Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, when I'm umm, 4 years old, but it destroyed when I umm, used to practice it for several days.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, it is popular in our country. It helps in our daily. The UMM for uh, we use this when going to school, that's why it's important in our daily.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 56.0Sugerencia: Be direct, use correct tense and reduce fillers. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give a brief specific detail (e.g., who gave it, what happened). Use past tense consistently and avoid hesitation words like “umm.” Keep it to 2–3 sentences. For example, say when you had it, how you learned to ride, and what happened to it.
Ejemplo: Yes. I had a small bicycle when I was four; my parents bought it for me. I practiced riding every day, but after a few days the chain broke and we stopped using it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 62.0Sugerencia: Give a clear opinion and support it with specific reasons and examples, using linking words for coherence. Use plural agreement (“bikes are”) and avoid repeated fillers. Limit to 2–4 concise sentences: state that bikes are popular, explain why (cheap, convenient), and give an example (students commuting).
Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because they are cheap and convenient. For instance, many students and workers ride bikes to school or the market to avoid traffic and save money.
× Yes, when I'm umm, 4 years old, but it destroyed when I umm, used to practice it for several days.
✓ Yes, when I was about 4 years old, but it broke after I had been practicing for several days.
The sentence mixes present and past tenses incorrectly. 'I'm 4 years old' is present tense but the context is past; use 'I was'. 'Destroyed' is incorrect for a bike that broke; use 'broke'. 'Used to practice' is a habitual past form but here a past perfect progressive ('had been practicing') clearly shows an action that continued before the bike broke. Suggestion: keep past narrative consistent and choose verbs that match meaning (was, broke, had been practicing).
× Yes, it is popular in our country.
✓ Yes, they are popular in our country.
Subject-verb agreement and pronoun reference: 'bikes' is plural (from the question) so use plural pronoun 'they' and plural verb 'are'. Maintain present simple for general statements. Suggestion: match pronoun and verb number to the noun being discussed.
× It helps in our daily.
✓ They are useful in our daily lives.
The original sentence is incomplete and ungrammatical. 'Helps in our daily' lacks an object and incorrect singular/plural reference. Use plural 'they' to refer to bikes and a noun phrase 'daily lives' to express routine usefulness. Suggestion: use 'useful' + 'in our daily lives' for clarity.
× The UMM for uh, we use this when going to school, that's why it's important in our daily.
✓ For example, we use them to go to school, so they are important in our daily lives.
The sentence is disfluent and has pronoun and number mismatches. Remove filler sounds and unclear words like 'UMM for uh'. Use 'we use them' (plural) and 'to go to school' (correct infinitive) and 'so they are important in our daily lives' for a clear cause-effect structure. Suggestion: avoid filler words, keep pronoun number consistent, and use natural connective words ('for example', 'so') to link ideas.