Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
When I was a child, my parents gifted me a bike and my elder sister was teaching me to ride.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
In my opinion, bikes are not very popular in my country because I live in Russia and most of the time, uh, there is very cold weather, uh, and it's uh very problematical to ride the bike bikes in the winter season uh and we don't have
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Pontuação: 74.0Sugestão: Ответьте прямо в начале: “Yes, I did.” Фраза “my parents gifted me a bike” звучит менее естественно, чем “my parents gave me a bike”, а для завершённого события лучше сказать “my elder sister taught me to ride it”. Можно добавить конкретную деталь, например, где вы учились кататься.
Exemplo: Yes, I did. My parents gave me a bike when I was a child, and my elder sister taught me to ride it in our neighbourhood.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Pontuação: 43.0Sugestão: Начните с чёткого ответа и завершите мысль: ответ обрывается на “we don't have”. Уберите повторы и слова-паразиты, замените “problematical” на более естественное “difficult” или “impractical”. Не повторяйте “bike bikes”; уточните, что именно ограничивает популярность велосипедов, например холодная зима и скользкие дороги.
Exemplo: Bikes aren’t very popular in Russia, especially during the winter. It’s often too cold to ride, and icy roads can make cycling unsafe. However, they’re more practical in warmer months.
× When I was a child, my parents gifted me a bike and my elder sister was teaching me to ride.
✓ When I was a child, my parents gifted me a bike and my elder sister taught me to ride.
The sentence describes completed events in the past. Use the simple past taught rather than the past progressive was teaching to describe how your sister helped you learn to ride.
× In my opinion, bikes are not very popular in my country because I live in Russia and most of the time, uh, there is very cold weather, uh, and it's uh very problematical to ride the bike bikes in the winter season uh and we don't have
✓ In my opinion, bikes are not very popular in my country because I live in Russia and most of the time, uh, the weather is very cold, uh, and it's uh very problematical to ride the bike bikes in the winter season uh and we don't have
There is is generally used to say that something exists or is present. To describe the weather, use the weather is very cold or it is very cold.
× In my opinion, bikes are not very popular in my country because I live in Russia and most of the time, uh, there is very cold weather, uh, and it's uh very problematical to ride the bike bikes in the winter season uh and we don't have
✓ In my opinion, bikes are not very popular in my country because I live in Russia and most of the time, uh, there is very cold weather, uh, and it's uh very problematical to ride bikes in the winter season uh and we don't have
Bikes refers to bicycles in general, so use the plural noun without the singular article the. The phrase the bike bikes contains an inconsistent and repeated noun form; say ride bikes.