Part 1
考官
What is your favourite food?
考生
My favorite dish is Neapolitan spaghetti. It's a pasta served with tomato based sauce that's slightly sweeter than regular tomato spaghetti. I love it because it is quite simple but very flavorful.
考官
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
考生
When I was younger, I used to love sweets such as Oreo cookie and white chocolate. I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
考官
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
考生
When I was younger, I loved sweet snacks such as Oreo cookies and white chocolate. I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
考官
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
考生
Not really. My taste in dessert hasn't changed much since I was a little I still love an Oreo tornado, a rich swell of ice cream and chocolate, and it always reminds me of happy childhood afternoons.
What is your favourite food?
分数: 82.0建议: Your answer is clear and relevant with a topic sentence and supporting details. To improve, reduce minor redundancy (avoid repeating 'spaghetti' and 'tomato based sauce') and add one specific sensory detail or brief comparison to make it more vivid. Also keep sentences concise (max 4–5).
示例: I really like Neapolitan spaghetti. It’s pasta in a slightly sweet tomato sauce with sautéed onions and ham, so it tastes richer than ordinary tomato spaghetti. I enjoy it because the flavors are simple but well balanced, and the sauce is both tangy and slightly sweet.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
分数: 85.0建议: Good structure: direct topic sentence and a clear reason for change. To improve, be more specific about frequency and add a short detail about the effect on you (e.g., energy, weight) to enrich the answer using a linking word like 'however' or 'but'.
示例: When I was younger I loved sweets, especially Oreos and white chocolate. I bought them almost every weekend with my mother; however, now I avoid them to manage my weight and energy levels.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
分数: 60.0建议: This answer does not address the question. It repeats a previous response about childhood sweets instead of explaining seasonal eating habits. To improve, answer directly with a topic sentence about seasonal changes, then give one or two specific examples and use linking words (for example, 'in summer', 'during winter'). Keep it concise.
示例: Yes, I do. In summer I eat lighter foods like salads and cold noodles, while in winter I prefer warm, hearty dishes such as stews and roast vegetables because they help me feel warmer and more satisfied.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
分数: 78.0建议: Nice personal and nostalgic response. To improve, correct a small grammar issue ('since I was a little' -> 'since I was little') and split into shorter sentences for clarity. Add a brief contrast if any small change occurred (e.g., portion size or frequency).
示例: Not really — I still love desserts like an Oreo tornado, a rich swirl of ice cream with chocolate. It always reminds me of happy childhood afternoons, although now I eat them less often to stay healthy.
× My favorite dish is Neapolitan spaghetti.
✓ My favorite dish is Neapolitan spaghetti.
No correction needed; sentence is grammatical. (Included for completeness: article use is fine because 'Neapolitan spaghetti' is a proper name of a dish.)
× It's a pasta served with tomato based sauce that's slightly sweeter than regular tomato spaghetti.
✓ It's a pasta served with a tomato-based sauce that's slightly sweeter than regular tomato spaghetti.
Hyphenate compound adjective 'tomato-based' before a noun. Also add the article 'a' before 'tomato-based sauce' to be grammatically correct. Suggestion: use 'a tomato-based sauce' and hyphenate compound modifiers.
× I love it because it is quite simple but very flavorful.
✓ I love it because it is quite simple but very flavorful.
Sentence is acceptable; no grammatical change needed. (Included for completeness.)
× When I was younger, I used to love sweets such as Oreo cookie and white chocolate.
✓ When I was younger, I used to love sweets such as Oreo cookies and white chocolate.
Use plural 'Oreo cookies' to match the plural 'sweets' and to refer to individual cookies. Suggestion: make brand items plural when referring to them generically.
× I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
✓ I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
Tenses are consistent: past habit followed by present habit. No correction needed.
× When I was younger, I loved sweet snacks such as Oreo cookies and white chocolate.
✓ When I was younger, I loved sweet snacks such as Oreo cookies and white chocolate.
Sentence is already correct after pluralizing 'Oreo cookies' earlier; no further change needed.
× I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
✓ I often bought them when I went shopping with my mother, but now I try to avoid them to manage my health.
Repeated sentence; grammar is correct.
× Not really. My taste in dessert hasn't changed much since I was a little I still love an Oreo tornado, a rich swell of ice cream and chocolate, and it always reminds me of happy childhood afternoons.
✓ Not really. My taste in dessert hasn't changed much since I was little; I still love an Oreo tornado, a rich swirl of ice cream and chocolate, and it always reminds me of happy childhood afternoons.
Multiple issues: 'since I was a little' is incomplete; use 'since I was little'. Two independent clauses need separation: use a semicolon or period between 'little' and 'I still...'. 'Swell' is incorrect word choice for the shape of ice cream; 'swirl' is appropriate. Also remove the article 'a' before 'little'. Suggestions: use 'since I was little' and separate clauses, replace 'swell' with 'swirl'.