Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, I hide a bicycle when I was a kid and I enjoyed riding it in the evening time especially I used to go with my friends and we all used to bike and uh, I also like to bike because it was fun and it was easy to travel as a child. So yes, I did have.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country and it is one of the transport way that is used by youngsters as well as adults and people use it to travel from one place to another that is not that far away and children prefer to ride it for their health.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 62.0Sugestão: Answer directly, then add one or two relevant details. Use the past-tense form “had,” not “hide,” and avoid repeating “bike” and “used to.” Replace “in the evening time” with the more natural “in the evenings.”
Exemplo: Yes, I had a bicycle when I was a child. I often rode it with my friends in the evenings, and I enjoyed it because it was fun and made it easy to get around.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 65.0Sugestão: Give a clear direct answer and organize your supporting points with a linking phrase such as “They’re especially useful for…” Use the natural phrase “a popular means of transport” instead of “one of the transport way,” and make sure plural subjects agree with plural verbs. You could briefly distinguish why adults and children ride bikes.
Exemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. They’re a convenient means of transport for short journeys, especially in busy areas. Children also ride them for exercise and fun.
× Yes, I hide a bicycle when I was a kid.
✓ Yes, I had a bicycle when I was a kid.
The sentence refers to a past situation, so use the past-tense verb had. Hide means to put something where it cannot be seen, while had expresses ownership.
× I also like to bike because it was fun.
✓ I also liked biking because it was fun.
The answer is describing a childhood experience in the past, so liked is more consistent than like. Biking is a natural gerund after liked in this sentence.
× It is one of the transport way that is used by youngsters as well as adults.
✓ Bikes are one of the modes of transport that are used by young people as well as adults.
After one of the, the noun should be plural: modes, not way. The relative clause refers to the plural noun modes, so use are used.
× I think bikes are very popular in my country and it is one of the transport way that is used by youngsters as well as adults.
✓ I think bikes are very popular in my country, and they are one of the modes of transport used by young people as well as adults.
The pronoun it does not agree in number with bikes, which is plural. Use they to refer to bikes.