Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
To be honest, I don't have a bike when I was child, uh, but my younger brother has a bike uh, so I often, uh, ride a bike with him.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, uh, bikes are very popular in my country. Umm, in my country every household have a bike. Usually, uh, people use the bike for going to their work, uh, going to uh, drop their children's to school and picking up from the school, uh, to be honest.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 58.0Sugerencia: Make the answer grammatically correct, more concise, and clearer. Start with a direct topic sentence, then give one or two specific supporting details. Reduce fillers (uh, um) and verb tense errors. For example, use past tense consistently and replace vague phrases with a brief detail (how often, where you rode).
Ejemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. Instead, I often rode with my younger brother on his bike around our neighborhood at least twice a week, which helped me learn balance and feel comfortable cycling.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 62.0Sugerencia: Be specific, correct grammar (plural agreement and possessives), and organize ideas with linking words. Give one clear reason and a concrete example of how people use bikes. Avoid repetition and fillers. Use linking phrases like 'For example' or 'For instance' to introduce specifics.
Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country. For instance, many families own at least one bicycle, and people often use them to commute to work or to take their children to and from school because bicycles are cheap and convenient in crowded urban areas.
× To be honest, I don't have a bike when I was child, uh, but my younger brother has a bike uh, so I often, uh, ride a bike with him.
✓ To be honest, I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but my younger brother had a bike, so I often rode a bike with him.
The sentence mixes present tense ('don't have', 'has', 'ride') with a past time reference ('when I was a child'). Use past tense consistently: 'didn't have' (negative past), 'had' (past possession), and 'rode' (past of 'ride'). Also add the article 'a' before 'child' and remove filler words. Suggestion: maintain consistent past tense when talking about past events.
× Umm, in my country every household have a bike.
✓ Umm, in my country every household has a bike.
With 'every' the subject is singular ('every household'), so the verb must be singular too: 'has' not 'have'. Ensure subject-verb agreement by matching singular subjects with singular verbs.
× Usually, uh, people use the bike for going to their work, uh, going to uh, drop their children's to school and picking up from the school, uh, to be honest.
✓ Usually, people use bikes to go to work, to take their children to school, and to pick them up from school.
Several errors: 'the bike' is too specific; use plural 'bikes' for general statements. Use 'to go to work' not 'for going to their work'. 'Drop their children's to school' is incorrect: 'children's' is possessive and unnecessary; use 'their children'. 'Picking up from the school' should be 'pick them up from school' or 'pick up their children from school' without 'the'. Also streamline into parallel infinitive forms ('to go', 'to take', 'to pick').