Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I have a bike when I was a child. My father taught me to ride it when I was a six year old.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, the bikes are popular in our country. You can see it every day, especially in the morning.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 65.0Sugestão: Improve grammar (use past tense consistently), make the topic sentence clear, and add one specific supporting detail using a linking word. Keep it natural and concise (no more than 3–4 sentences).
Exemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. In fact, my father taught me to ride it when I was six, and I used to cycle to school every day. Because of that, I became confident riding in traffic early on.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 70.0Sugestão: Make the statement more natural (avoid unnecessary definite articles), add a reason or specific example with a linking word, and keep answers concise. Use varied vocabulary (e.g., "widespread" or "common").
Exemplo: Yes, bicycles are very popular in my country because many people use them to commute. For example, you can see large numbers of cyclists on the streets every morning, especially near schools and markets.
× Yes, I have a bike when I was a child.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
The sentence mixes present tense 'have' with past time reference 'when I was a child'. Use the past tense 'had' to match the past time frame. Suggestion: Keep verb tense consistent with time expressions (use past simple for finished past events).
× My father taught me to ride it when I was a six year old.
✓ My father taught me to ride it when I was six years old.
The phrase 'a six year old' is incorrect as an age description. Use 'six years old' without the indefinite article and include plural 'years'. Also hyphenation 'six-year-old' is used when used as a compound adjective before a noun (e.g., 'a six-year-old child'). Suggestion: For stating age, use 'I was six years old' or 'when I was six'.
× Yes, the bikes are popular in our country.
✓ Yes, bikes are popular in our country.
Using 'the' implies a specific set of bikes; for general statements about a category, omit the definite article. Use the plural noun without 'the' to make a general statement. Suggestion: For generalizations about things in general, use plural nouns without articles (e.g., 'Cars are expensive').
× You can see it every day, especially in the morning.
✓ You can see them every day, especially in the morning.
The pronoun 'it' refers to a singular noun, but 'bikes' is plural, so the correct pronoun is 'them'. Ensure pronoun number agrees with its antecedent. Suggestion: Match singular/plural pronouns to the noun they replace.