Bike— Part 1 Report

PracticePart12026-10-19 23:10:08

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Part 1

Examiner

Did you have a bike when you were a child?

Candidate

Yes, I had a small bicycle that had four wheels, which I used to ride all around my house's compound. It was a bike with three Wheelers, actually, not four. It was bike with three Wheelers, one wheels attached to the back so that I don't fall. I was very scared of falling down when I was a kid.

Examiner

Do you think bikes are popular in your country?

Candidate

Yes, bikes are very popular form of transportation in my country because cars are very expensive. Be car tax rates in cars are very expensive in my country. So uh, one way of travelling around and transporting around the uh, city is bike usually 2 Wheelers, which is mostly used by many people in my country.

Evaluation

Overall

Overall: 5.5Fluency & Coherence: 5.5Pronunciation: 5.5Grammar: 5.0Lexical Resource: 5.5

Part 1

Did you have a bike when you were a child?

Score: 60.0

Suggestion: Answer directly, then explain that the bicycle had extra training wheels. Avoid repeating the correction and use the past tense consistently. For example, say “I was afraid of falling” rather than “I don't fall.” Use “training wheels” instead of “three-wheelers” if you mean small support wheels attached to a bicycle.

Example: Yes, I had a small bicycle with training wheels when I was a child. I used to ride it around the compound outside my house. The extra wheels helped me feel safe because I was afraid of falling.

Do you think bikes are popular in your country?

Score: 52.0

Suggestion: Give a clear answer and explain the reason without repeating that cars are expensive. Clarify whether you mean bicycles or motorcycles; “two-wheelers” can refer to either. Use natural phrasing such as “a popular way to get around” and connect your reason to the example with “so” or “as a result.”

Example: Yes, motorcycles are a popular way to get around in my country. Cars are expensive, partly because of high taxes, so many people choose two-wheelers instead. They are also convenient for travelling through busy city streets.

Grammar

Article errors (ID 22)

× It was bike with three Wheelers, one wheels attached to the back so that I don't fall.

✓ It was a bike with three wheels, with one wheel attached to the back so that I wouldn't fall.

The singular countable noun bike needs the article a. Use a before singular countable nouns when referring to one nonspecific item.

Singular and plural issue (ID 1)

× It was bike with three Wheelers, one wheels attached to the back so that I don't fall.

✓ It was a bike with three wheels, with one wheel attached to the back so that I wouldn't fall.

One is used with a singular noun, so the correct phrase is one wheel, not one wheels. The plural form wheels is correct after three.

Past tense issue (ID 5)

× It was bike with three Wheelers, one wheels attached to the back so that I don't fall.

✓ It was a bike with three wheels, with one wheel attached to the back so that I wouldn't fall.

The speaker is describing a bike from childhood, so the past-tense form wouldn't fall fits the past context. When describing a past purpose or expected result, use would rather than present-tense don't.

Article errors (ID 22)

× Yes, bikes are very popular form of transportation in my country because cars are very expensive.

✓ Yes, bikes are a very popular form of transportation in my country because cars are very expensive.

Form is a singular countable noun here, so it needs the article a.

Incorrect use of prepositions (ID 11)

× So uh, one way of travelling around and transporting around the uh, city is bike usually 2 Wheelers, which is mostly used by many people in my country.

✓ So, one way of travelling around the city is by bike, usually a two-wheeler, which many people in my country use.

Use by before a means of transportation, as in by bike. The phrase is bike is not the correct construction for describing how people travel. Use a two-wheeler when referring to one bike.

Vocabulary

Back— Rear; Reverse; Backward
Expensive— Costly
Many— Numerous; A great/good deal of
Popular— Well-liked; Nonspecialist; Widespread; Mass
Small— Little; Short; Slight; Inadequate; Foolish
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