Part 1
Examinador
Have you made any crafts with paper?
Candidato
Oh yeah, I have experience made some handcrafts with paper which is ogami. I always make ogami with four folk and then I can play with my brother when I was young.
Examinador
What did you like to do with paper as a child?
Candidato
I always use paper to draw something for example some colored picture because I love using paper to do some drawing. For example, I will draw my parents and my brothers.
Examinador
Do you still write physical letters?
Candidato
Oh recently I had not write physical letters because nowadays everyone use email or whatsapp to communicate so that I seldom write a physical letters.
Examinador
Do people still keep handwritten letters today?
Candidato
In Hong Kong, there are less people keep handwritten letters today because everyone transformed the physical handwriting letter into using email or whatsapp or instant communication apps so that there are less people to keep handwritten letters today.
Examinador
Do you carry paper and pens with you when you go out?
Candidato
Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling because I always like to collect stamp from other countries and also sometimes I can use paper and pens to write down my feelings of the trip so that I will carry paper and pens with me.
Have you made any crafts with paper?
Puntuación: 45.0Sugerencia: Answer directly with the correct phrase “I have made” rather than “I have experience made.” Use “origami,” not “ogami,” and say “fold paper” instead of “make origami with four folk.” Keep the verb tense consistent: use the present perfect for your experience and the past tense for childhood memories. Add one specific example to make the answer more natural and effective.
Ejemplo: Yes, I have made paper crafts, especially origami. When I was a child, I often folded paper animals with my brother, and then we played with them together. I found it enjoyable because we could create something using only a sheet of paper.
What did you like to do with paper as a child?
Puntuación: 58.0Sugerencia: Use the past tense because the question asks about your childhood: “I always used paper” and “I would draw.” Avoid repeating “paper,” “draw,” and “for example.” Give a clear topic sentence, followed by a specific detail and a reason. “Colourful pictures” is more natural than “colored picture” in this context.
Ejemplo: As a child, I mainly used paper to draw colourful pictures. I often drew my parents and my brothers because I liked making simple portraits of my family. Sometimes, I gave the drawings to them as small gifts.
Do you still write physical letters?
Puntuación: 62.0Sugerencia: Use the present perfect correctly: “I haven’t written,” not “I had not write.” Also use subject–verb agreement in “everyone uses,” and remove the unnecessary article before the plural noun “letters.” Answer directly and add a brief exception or reason to make your response more developed. Capitalise “WhatsApp.”
Ejemplo: No, I haven’t written a physical letter recently. Nowadays, most people use email or WhatsApp because they are faster and more convenient. However, I might write one for a special occasion, such as a birthday or an anniversary.
Do people still keep handwritten letters today?
Puntuación: 50.0Sugerencia: Use “fewer people” with the countable noun “people,” and say “fewer people keep handwritten letters” rather than “there are less people keep.” The phrase “transformed the physical handwriting letter into using” is unnatural; use “have switched from handwritten letters to email and messaging apps.” Avoid repeating the same conclusion and provide one specific reason or exception.
Ejemplo: Yes, but fewer people in Hong Kong keep handwritten letters nowadays. Most people have switched to email, WhatsApp, and other messaging apps because digital communication is quicker and easier. Some people still keep old letters as meaningful memories, especially letters from family members.
Do you carry paper and pens with you when you go out?
Puntuación: 68.0Sugerencia: The answer is relevant and includes specific reasons, but it repeats “paper and pens” and “carry” several times. Use the plural “stamps,” and replace the long chain of “because,” “also,” and “so that” with clearer linking. You could say “I carry them mainly when I travel” and explain that you use them to record memories or collect stamps.
Ejemplo: Yes, I usually carry a small notebook and a pen, especially when I travel. I collect stamps from different countries, and I sometimes write down my impressions of the trip. It is a simple way to record memories without using my phone.
× Oh yeah, I have experience made some handcrafts with paper which is ogami.
✓ Oh yeah, I have experience making some paper crafts, such as origami.
After the expression have experience, use a gerund with the -ing form: experience making, not experience made. Such as is also more appropriate for introducing an example.
× I always make ogami with four folk and then I can play with my brother when I was young.
✓ I always made origami and then played with my brother when I was young.
