Part 1
試験官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
受験者
Yes, I did, and I still have it. I remember the first time my father bought it for me from a shop center when I was a child, and little by little I gradually learned to write it and then I mastered it within two weeks and now I've been writing it for about 5 years.
試験官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
受験者
I don't think that bikes nowadays is very popular because we now have a a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things. So I think of course there's a people who still use it, but not that much as we used to have it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
スコア: 58.0提案: Ответ в целом раскрывает вопрос и содержит личные детали, но есть несколько важных ошибок в выборе слов и грамматике. Вместо “write a bike” нужно говорить “ride a bike”, а “shop center” лучше заменить на “shopping centre”. Выражение “little by little I gradually” избыточно — достаточно сказать “gradually”. Также фраза слишком длинная и перегружена соединением “and”; разделите её на 3–4 коротких предложения. Уточните временную последовательность: если велосипед был куплен в детстве, естественнее сказать “I learned to ride it within two weeks” и “I rode it for about five years”.
例: Yes, I did, and I still have it. My father bought it for me at a shopping centre when I was about seven. I learned to ride it within two weeks, and I used it regularly for about five years.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
スコア: 52.0提案: Выражена понятная позиция, но ответ содержит ошибки согласования и неестественные выражения. Нужно сказать “bikes are”, а не “bikes is”, “a lot”, а не “a a lot”, и “there are people”, а не “there’s a people”. Слово “skaters” здесь не подходит: вероятно, вы имеете в виду “electric scooters” или “e-scooters”. Фраза “not that much as we used to have it” звучит неестественно; лучше сказать “not as popular as they used to be”. Начните с чёткого ответа, затем добавьте причину и краткое сравнение.
例: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country nowadays. Many people prefer electric scooters because they are faster and more convenient for short journeys. However, some people still ride bikes for exercise or leisure, especially in parks and on bike paths.
× I don't think that bikes nowadays is very popular because we now have a a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
✓ I don't think that bikes nowadays are very popular because we now have a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
The plural subject bikes requires the plural verb are, not is. Also, a lot is already a quantifier and cannot be preceded by another article a.
× I don't think that bikes nowadays is very popular because we now have a a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
✓ I don't think that bikes nowadays are very popular because we now have a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
The subject bikes is plural, so the verb must agree with it and be changed from is to are. Always identify the subject before choosing the verb form.
× I don't think that bikes nowadays is very popular because we now have a a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
✓ I don't think that bikes nowadays are very popular because we now have a lot of electronic devices like skaters and other things.
A lot of is a complete quantifier. Do not use the article a before it. Use a lot of electronic devices.
× So I think of course there's a people who still use it, but not that much as we used to have it.
✓ So I think, of course, there are people who still use them, but not as many as we used to have.
The noun people is plural, so the correct form is there are, not there's a. Use there are before plural nouns.
× So I think of course there's a people who still use it, but not that much as we used to have it.
✓ So I think, of course, there are people who still use them, but not as many as we used to have.
The pronoun them refers to the plural noun bikes, so it should not be the singular pronoun it. When the antecedent is plural, use a plural pronoun.
× So I think of course there's a people who still use it, but not that much as we used to have it.
✓ So I think, of course, there are people who still use them, but not as many as we used to have.
When comparing the number of countable plural nouns such as people or bikes, use as many as, not not that much as. Use much with uncountable nouns and many with countable plural nouns.