Part 1
시험관
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
수험생
Yes, I did have a bike when I was a child.
시험관
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
수험생
Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other. So it was really fun to do.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
점수: 75.0제안: Your answer directly addresses the question and is grammatically correct, but it repeats the question without adding any detail. Add one brief, specific point, such as what you used the bike for or how you felt about it.
예시: Yes, I did. I had a small blue bike, and I used to ride it around my neighborhood with my friends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
점수: 48.0제안: Answer directly, and use the plural pronoun “they” to refer to bikes. Correct the grammar (“when we were children,” “a good way to spend time,” and “showing off to our friends”). Your reason is relevant, but clarify whether you mean bikes are popular today or that you remember them being popular in childhood. Link your ideas smoothly and avoid repeating that it was fun.
예시: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among children. When I was young, my friends and I often rode around together, raced each other, and showed off our bikes, so cycling was a fun way to spend time outdoors.
× Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other.
✓ Yes, they are very popular in my country because, when we were children, it was a good way to have a good time with our bicycles, show off to our friends, and race each other.
The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use they to refer to bikes.
× Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other.
✓ Yes, they are very popular in my country because, when we were children, it was a good way to have a good time with our bicycles, show off to our friends, and race each other.
The sentence describes an experience from childhood, so use the past-tense form were rather than the present-tense form are.
× Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other.
✓ Yes, they are very popular in my country because, when we were children, it was a good way to have a good time with our bicycles, show off to our friends, and race each other.
The subject we refers to more than one person, so child must be plural: children. Use children when referring to a group of people during childhood.
× Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other.
✓ Yes, they are very popular in my country because, when we were children, it was a good way to have a good time with our bicycles, show off to our friends, and race each other.
After to used to form an infinitive, use the base form of the verb, have, not the -ing form, having. Keep the coordinated verbs in the same form: have, show, and race.
× Yes, it is very popular in my country because when we are child it was a good thing to having a time with our bicycles and showing off our friends and racing each other.
✓ Yes, they are very popular in my country because, when we were children, it was a good way to have a good time with our bicycles, show off to our friends, and race each other.
When show off means trying to impress someone, use to before the people you want to impress. The correct phrase is show off to our friends.