Bike— Part 1 Report

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Part 1

Examiner

Did you have a bike when you were a child?

Candidate

Yes, I did have a bicycle when I was a child, so I can go to my friend's house with that.

Examiner

Do you think bikes are popular in your country?

Candidate

Well I wouldn't say it's popular but it's quite known for young stars who doesn't know how to drive in Bangladesh as there is an age limit towards getting driver license so they try to use bike and go to their classes.

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: 72.0

Suggestion: Answer directly, then add a specific detail. Use “ride it to my friend's house” rather than “go ... with that,” which is unnatural. You could also explain how often you rode it or why you enjoyed it.

Example: Yes, I had a bicycle when I was a child. I often rode it to my friend's house, which was only a few streets away.

Do you think bikes are popular in your country?

Score: 55.0

Suggestion: Give a clear answer first, since “I wouldn't say it's popular” conflicts with “it's quite known.” Clarify whether you mean bicycles or motorbikes, and correct “young stars” to “young people,” “who doesn't” to “who don't,” and “driver license” to “a driver's licence.” Break the long sentence into shorter, connected ideas and explain the age restriction clearly.

Example: I think motorbikes are fairly popular among young people in Bangladesh. Since people have to meet a minimum age requirement to get a driver's licence, some younger students use bicycles to get to class. They are convenient, especially for short journeys.

Grammar

4: Modal verb usage

× Yes, I did have a bicycle when I was a child, so I can go to my friend's house with that.

✓ Yes, I did have a bicycle when I was a child, so I could go to my friend's house with it.

The sentence describes a past ability or possibility, so use could rather than can. Could is the past form of can.

12: Incorrect use of pronouns

× Yes, I did have a bicycle when I was a child, so I can go to my friend's house with that.

✓ Yes, I did have a bicycle when I was a child, so I could go to my friend's house with it.

Use it to refer naturally to the bicycle mentioned earlier. That is generally used to point to something more distant or to introduce a new reference.

12: Incorrect use of pronouns

× Well I wouldn't say it's popular but it's quite known for young stars who doesn't know how to drive in Bangladesh as there is an age limit towards getting driver license so they try to use bike and go to their classes.

✓ Well, I wouldn't say bikes are popular, but they are quite well-known among young people who don't know how to drive in Bangladesh. There is an age limit for getting a driver's license, so they try to use a bike to go to their classes.

The question is about bikes, a plural noun, so use they rather than it to refer to bikes. Keep the pronoun consistent with its plural antecedent.

27: Subject-verb agreement errors

× Well I wouldn't say it's popular but it's quite known for young stars who doesn't know how to drive in Bangladesh as there is an age limit towards getting driver license so they try to use bike and go to their classes.

✓ Well, I wouldn't say bikes are popular, but they are quite well-known among young people who don't know how to drive in Bangladesh. There is an age limit for getting a driver's license, so they try to use a bike to go to their classes.

Who refers to young people, which is plural, so the verb should be don't know, not doesn't know. Plural subjects take the base form don't.

11: Incorrect use of prepositions

× Well I wouldn't say it's popular but it's quite known for young stars who doesn't know how to drive in Bangladesh as there is an age limit towards getting driver license so they try to use bike and go to their classes.

✓ Well, I wouldn't say bikes are popular, but they are quite well-known among young people who don't know how to drive in Bangladesh. There is an age limit for getting a driver's license, so they try to use a bike to go to their classes.

Use for an age limit that applies to an activity, as in an age limit for getting a driver's license. Also, use among to indicate the group in which something is well-known.

22: Article errors

× Well I wouldn't say it's popular but it's quite known for young stars who doesn't know how to drive in Bangladesh as there is an age limit towards getting driver license so they try to use bike and go to their classes.

✓ Well, I wouldn't say bikes are popular, but they are quite well-known among young people who don't know how to drive in Bangladesh. There is an age limit for getting a driver's license, so they try to use a bike to go to their classes.

Driver's license and bike are singular countable nouns, so they need articles in these contexts: a driver's license and a bike.

Vocabulary

Popular— Well-liked; Nonspecialist; Widespread; Mass
Young— Youthful; Immature; Fledgling; Offspring; Young people
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