Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yeah, I had a bike when I was a child. I'm a second of third. I had a big brother so I got a second hand bike from my brother.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yeah, a little bit. When I was very young, the bike is not that useful, but nowadays bikes are everywhere. You can see many sp bicycle cyclists near Han River, so many groups or individuals you can see easily riding bicycles.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 65.0Sugestão: 답변의 핵심 내용은 질문에 직접 답하고 있으며, 형제에게서 자전거를 물려받았다는 구체적인 정보도 좋습니다. 하지만 “I'm a second of third”는 의미가 불분명하므로 “I'm the second of three children.”처럼 정확하게 말해야 합니다. 또한 “a second hand bike”는 “a second-hand bike”로 쓰며, “so” 앞뒤의 원인과 결과를 더 자연스럽게 연결하세요. 같은 내용을 반복하기보다 자전거를 어떻게 사용했는지 한 가지 세부 정보를 추가하면 더 효과적입니다.
Exemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I’m the second of three children, so I got a second-hand bike from my older brother. It wasn’t new, but I enjoyed riding it around my neighborhood.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 62.0Sugestão: “Yeah, a little bit”이라고 답한 뒤 “bikes are everywhere”라고 말해 의견이 서로 모순됩니다. 현재의 상황을 설명하려면 “Yes, they’re quite popular nowadays.”처럼 일관된 주제문으로 시작하세요. 과거를 말할 때는 “the bike is”가 아니라 “bikes weren’t”를 사용하고, “sp bicycle cyclists”는 “cyclists” 또는 “people riding bicycles”로 간단히 표현해야 합니다. 한강 주변에서 자전거를 타는 사람과 동호회를 볼 수 있다는 구체적인 예시는 좋으므로, “For example”이나 “especially” 같은 연결어를 사용해 논리적으로 정리하세요.
Exemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially nowadays. For example, many people ride bicycles along the Han River, either alone or in cycling groups. They use bikes for exercise, commuting, and relaxing on weekends.
× I'm a second of third.
✓ I'm the second of three children.
The original sentence has an incorrect structure. Use the pattern the second of three to describe your position among three children. Use three, not third, because a cardinal number is needed after of.
× When I was very young, the bike is not that useful, but nowadays bikes are everywhere.
✓ When I was very young, bikes were not that useful, but nowadays bikes are everywhere.
When I was very young refers to a past period, so use the past-tense verb were instead of the present-tense verb is. The subject should also be bikes because you are talking about bicycles in general.
× When I was very young, the bike is not that useful, but nowadays bikes are everywhere.
✓ When I was very young, bikes were not that useful, but nowadays bikes are everywhere.
When referring to bicycles generally, use the plural noun bikes rather than the singular noun bike. The plural subject bikes also agrees with the plural verb were.
× You can see many sp bicycle cyclists near Han River, so many groups or individuals you can see easily riding bicycles.
✓ You can easily see many groups or individuals riding bicycles near the Han River.
The adverb easily is placed more naturally after the modal verb can and before the main verb see. This position makes the sentence clearer and more natural.
× You can see many sp bicycle cyclists near Han River, so many groups or individuals you can see easily riding bicycles.
✓ You can easily see many groups or individuals riding bicycles near the Han River.
The original sentence contains two incomplete or awkwardly connected clauses. Use one clear sentence with the structure can see + object + present participle phrase: can see many groups or individuals riding bicycles. Also, cyclists already means people who ride bicycles, so bicycle cyclists is unnecessarily repetitive.
× You can see many sp bicycle cyclists near Han River, so many groups or individuals you can see easily riding bicycles.
✓ You can easily see many groups or individuals riding bicycles near the Han River.
Use the definite article the before Han River because it is the established name of a specific river: the Han River.