Part 1
Giám khảo
What is your favourite food?
Thí sinh
Oh, I'm a very big foodie. I enjoy food, uh, of too many cuisines, but one of my favorite cuisine is my own Maharashtrian food, Indian food. So I'm more of a sweet tooth, So I enjoy sweet items more. Uh, for to give a example, uh, Puran pulley is my favorite. So it is a sweet bread that is prepared at my place.
Giám khảo
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Thí sinh
When I was young in college, I used to have more of Chinese read Chinese food with my friends, so it is linked with more of my college memories and uh, the taste is more of nostalgic taste.
Giám khảo
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Thí sinh
Even though I'm a foodie, I don't experiment much with my food. I have a specific taste and specific places that I often visit and want to binge eat there.
Giám khảo
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Thí sinh
Oh yes, definitely my favorite food as I mentioned was my street Chinese food that I used to have with my college friends. But over the years I have developed taste for new cuisines. I these days enjoy the wood fire pizzas and Morley. I indulge into new dishes that are prepared at home.
What is your favourite food?
Điểm: 68.0Gợi ý: Be more concise and organized: start with a clear topic sentence naming your favourite food, then give one or two specific supporting details. Reduce fillers (uh, um) and minor grammar errors. Use linking words to connect ideas (for example, because, for instance).
Ví dụ: My favourite food is Puran Poli, a sweet flatbread from Maharashtra. I especially love it because the filling of jaggery and lentils tastes rich and comforting. For example, my family prepares it during festivals, and its sweet, spiced flavour always reminds me of home.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Điểm: 60.0Gợi ý: Answer directly and correct tense/wording: say when you were young (or during college) and name the food clearly. Add one specific reason or memory using a linking phrase (because, which). Avoid repetition like 'taste is more of nostalgic taste.'
Ví dụ: When I was younger, especially during college, I often ate Chinese food with my friends. It became nostalgic because we shared meals after classes and tried new dishes together, so the flavours now remind me of those happy days.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Điểm: 62.0Gợi ý: Give a direct yes/no or conditional answer and provide a clear specific example if seasonal changes affect you. Use linking words (however, instead, because) and avoid vague statements like 'specific taste.'
Ví dụ: Not really — I usually eat the same kinds of food year-round because I prefer visiting a few favourite restaurants. However, I do order seasonal sweets like mango desserts in summer because fresh mangoes are available then.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Điểm: 66.0Gợi ý: Start with a clear direct statement (Yes/No) and then give two specific examples of how your taste changed, with reasons. Correct minor grammar and ensure vocabulary is precise (e.g., 'more into wood-fired pizza' rather than 'wood fire pizzas').
Ví dụ: Yes, my tastes have changed. I used to prefer street Chinese food in college, but now I enjoy wood-fired pizza and modern Indian dishes because I like the smoky flavours and variety of ingredients. For instance, I recently started trying homemade fusion recipes that combine traditional spices with Western cooking techniques.
× I enjoy food, uh, of too many cuisines, but one of my favorite cuisine is my own Maharashtrian food, Indian food.
✓ I enjoy food from too many cuisines, but one of my favorite cuisines is my own Maharashtrian food, Indian food.
'Of too many cuisines' is unnatural; use 'from' to indicate source. 'One of my favorite cuisine is' has a singular/plural mismatch — 'one of' requires a plural noun 'cuisines'. Change 'cuisine' to 'cuisines' and use 'is' correctly with the singular subject 'one'.
× So I'm more of a sweet tooth, So I enjoy sweet items more.
✓ So I'm more of a sweet tooth, so I enjoy sweet items more.
Capitalizing 'So' mid-sentence is incorrect; use lowercase 'so'. Also 'more of a sweet tooth' is colloquial but acceptable; maintain consistent casing and punctuation. (No tense or structural change needed.)
× Uh, for to give a example, uh, Puran pulley is my favorite.
✓ For example, Puran poli is my favorite.
'For to give a example' is ungrammatical; use 'For example' or 'To give an example'. Also 'Puran pulley' is likely a misspelling; the correct name is 'Puran poli'. Use 'an' before a noun starting with a vowel sound if using 'a example' form, but 'For example' is simpler and corrects the structure.
× So it is a sweet bread that is prepared at my place.
✓ It is a sweet bread that is prepared where I live.
The original is understandable but 'at my place' is informal; change to 'where I live' for standard English. Subject-verb agreement is fine, but the sentence needed a more natural prepositional phrase (preposition issue flagged via subject-verb agreement ID due to phrasing causing awkwardness).
× When I was young in college, I used to have more of Chinese read Chinese food with my friends, so it is linked with more of my college memories and uh, the taste is more of nostalgic taste.
✓ When I was in college, I used to eat more Chinese food with my friends, so it is linked to many of my college memories, and the taste feels nostalgic.
'When I was young in college' is redundant; use 'When I was in college'. 'Used to have more of Chinese read Chinese food' contains errors: 'read' is incorrect and 'have' should be 'eat'. 'Linked with more of my college memories' should be 'linked to many of my college memories'. 'The taste is more of nostalgic taste' is awkward; use 'the taste feels nostalgic'. These correct past-tense expressions and natural collocations.
× Even though I'm a foodie, I don't experiment much with my food.
✓ Even though I'm a foodie, I don't experiment much with my food.
Sentence is grammatically correct; no change needed. Included for completeness because it mentions quantification 'much' which is correct here.
× I have a specific taste and specific places that I often visit and want to binge eat there.
✓ I have a specific taste and specific places that I often visit and want to binge at.
'Binge eat there' is awkward; 'binge at' or 'binge on' is more natural. Using 'want to binge at' avoids redundancy ('visit' and 'there' together). Also maintain parallel structure after 'visit' — either 'visit and binge at' or 'visit to binge on'.
× Oh yes, definitely my favorite food as I mentioned was my street Chinese food that I used to have with my college friends.
✓ Oh yes, definitely my favorite food, as I mentioned, was the street Chinese food that I used to have with my college friends.
Add commas for the parenthetical phrase 'as I mentioned'. 'My street Chinese food' is awkward—use 'the street Chinese food' to refer to that category. Tenses 'was' and 'used to have' correctly express past habits.
× But over the years I have developed taste for new cuisines.
✓ But over the years I have developed a taste for new cuisines.
Missing article 'a' before 'taste' — collocation 'developed a taste for' is standard. This fixes noun phrase error; '-ing' not required here but problem maps to verb + -ing category because collocation involves verb phrase.
× I these days enjoy the wood fire pizzas and Morley.
✓ These days I enjoy wood-fired pizzas and more recently, Mom's/Marley's?
Original sentence has 'I these days' word order awkward and 'Morley' is unclear (possibly misspelling). Correct word order is 'These days I enjoy...'. 'Wood fire' should be hyphenated as 'wood-fired'. 'Morley' may be a proper noun that needs clarification; suggest verifying intended word. Pronoun/word order fixed.
× I indulge into new dishes that are prepared at home.
✓ I indulge in new dishes that are prepared at home.
The correct collocation is 'indulge in', not 'indulge into'. Use 'indulge in' plus object to indicate enjoying something.