Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I had a bike which is in blue. I really loved that bike and as I remember I cried
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
The bikes are not so popular in my country because we have always traffic jam. We have very far distance
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 48.0Suggestion: Soruyu doğrudan yanıtlamış ve bisikletin rengini ve ona duyduğu sevgiyi belirtmişsiniz. Ancak “which is in blue” yerine geçmiş zamanla “which was blue” demelisiniz. “As I remember I cried” bölümü tamamlanmamış; ne zaman veya neden ağladığınızı açıklayın ya da bu kısmı çıkarın. Yanıtı kısa ama tamamlanmış bir cümleyle bitirin.
Example: Yes, I had a blue bike when I was a child. I loved it so much that I even cried when I had to stop riding it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 42.0Suggestion: Görüşünüzü belirtmişsiniz ancak “The bikes” yerine genel anlamda “Bikes” demek daha doğal olur. “We have always traffic jam” ifadesini “there are always traffic jams” şeklinde düzeltin. “We have very far distance” doğal değil; mesafelerin uzun olduğunu anlatmak için “distances are often long” diyebilirsiniz. Bir neden ve bunun sonucunu açıkça bağlayarak yanıtınızı tamamlayın.
Example: Bikes aren’t very popular in my country because there are often traffic jams and distances between places can be quite long. As a result, many people prefer to travel by car or public transport.
× Yes, I had a bike which is in blue.
✓ Yes, I had a bike which was blue.
The speaker is describing a bike they had in the past, so the past-tense form was is needed instead of is.
× Yes, I had a bike which is in blue.
✓ Yes, I had a bike which was blue.
In this description, blue is used directly as an adjective. The preposition in is not needed.
× The bikes are not so popular in my country because we have always traffic jam.
✓ Bikes are not so popular in my country because we always have traffic jams.
Traffic jam is a countable noun here, so it should be plural to describe recurring traffic congestion.
× The bikes are not so popular in my country because we have always traffic jam.
✓ Bikes are not so popular in my country because we always have traffic jams.
The adverb always normally goes before the main verb have, not between have and its object.
× We have very far distance.
✓ We have to travel very long distances.
The original phrase does not form a clear, grammatical sentence. Use have to travel followed by the plural noun phrase very long distances to express that journeys are long.