Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, in my country India, bikes are so much popular. People used to go anywhere throughout the country with a bike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 65.0Suggestion: Your answer responds directly to the question, but it simply repeats the question and gives no supporting detail. Add one specific memory, such as who gave you the bike, where you rode it, or how you felt about it.
Example: Yes, I did. My parents gave me a blue bike when I was about eight, and I used to ride it around our neighborhood with my friends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: Give a direct answer and support it with a more precise reason or example. Use “very popular” rather than “so much popular,” and avoid the overly broad claim that people go anywhere in the country by bike. You could also clarify whether you mean bicycles or motorbikes.
Example: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in India, especially in smaller towns. Many people use them for short trips because they are affordable and convenient, although motorbikes are more common for longer journeys.
× Yes, in my country India, bikes are so much popular.
✓ Yes, in my country, India, bikes are very popular.
Much does not normally modify a positive adjective such as popular. Use very or so instead. For example, say 'very popular' or 'so popular.'
× People used to go anywhere throughout the country with a bike.
✓ People use bikes to travel all over the country.
The question asks whether bikes are popular now, so the answer should describe a current habit. Used to refers to a past habit that has stopped or changed. Use the present simple, use, to describe what people do now.