Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, when I was a child I had a a little bike to ride in the roads.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
In my opinion, bikes are not so popular in my country, uh, 'cause we don't have enough, uh, roads to ride bikes and because of that people usually use cars or buses like, uh, these, uh, travel types of things.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 65.0Suggestion: Soruyu doğrudan yanıtlamışsın; ancak “a a” tekrarını düzeltmeli ve “in the roads” yerine “on the roads” veya “around my neighborhood” kullanmalısın. Yanıtı daha etkili kılmak için bisikletini nerede ya da ne sıklıkta sürdüğüne dair kısa ve belirli bir ayrıntı ekleyebilirsin.
Example: Yes, I had a small 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: 58.0Suggestion: Görüşünü ve nedenini belirtmen iyi; ancak “uh” gibi dolgu ifadelerini, tekrarlanan “because” kullanımını ve belirsiz olan “these travel types of things” ifadesini çıkar. “There aren’t enough bike lanes” gibi daha doğal ve bağlama uygun bir ifade kullan. Yanıtı kısa tutup insanların araba veya otobüs tercih etmesinin nedenini net biçimde açıkla.
Example: Bikes aren’t very popular in my country because many roads don’t have safe bike lanes. As a result, people tend to travel by car or bus, especially for longer journeys.
× Yes, when I was a child I had a a little bike to ride in the roads.
✓ Yes, when I was a child, I had a little bike to ride on the roads.
The article a is repeated before little bike. Use it only once: a little bike. The correction also changes in the roads to on the roads; see the preposition correction below.
× Yes, when I was a child I had a a little bike to ride in the roads.
✓ Yes, when I was a child, I had a little bike to ride on the roads.
Use on the roads rather than in the roads when referring to traveling along road surfaces. In is generally used for an enclosed space.