Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
I did have one when I was a child, my mum bought me when I was around 6-7. I love to ride around my neighborhood and see a lot of things around there because my neighborhood connected to the rivers I can't easily ride around.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
From my perspective, I don't think bikes are popular in my country because there are a lot of traffic, uh, in the city and people usually commute to work by car or even uh, the sky sky trained or tube and there's not much to learn.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 65.0Sugestão: Be more concise and correct grammatical mistakes. Start with a clear topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Avoid run-on sentences and clarify unclear phrases (e.g., ‘connected to the rivers’ and ‘I can't easily ride around’).
Exemplo: Yes, I had a bicycle when I was a child. My mother bought it for me when I was about six, and I used to ride it every afternoon around my neighborhood. Because our area bordered several small rivers, I often explored the riverbanks and parks, which felt like a little adventure.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 55.0Sugestão: Be clearer and avoid filler words (uh). Give a direct opinion, then support it with two clear reasons using linking words. Use correct terms (e.g., ‘trains’ or ‘metro’) and fix vague phrase ‘not much to learn’.
Exemplo: I don't think bicycles are very popular in my country. Firstly, heavy traffic and narrow city roads make cycling unsafe for daily commuting. Secondly, most people prefer faster public transport like trains or the metro for work, so cycling is mainly for leisure rather than regular travel.
× I did have one when I was a child, my mum bought me when I was around 6-7.
✓ I had one when I was a child; my mum bought it for me when I was around six or seven.
Use simple past for completed actions in the past rather than 'did have' which is unnecessary here. Also use 'bought it for me' for correct object and preposition, and spell out numbers in speech for clarity. Replace comma splice with a semicolon or two separate sentences.
× I love to ride around my neighborhood and see a lot of things around there because my neighborhood connected to the rivers I can't easily ride around.
✓ I loved riding around my neighborhood and seeing many things there, but because my neighborhood was connected to the rivers I couldn't ride easily.
Tense consistency: use past tense ('loved', 'was', 'couldn't') to match the timeframe. Use gerunds 'riding' and 'seeing' after 'love' when describing habitual actions in the past. Use 'many' instead of 'a lot of' for smoother formal phrasing. Add 'but' to show contrast and correct word order and preposition use: 'connected to the rivers' and 'couldn't ride easily' clarifies meaning.
× From my perspective, I don't think bikes are popular in my country because there are a lot of traffic, uh, in the city and people usually commute to work by car or even uh, the sky sky trained or tube and there's not much to learn.
✓ From my perspective, I don't think bikes are popular in my country because there is a lot of traffic in the city, and people usually commute to work by car or even by train or the tube, so there is not much use for them.
'Traffic' is an uncountable noun and takes singular verb 'is' not 'are'. Remove filler words ('uh') and duplicated words ('sky sky trained'). Use 'by train' or 'on the tube' for correct prepositions. 'Not much to learn' is incorrect in context; replace with 'not much use for them' to express lack of demand for bikes. Ensure conjunctions and sentence flow are corrected.