Part 1
Examiner
Do you like looking at yourself in the mirror? How often?
Candidate
Uh, almost every day. I look in the mirror every morning before I go out because I want to check my clothes and make sure I'm clean and tidy.
Examiner
Have you ever bought mirrors?
Candidate
Yes I have. I bought a full length mirror last year. I used it to check my clothes and before I go in out and avoid embarrassing moments like wearing my T-shirt inside out.
Examiner
Do you usually take a mirror with you?
Candidate
Not really, my camera can work like a mirror and to be honest I found carrying a mirror a feels a little old school now so I don't take a mirror.
Examiner
Would you use mirrors to decorate your room?
Candidate
Yeah absolutely because my room is small, so a big mirror can decorate my room look bigger but I but I won't mind many small mirror, it look like a dance studio. I mean just A1 mirror is enough.
Do you like looking at yourself in the mirror? How often?
Score: 85.0Suggestion: Good direct answer and clear reason. Improve fluency by removing fillers ("Uh") and combine ideas smoothly using a linking phrase. Also keep it within 3–4 concise sentences and vary vocabulary (e.g., "groomed" instead of "clean and tidy").
Example: Yes, I do — almost every day. I check the mirror each morning before I leave to make sure my clothes are neat and I'm well groomed, so I don’t look untidy during the day.
Have you ever bought mirrors?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: Answer is relevant but has grammatical errors and slight repetition. Improve sentence structure: present simple/past forms and linking words to clarify purpose. Be specific about where you bought it or how it helped to add detail.
Example: Yes, I bought a full-length mirror last year from a furniture store. I mainly use it to check my outfits before leaving the house, which helped me avoid embarrassing mistakes like wearing a T-shirt inside out.
Do you usually take a mirror with you?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Good idea but contains grammatical mistakes and redundancy. Remove phrases like "to be honest" unless adding new information, fix agreement errors, and add a linking phrase for clarity. Keep it concise and natural.
Example: Not usually — I use my phone camera as a mirror. Besides, carrying a separate mirror feels a bit old-fashioned, so I rarely take one with me.
Would you use mirrors to decorate your room?
Score: 66.0Suggestion: The answer communicates the main idea but has multiple grammar and coherence issues, repetitions and informal expressions ("A1"). Structure the response: topic sentence, reason with linking words, and a specific preference. Use correct verbs and plural/singular forms.
Example: Yes, definitely. Because my room is small, a large mirror would make it appear more spacious. However, I wouldn’t want many small mirrors because that would feel like a dance studio — one large mirror is enough for me.
× I look in the mirror every morning before I go out because I want to check my clothes and make sure I'm clean and tidy.
✓ I look in the mirror every morning before I go out because I want to check my clothes and make sure I am clean and tidy.
Use of contractions or 'I'm' is acceptable, but to be explicit in formal correction use 'I am'. This ensures correct present simple description of a habitual action and explicit verb form for 'to be'. Grammar problem type ID:6
× Yes I have. I bought a full length mirror last year.
✓ Yes, I have. I bought a full-length mirror last year.
Add a comma after 'Yes' for clarity and hyphenate 'full-length' as a compound adjective before the noun. Tense is correct (present perfect then simple past for a specific time). Grammar problem type ID:5
× I used it to check my clothes and before I go in out and avoid embarrassing moments like wearing my T-shirt inside out.
✓ I used it to check my clothes and to avoid embarrassing moments, like wearing my T-shirt inside out, when I go out.
Original had misplaced phrases and missing prepositions: 'go in out' is incorrect. Reorder to 'to check... and to avoid...' and place 'when I go out' correctly. This fixes sentence structure and clarity. Grammar problem type ID:26
× Not really, my camera can work like a mirror and to be honest I found carrying a mirror a feels a little old school now so I don't take a mirror.
✓ Not really. My camera can work like a mirror, and to be honest I find carrying a mirror feels a little old-fashioned now, so I don't take one.
Multiple issues: run-on sentence and wrong verb tense 'found' should be 'find' for a general statement; 'a feels' is incorrect; 'old school' better as 'old-fashioned' in formal correction; use 'one' for 'a mirror' to avoid repetition. Fix punctuation and verb agreement. Grammar problem type ID:26
× Yeah absolutely because my room is small, so a big mirror can decorate my room look bigger but I but I won't mind many small mirror, it look like a dance studio.
✓ Yeah, absolutely, because my room is small, so a big mirror can make my room look bigger, but I wouldn't mind many small mirrors; it would look like a dance studio.
Issues: missing commas, incorrect verb 'decorate my room look' should be 'make my room look'; 'I but I' is repetition; 'won't' should be 'wouldn't' for hypothetical preference, and 'mirror' should be plural 'mirrors'. Also 'it look' needs 'would look' or 'it would look'. Fixed article and verb usage and plurality. Grammar problem type ID:22
× I mean just A1 mirror is enough.
✓ I mean, just one A1-sized mirror is enough.
'A1' needs hyphenation or clarification: 'A1-sized mirror' or 'one A1 mirror'; include article 'one' and comma after 'I mean'. This corrects article usage and makes the measurement descriptive. Grammar problem type ID:26