Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I had the bike when I was a child. Uh, it was umm, a small bicycle that my dad bought me uh, when I was 8 years old. Uh, I ride it every day, every evening with my sister. Uh, it was something a colourful, uh, I didn't remember, uh, actually the colour.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, I think it's very popular in my country and especially in my city. We have more a lot of bike cycling and the bike convenient bike paths. I see every day many workers and all students who ride it to work or just in parks it's.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 65.0Sugerencia: Answer directly, then add a few relevant details. Use the past tense consistently ("rode" rather than "ride"), and say "a bike" when mentioning it for the first time. Avoid filler words and the unclear phrase "something a colourful"; if you cannot recall the colour, say so naturally. Keep the answer concise and within five sentences.
Ejemplo: Yes, I had a small bike when I was a child. My dad bought it for me when I was eight, and I rode it with my sister most evenings. I can’t remember what colour it was, but I really enjoyed riding it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 50.0Sugerencia: Make the subject clear: say that bikes or cycling are popular, rather than "it." Replace the unnatural phrases "more a lot of bike cycling" and "the bike convenient bike paths" with accurate expressions such as "many people cycle" and "well-maintained bike lanes." Organize the supporting detail with a linking word, and finish with a complete sentence.
Ejemplo: Yes, cycling is quite popular in my country, especially in my city. There are many bike lanes, so it’s convenient for people to get around by bicycle. I often see students and office workers cycling to school or work, and people also ride in parks for exercise.
× Yes, I had the bike when I was a child.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
Use a because the speaker is referring to having a bike in general, not to a specific bike already identified by the examiner.
× Uh, I ride it every day, every evening with my sister.
✓ Uh, I rode it every day, especially in the evenings, with my sister.
The question asks about the speaker's childhood, so the past-tense form rode is needed instead of the present-tense form ride.
× Uh, it was something a colourful, uh, I didn't remember, uh, actually the colour.
✓ It was colorful, but I don't actually remember its color.
The original combines incomplete and disconnected phrases. Use a complete clause, It was colorful, and connect the contrasting idea with but. Place the adjective after something if using that construction, as in something colorful.
× Uh, it was something a colourful, uh, I didn't remember, uh, actually the colour.
✓ It was colorful, but I don't actually remember its color.
The speaker is describing what they remember now, so use the present tense don't remember rather than the past tense didn't remember.
× Yes, I think it's very popular in my country and especially in my city.
✓ Yes, I think they are very popular in my country, especially in my city.
The pronoun refers to bikes, which is plural, so use they rather than it. The verb must also agree with the plural subject: they are.
× We have more a lot of bike cycling and the bike convenient bike paths.
✓ We have a lot more cycling and convenient bike paths.
The correct quantifier order is a lot more, not more a lot. Avoid repeating bike and use the concise phrase convenient bike paths.
× We have more a lot of bike cycling and the bike convenient bike paths.
✓ We have a lot more cycling and convenient bike paths.
The original contains a disorganized phrase and repeated modifiers that make the sentence difficult to follow. Use a lot more cycling and place convenient before bike paths to form clear noun phrases.
× I see every day many workers and all students who ride it to work or just in parks it's.
✓ I see many workers and students who ride bikes to work or in parks every day.
The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use bikes or them instead. The final it's does not correctly refer to anything in the sentence and should be removed.
× I see every day many workers and all students who ride it to work or just in parks it's.
✓ I see many workers and students who ride bikes to work or in parks every day.
Place every day at the end of the main clause for a natural word order: I see many workers and students every day.
× I see every day many workers and all students who ride it to work or just in parks it's.
✓ I see many workers and students who ride bikes to work or in parks every day.
The original has awkward word order and an extra, incomplete it's at the end. Use a complete sentence with the time expression at the end and remove the unfinished phrase.