Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
I don't have a bike when I was a child because um I live in city but not in like rural areas and um there is not enough space for me to ride a bike and I think buying a bicycle is also very kind of expensive and therefore I didn't own a bike and I'm also not a sport lover to ride bikes.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, I think it is because I live near a sport playground where I see some kids playing by the coat every weekend and there is also a shop to rent by the call and yeah I think my city evidence on healthy life a lot and therefore I think having a bike can like um give a chance for the
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 48.0Sugerencia: Answer directly using the past tense: say “I didn’t have a bike.” Avoid fillers such as “um” and “like,” and correct phrases such as “I live in city” and “I’m not a sport lover.” The explanation is relevant, but make the reasons clearer and less repetitive; for example, explain that your family had limited space or that a bike was too expensive. Keep the answer to a few well-linked sentences.
Ejemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. My family lived in a small apartment in the city, so we didn’t have much space to store one. Also, my parents thought it was too expensive, and I wasn’t particularly interested in cycling.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 35.0Sugerencia: Give a clear answer first, such as “Yes, I think bikes are quite popular.” Use accurate, natural phrases: “sports ground” or “playground,” “cycling,” “bike-rental shop,” and “promotes a healthy lifestyle.” Your answer ends unfinished, so complete the idea about how bikes benefit people. Add one specific observation and connect it with a linking word such as “for example” or “because.”
Ejemplo: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country. For example, I often see children cycling near the sports ground by my home at weekends, and there’s a bike-rental shop nearby. Cycling is convenient and helps people stay active, so I think more people are choosing it as a healthy way to get around.
× I don't have a bike when I was a child.
✓ I didn't have a bike when I was a child.
The question asks about your childhood, so use the past tense. Change don't have to didn't have.
× I live in city but not in like rural areas.
✓ I lived in a city, not in a rural area.
This describes where you lived as a child, so use the past tense lived. The singular countable noun city also needs an article: a city.
× There is not enough space for me to ride a bike.
✓ There was not enough space for me to ride a bike.
Use was rather than is to describe the amount of space in the past, when you were a child.
× I think buying a bicycle is also very kind of expensive.
✓ I thought buying a bicycle was also quite expensive.
To keep the answer in the past context, change think to thought and is to was. Quite expensive is a natural way to express this idea.
× I'm also not a sport lover to ride bikes.
✓ I also wasn't a sports lover, so I didn't ride bikes.
Use wasn't and didn't ride to describe your feelings and actions during childhood. The original phrasing to ride bikes does not clearly express the relationship between being a sports lover and riding.
× I think my city evidence on healthy life a lot.
✓ I think my city promotes a healthy lifestyle a lot.
The original clause does not have a clear grammatical structure: evidence does not work as a verb with my city as its subject here. If you mean that the city encourages healthy living, use promotes a healthy lifestyle.