Part 1
Examinador
Do you often feel tired?
Candidato
Yes, I do, especially if I'm not getting enough sleep and Often tiredness is just my choice but
Examinador
When would you feel tired?
Candidato
I often feel tired in the morning or in the afternoon, but if I don't feel tired in this times I often might get exhausted at the end of the day in the evening, so
Examinador
What do you do when you feel tired?
Candidato
First of all, I try to wind down and to relax a little bit because I know if I will continue I will just fall asleep anywhere. So I try to avoid this situation.
Examinador
When you feel tired, do you still go out with your friends?
Candidato
It actually depends on my mood because sometimes I really want to go out with my friends despite of my tiredness but if I feel very, very tired exhausted, I will probably choose myself and go to sleep earlier.
Do you often feel tired?
Puntuación: 55.0Sugerencia: Answer the question directly and avoid unfinished or unclear ideas. The phrase “tiredness is just my choice” is unnatural and does not clearly explain your situation. Use a linking word such as “because” to introduce a specific reason, and avoid repeating the idea of being tired.
Ejemplo: Yes, I do, especially when I do not get enough sleep. I usually feel tired because I stay up late studying or using my phone. However, I feel much better after getting a good night’s rest.
When would you feel tired?
Puntuación: 58.0Sugerencia: The answer has a clear main idea, but it is overly long, repetitive, and ends unfinished. Replace “in this times” with “at these times,” and avoid using “often,” “might,” and “so” unnecessarily. Organize the response by giving the usual times first and then one specific reason.
Ejemplo: I usually feel tired in the morning, especially if I have not slept well. I can also become tired in the afternoon after working or studying for several hours. By the evening, I sometimes feel exhausted because I have been busy all day.
What do you do when you feel tired?
Puntuación: 68.0Sugerencia: You give a relevant response with a linking phrase and a clear reason. However, use “if I continue” instead of “if I will continue,” and replace “this situation” with a more natural expression such as “falling asleep unexpectedly.” Add a specific action, such as taking a short break, drinking water, or going to bed early.
Ejemplo: First of all, I try to wind down and relax for a while. If I continue working, I might fall asleep at my desk, so I usually take a short break or drink some water. If I am extremely tired, I go to bed early.
When you feel tired, do you still go out with your friends?
Puntuación: 64.0Sugerencia: The answer is relevant and includes a contrast, but it contains awkward and repetitive wording. Use “despite feeling tired” instead of “despite of my tiredness,” and say “choose to stay home” rather than “choose myself.” Avoid repeating “very” and “tired/exhausted” together, and make the contrast clearer with “however” or “if.”
Ejemplo: It depends on how tired I feel. Sometimes I still go out with my friends because I enjoy spending time with them, even when I am a little tired. However, if I feel exhausted, I prefer to stay home and go to bed early.
× Yes, I do, especially if I'm not getting enough sleep and Often tiredness is just my choice but
✓ Yes, I do, especially if I'm not getting enough sleep. Often, feeling tired is just a matter of choice.
The original response is incomplete and joins unrelated clauses with and and but. Divide the ideas into complete sentences. Also, feeling tired is a more natural grammatical expression than often tiredness.
× I often feel tired in the morning or in the afternoon, but if I don't feel tired in this times I often might get exhausted at the end of the day in the evening, so
✓ I often feel tired in the morning or in the afternoon, but if I don't feel tired at these times, I might get exhausted at the end of the day.
Times is plural, so the demonstrative must also be plural: these times, not this times. The phrase at these times is the appropriate prepositional expression. The unnecessary final so was removed because it left the sentence incomplete.
× I often feel tired in the morning or in the afternoon, but if I don't feel tired in this times I often might get exhausted at the end of the day in the evening, so
✓ I often feel tired in the morning or in the afternoon, but if I don't feel tired at these times, I might get exhausted at the end of the day.
The sentence ends with so but does not provide a following result or main clause. This creates an incomplete sentence. End the sentence after the complete idea, or add a complete clause after so.
× First of all, I try to wind down and to relax a little bit because I know if I will continue I will just fall asleep anywhere. So I try to avoid this situation.
✓ First of all, I try to wind down and relax a little bit because I know that if I continue, I will just fall asleep anywhere. So I try to avoid this situation.
In a first conditional sentence, use the present tense after if and will in the result clause. Therefore, use if I continue, not if I will continue. The conjunction that also makes the clause structure clearer.
× It actually depends on my mood because sometimes I really want to go out with my friends despite of my tiredness but if I feel very, very tired exhausted, I will probably choose myself and go to sleep earlier.
✓ It actually depends on my mood because sometimes I really want to go out with my friends despite my tiredness, but if I feel very, very tired or exhausted, I will probably choose myself and go to sleep earlier.
Despite is used directly before a noun or noun phrase and is not followed by of. Use despite my tiredness, not despite of my tiredness. Use in spite of if you want to use the preposition of.
× It actually depends on my mood because sometimes I really want to go out with my friends despite of my tiredness but if I feel very, very tired exhausted, I will probably choose myself and go to sleep earlier.
✓ It actually depends on my mood because sometimes I really want to go out with my friends despite my tiredness, but if I feel very, very tired or exhausted, I will probably choose myself and go to sleep earlier.
Two adjectives describing alternatives should be connected with a conjunction. Add or between tired and exhausted. A comma before but also helps separate the two main clauses.