันนั้น เพิ่มรายละเอียดสั้น ๆ เช่น ใช้ปั่นที่ไหนหรือรู้สึกอย่างไร เพื่อให้คำตอบเป็นธรรมชาติและชัดเจนขึ้น
Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was three. It was pink, and I loved riding it around my neighborhood.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 48.0Suggestion: ตอบว่าจักรยานเป็นที่นิยมในประเทศไทยได้ตรงประเด็น แต่ควรใส่เครื่องหมายหรือใช้คำเชื่อมเพื่อแยกความคิด และแก้โครงสร้างเป็น “BMX bikes were very popular” แทน “the type of bikes that very popular is BMX” รายละเอียดเกี่ยวกับ BMX ยังไม่ชัดว่าพูดถึงความนิยมในอดีตหรือปัจจุบัน จึงควรระบุช่วงเวลาให้ชัดเจน
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in Thailand, especially for recreation and short trips. When I was a child, BMX bikes were particularly popular among kids.
× Yes, I have a bike when I was three and I love a pink bike.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was three, and I loved my pink bike.
The question asks about the past, and the phrase when I was three also places the events in the past. Use had instead of have and loved instead of love to keep the verbs in the past tense.
× I live in Thailand so yes it's very popular.
✓ I live in Thailand, so yes, bikes are very popular.
The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use the plural noun bikes or the pronoun they, and use are with it.
× When I was five years old the type of bikes that very popular is BMX.
✓ When I was five years old, BMX bikes were very popular.
The clause that very popular is missing a verb. The correction uses were to complete the idea and express that the bikes were popular in the past.
× When I was five years old the type of bikes that very popular is BMX.
✓ When I was five years old, BMX bikes were very popular.
The sentence refers to a time in the past, indicated by when I was five years old. Use were rather than is to keep the verb tense consistent with that past time.