The time expression when I was young refers to the past, so the verbs should be in the past tense: made and played. The past tense keeps the time reference consistent.
× I always use paper to draw something for example some colored picture because I love using paper to do some drawing.
✓ I always used paper to draw something, such as a colored picture, because I loved drawing on paper.
Because the question asks about childhood, use the past tense used and loved. After loved, drawing is a natural gerund form. Such as correctly introduces an example.
× For example, I will draw my parents and my brothers.
✓ For example, I would draw my parents and my brothers.
The answer describes a repeated activity in the past. Would draw is commonly used for repeated past habits, whereas will draw normally refers to the future.
× Oh recently I had not write physical letters because nowadays everyone use email or whatsapp to communicate so that I seldom write a physical letters.
✓ Oh, recently I have not written physical letters because nowadays everyone uses email or WhatsApp to communicate, so I seldom write physical letters.
After have, use the past participle written, not the base form write. The present perfect have not written is appropriate for a recent situation that continues to the present.
× Oh recently I had not write physical letters because nowadays everyone use email or whatsapp to communicate so that I seldom write a physical letters.
✓ Oh, recently I have not written physical letters because nowadays everyone uses email or WhatsApp to communicate, so I seldom write physical letters.
Everyone is grammatically singular, so the present-tense verb must be uses, not use.
× Oh recently I had not write physical letters because nowadays everyone use email or whatsapp to communicate so that I seldom write a physical letters.
✓ Oh, recently I have not written physical letters because nowadays everyone uses email or WhatsApp to communicate, so I seldom write physical letters.
Letters is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Remove a and use physical letters.
× In Hong Kong, there are less people keep handwritten letters today because everyone transformed the physical handwriting letter into using email or whatsapp or instant communication apps so that there are less people to keep handwritten letters today.
✓ In Hong Kong, fewer people keep handwritten letters today because everyone has switched from physical handwritten letters to email, WhatsApp, or instant-messaging apps.
Use fewer with countable plural nouns such as people. Less is used with uncountable nouns, such as time or money.
× In Hong Kong, there are less people keep handwritten letters today because everyone transformed the physical handwriting letter into using email or whatsapp or instant communication apps so that there are less people to keep handwritten letters today.
✓ In Hong Kong, fewer people keep handwritten letters today because everyone has switched from physical handwritten letters to email, WhatsApp, or instant-messaging apps.
The change from handwritten letters to digital communication continues to affect the present, so the present perfect has switched is suitable. The present-tense verb keep is used for the current situation.
× In Hong Kong, there are less people keep handwritten letters today because everyone transformed the physical handwriting letter into using email or whatsapp or instant communication apps so that there are less people to keep handwritten letters today.
✓ In Hong Kong, fewer people keep handwritten letters today because everyone has switched from physical handwritten letters to email, WhatsApp, or instant-messaging apps.
Use the fixed pattern switch from one thing to another. From physical handwritten letters to email is grammatically correct and more natural than transformed the letter into using email.
× Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling because I always like to collect stamp from other countries and also sometimes I can use paper and pens to write down my feelings of the trip so that I will carry paper and pens with me.
✓ Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling, because I always like to collect stamps from other countries. Sometimes, I also use the paper and pens to write down my feelings about the trip.
When referring to stamps in general, use the plural form stamps. The phrase collect stamps describes a repeated activity involving more than one stamp.
× Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling because I always like to collect stamp from other countries and also sometimes I can use paper and pens to write down my feelings of the trip so that I will carry paper and pens with me.
✓ Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling, because I always like to collect stamps from other countries. Sometimes, I also use the paper and pens to write down my feelings about the trip.
Use feelings about the trip, not feelings of the trip. About shows the topic or subject of the feelings.
× Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling because I always like to collect stamp from other countries and also sometimes I can use paper and pens to write down my feelings of the trip so that I will carry paper and pens with me.
✓ Oh yeah, I carry paper and pens with me when I go out, especially when I am travelling, because I always like to collect stamps from other countries. Sometimes, I also use the paper and pens to write down my feelings about the trip.
The answer describes a regular present habit, so use I carry rather than I will carry. Will carry suggests a future action, but the question asks about what you usually do.