Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
No, I didn't. Bike was not common in my neighborhood when I was growing up, so there was no need for my parents to get one for me. As a result, I usually work or take public transport while going to school.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
No. Oh, the reason why I said no is because why? Growing up in my neighborhood I didn't see anybody riding a bike. Both Youngs are and hoes were always taking public transport whenever they are going out. So growing up our bike was not common at all in my country.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 65.0Sugerencia: Answer directly and give a clear reason, as you do here. Use the plural “bikes” when speaking generally, and change “work” to “walk” if you mean you went to school on foot. “While going to school” is less natural than “to get to school.” You could also add one specific detail about how you usually travelled.
Ejemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike as a child. Bikes weren’t very common in my neighborhood, so my parents didn’t think I needed one. I usually walked or took public transport to school instead.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 30.0Sugerencia: State your opinion clearly at the beginning, then support it with one or two relevant details. Avoid restarting your explanation with “the reason why I said no is because why?” and check unclear or incorrect phrases such as “Both Youngs are and hoes.” Keep verb tenses consistent when describing the past, and avoid repeating that bikes were not common. Since the question asks about your whole country, distinguish your personal experience from what you know about the country overall.
Ejemplo: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country, although it may vary from place to place. In the neighborhood where I grew up, I rarely saw people cycling. Most people used public transport to get around, so bikes were not a common choice there.
× Bike was not common in my neighborhood when I was growing up, so there was no need for my parents to get one for me.
✓ Bikes were not common in my neighborhood when I was growing up, so there was no need for my parents to get one for me.
Bike is a singular countable noun used to refer to bikes in general, so it needs an article. A more natural correction is to use the plural Bikes when speaking generally. The verb also changes to were to agree with the plural subject.
× As a result, I usually work or take public transport while going to school.
✓ As a result, I usually worked or took public transport while going to school.
The answer describes the student's childhood, so the past-tense forms worked and took are needed. Keep the verbs in the same tense when they describe actions in the same past period.
× Oh, the reason why I said no is because why?
✓ Oh, the reason I said no is that bikes were not common in my neighborhood.
The original repeats the idea of asking for a reason with why and because why, making the sentence structure confusing. State the reason directly after The reason I said no is that. Use a complete clause to explain the reason.
× Both Youngs are and hoes were always taking public transport whenever they are going out.
✓ Both Youngs are and hoes were always taking public transport whenever they went out.
The sentence refers to a past period, so are going out should be changed to went out. Use the past tense consistently when describing what people did in the past. The wording Youngs are and hoes is unclear, so its intended meaning cannot be reliably corrected.
× So growing up our bike was not common at all in my country.
✓ So, growing up, bikes were not common at all in my country.
The sentence refers to bikes in general, not to one particular bike. Use the plural noun bikes and the plural verb were. Commas around growing up also help distinguish the introductory phrase from the main clause.