Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a small spring bicycle with training wheels that I rode to park every weekend with my friends.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country because it helps us to go here and there and enjoy every moment with each other, friends and family as well.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 78.0Sugerencia: Your answer is clear and relevant but can be improved by making the topic sentence more natural and adding one specific detail using a linking word. Avoid redundant phrases like “when I was a child” twice and replace “spring bicycle” (unclear) with a more common description. Keep it within 3–4 sentences.
Ejemplo: Yes — I had a small bicycle with training wheels as a child. I used to ride it to the nearby park every weekend with my friends, and we would race along the path for fun. Because the bike was light and easy to handle, I learned to balance quickly.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 70.0Sugerencia: The idea is fine, but the sentence is slightly informal and repetitive. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one or two specific reasons using linking words (for example, “because” or “also”) and a concrete example or statistic if possible. Use plural/subject agreement (“they help” rather than “it helps”) and avoid vague phrases like “here and there.”
Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. They are a cheap and convenient way to travel short distances, and many families use them for errands or leisure; for example, on weekends you can see groups of parents cycling to the market.
× It was a small spring bicycle with training wheels that I rode to park every weekend with my friends.
✓ It was a small spring bicycle with training wheels that I rode to the park every weekend with my friends.
Missing preposition 'to' before 'park'. This is an incorrect use of prepositions (classified here as 'Verb + -ing form' per your list mapping). Add 'to' to indicate direction. Suggestion: use common prepositional phrase 'to the park'.
× Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country because it helps us to go here and there and enjoy every moment with each other, friends and family as well.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country because they help us go here and there and enjoy every moment with friends and family.
The subject 'bikes' is plural but the verb 'helps' is singular, causing a subject-verb agreement error. Replace 'it helps' with 'they help'. Also remove unnecessary 'to' after 'help' and streamline 'each other, friends and family as well' to 'friends and family' for clarity. Suggestion: match verb number to the subject and simplify the noun phrase.