Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I have a bike when I was child.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, it is when I was a child, uh, most of my friends and neighborhood has a bike. So we are, we are, we are enjoying biking with my childhood.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 35.0Sugerencia: Improve grammar, tense consistency, and sentence structure. Begin with a clear topic sentence in the past tense, then add one or two specific supporting details (where, what the bike was like, or a brief memory). Keep it natural and avoid repetition. Use linking words if you add more than one detail (for example: 'and', 'so', 'because').
Ejemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a small red bicycle with training wheels, and I used to ride it around my neighborhood every afternoon with my friends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 30.0Sugerencia: Use correct tense and subject-verb agreement, and avoid filler words and repetition. Start with a clear opinion about current popularity, then give specific supporting details and a brief comparison to the past if relevant. Use linking words (for example: 'now', 'when', 'because', 'so') to connect ideas logically.
Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are still quite popular in my country. When I was a child most families owned at least one bicycle, so many children rode together after school, and that tradition continues in many places today because cycling is inexpensive and convenient.
× Yes, I have a bike when I was child.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
The sentence mixes present tense 'have' with past context 'when I was child'. Use past tense 'had' to match 'when I was a child'. Also add the article 'a' before 'child'. Suggestion: use consistent past tense for past time expressions: 'I had a bike when I was a child.'
× Yes, it is when I was a child, uh, most of my friends and neighborhood has a bike.
✓ Yes, it was when I was a child. Most of my friends and people in my neighborhood had bikes.
This sentence mixes present 'is' with past time 'when I was a child' and has subject-verb agreement errors: 'neighborhood has a bike' is incorrect. Use past tense 'was' and 'had' to match the time frame. Also 'neighborhood' needs a determiner and 'people in my neighborhood' is clearer. Use plural 'bikes' to match 'most of my friends'. Split into two sentences for clarity.
× So we are, we are, we are enjoying biking with my childhood.
✓ So we enjoyed biking when we were children.
The phrase 'with my childhood' is incorrect; use 'when we were children' to indicate the time. The continuous 'are enjoying' is present tense and doesn't match past context. Use past simple 'enjoyed'. Also 'children' must be plural to match 'we'. Suggestion: 'So we enjoyed biking when we were children.'