Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
I absolutely know I didn't have a bike when I was young, so I did. I was not able to ride a bike since I was 20 years old.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Absolutely yes. My country have local bike that people can borrow so people ride the bike regularly.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 45.0Sugerencia: 답변에 서로 모순되는 표현이 있습니다. “I didn’t have a bike”라고 말한 뒤 “so I did”라고 하면 의미가 반대가 되므로, 한 가지 의미만 분명하게 전달해야 합니다. 또한 “since I was 20 years old”는 현재까지 계속 자전거를 타지 못했다는 의미가 되므로, 20살에 자전거를 탈 수 있게 되었다는 뜻이라면 “until I was 20” 또는 “when I was 20”을 사용하세요. 첫 문장에서 직접 답하고, 두 번째 문장에서 그 이유나 배경을 구체적으로 설명하면 더 자연스럽습니다.
Ejemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. My parents thought it was too dangerous, so I never learned how to ride one. I finally learned when I was 20.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 65.0Sugerencia: 질문에 직접 답한 점은 좋지만, “My country have”는 주어와 동사의 수가 일치하지 않으므로 “My country has”로 수정해야 합니다. 또한 “local bike”보다는 사람들이 빌릴 수 있는 자전거를 의미하는 “public bikes” 또는 “shared bikes”가 더 적절합니다. “so”를 사용해 결과를 연결한 점은 좋지만, 자전거가 인기 있는 이유와 이용 상황을 조금 더 구체적으로 설명하면 내용과 어휘 점수를 높일 수 있습니다.
Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many cities have public bike-sharing systems, so people can easily rent a bike for short trips. They are especially common among commuters because they are convenient and environmentally friendly.
× I absolutely know I didn't have a bike when I was young, so I did.
✓ I absolutely know that I didn't have a bike when I was young, so I didn't have one.
The second clause, 'so I did,' contradicts the first clause. Because the speaker says they did not have a bike, the second clause should also use the negative form 'didn't have one.'
× I was not able to ride a bike since I was 20 years old.
✓ I wasn't able to ride a bike until I was 20 years old.
Use 'until' to describe a situation that continued up to a specific time in the past. 'Since' is normally used for an action or situation that started in the past and continued afterward.
× My country have local bike that people can borrow so people ride the bike regularly.
✓ My country has local bikes that people can borrow, so people ride bikes regularly.
The subject 'my country' is singular, so the present-tense verb must be 'has,' not 'have.' In the present tense, third-person singular subjects take a verb ending in '-s.'
× My country have local bike that people can borrow so people ride the bike regularly.
✓ My country has local bikes that people can borrow, so people ride bikes regularly.
The noun 'bike' should be plural because the sentence refers to multiple bikes that people can borrow. The generic noun after 'ride' should also be plural: 'ride bikes.'