Part 1
Examinador
What is your favourite food?
Candidato
Because of my inspiration of Japanese culture, I enjoy Japanese cousin. So my favorite dish is sushi and I very like eating, uh, raw salmon with cream cheese and nori.
Examinador
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Candidato
I used to like pancakes because my grandmother always cooked me a pancakes and I always ate it with, umm, jam and with eggs and I thought, uh, that it was the best dish, uh, which I ate.
Examinador
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Candidato
Actually, no, uh, I always eat sushi, uh, in any year, so it's my favorite dish. I love, uh, eating sushi since my childhood.
Examinador
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I have loved pancakes in my childhood and now instead of pancakes I like, uh, borscht. It's Russian soup with, umm, meat and red water.
What is your favourite food?
Pontuação: 62.0Sugestão: Make the response more natural and concise: give a clear topic sentence, avoid filler words, correct collocations, and add one specific detail. Replace awkward phrases like "inspiration of Japanese culture" and "Japanese cousin."
Exemplo: I love Japanese food, and my favourite dish is sushi. In particular, I enjoy salmon and cream cheese rolls wrapped in nori because I like the contrast of rich salmon and salty seaweed. I usually eat it with soy sauce and a little wasabi.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Pontuação: 68.0Sugestão: Start with a clear topic sentence, reduce repetition and filler, and give one or two specific supporting details (e.g., how often, a memory). Correct small grammar errors like "a pancakes."
Exemplo: When I was young, I loved pancakes. My grandmother made them every Sunday and I always ate them with jam and fried eggs, which made Sunday mornings feel special.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Pontuação: 55.0Sugestão: Avoid repeating the same point and add a brief reasoning or exception to show more content. Use correct tense ("have loved" or "have been eating") and remove fillers.
Exemplo: Not really — I tend to eat sushi throughout the year because it's my favourite. However, in winter I sometimes choose warm dishes like ramen for comfort.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Pontuação: 60.0Sugestão: Give a clear topic sentence about change, explain why your preference changed with a specific reason, and describe borscht accurately (avoid "red water"). Minimise hesitation and use one or two supporting details.
Exemplo: Yes, my favourite food has changed. As a child I loved pancakes, but now I prefer borscht — a hearty Russian beetroot soup with meat and vegetables — because I enjoy its rich, slightly sweet flavour and warmth, especially in winter.
× Because of my inspiration of Japanese culture, I enjoy Japanese cousin.
✓ Because of my interest in Japanese culture, I enjoy Japanese cuisine.
'Inspiration of' is wrong collocation; 'interest in' or 'inspiration from' fits. 'cousin' is a misspelling; correct word is 'cuisine' (food). Use of 'Japanese' as adjective is fine.
× So my favorite dish is sushi and I very like eating, uh, raw salmon with cream cheese and nori.
✓ So my favorite dish is sushi and I really like eating raw salmon with cream cheese and nori.
'Very like' is ungrammatical; use 'really like' or 'like very much'. Remove filler 'uh' and the comma before 'raw'. Ensure smooth word order.
× What kind of food did you like when you were young? -> I used to like pancakes because my grandmother always cooked me a pancakes and I always ate it with, umm, jam and with eggs and I thought, uh, that it was the best dish, uh, which I ate.
✓ I used to like pancakes because my grandmother always cooked pancakes for me and I always ate them with jam and eggs, and I thought it was the best dish I had eaten.
Errors: 'a pancakes' wrong article and plural; use 'pancakes' with no 'a'. 'cooked me a pancakes' should be 'cooked pancakes for me'. Pronoun agreement: 'it' vs 'them' for plural 'pancakes' and tense: 'which I ate' is awkward; use past perfect 'I had eaten' or simple past 'I had eaten' to indicate earlier experience. Remove unnecessary fillers.
× Actually, no, uh, I always eat sushi, uh, in any year, so it's my favorite dish. I love, uh, eating sushi since my childhood.
✓ Actually, no. I always eat sushi throughout the year, so it's my favorite dish. I have loved eating sushi since my childhood.
'in any year' is unnatural; use 'throughout the year'. For duration from past to present use present perfect 'have loved', not simple present 'love' with 'since'. Remove fillers and split into clearer sentences.
× Yes, I have loved pancakes in my childhood and now instead of pancakes I like, uh, borscht.
✓ I loved pancakes in my childhood, and now, instead of pancakes, I like borscht.
Use simple past 'loved' for a past habit. 'I have loved pancakes in my childhood' is incorrect because present perfect with a finished time ('in my childhood') is not used. Add commas for clarity and remove filler.
× It's Russian soup with, umm, meat and red water.
✓ It's a Russian soup with meat and a red broth.
'Red water' is unnatural; 'broth' or 'soup' is appropriate. Add article 'a' before 'Russian soup' for natural phrasing. Remove filler 'umm'.