Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Although I didn't own a bike as a child, I did have roller skates which I find more exciting and thrilling. However, I occasionally did have opportunities to go to the Boulevard for cycling, so where basically I could rent a bike for an hour for three to 5 minutes. So it's it was affordable and fun.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
When we look back, uh, cycling was not uh, famous for daily activities, and people would rely on cars rather than cycling, and it would be considered only as a hobby or lunchtime activity. However, recently, uh, in order to reduce uh, carbon gas emissions and carbon footprint, people are relying more on cycling than driving cars.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分数: 64.0建议: Be more concise and correct factual/time details, fix grammar and repetitions, and use clearer linking words. Start with a direct topic sentence stating you didn’t own a bike, then briefly add one or two supporting details (roller skates, renting bikes) with correct phrasing and precise time expressions. Avoid hesitations and redundant words.
示例: I didn’t own a bike as a child, but I used roller skates a lot because they felt more exciting. However, I sometimes rented a bike at the Boulevard for an hour; it was cheap and a fun way to spend an afternoon.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分数: 72.0建议: Improve clarity and coherence: begin with a clear topic sentence about past vs. present trends, use linking words (whereas, however, recently) correctly, remove filler words (uh), and give a specific example or brief reason. Use precise vocabulary (commute, emissions) and avoid repetition.
示例: In the past, bicycles were uncommon for everyday travel and most people commuted by car. However, recently more people have started cycling to reduce carbon emissions and save money; for example, many cities now have bike lanes and rental schemes that make cycling easier.
× Although I didn't own a bike as a child, I did have roller skates which I find more exciting and thrilling.
✓ Although I didn't own a bike as a child, I did have roller skates, which I found more exciting and thrilling.
The sentence refers to past experiences, so the verb 'find' should be in the past tense 'found' to match the timeframe. Maintain consistent past tense when describing past feelings or opinions. Suggestion: use past tense verbs throughout when discussing childhood experiences (e.g., 'I found').
× However, I occasionally did have opportunities to go to the Boulevard for cycling, so where basically I could rent a bike for an hour for three to 5 minutes.
✓ However, I occasionally had opportunities to go to the boulevard to cycle, where I could rent a bike for an hour for three to five riyals.
Multiple issues: 'did have' is unnecessarily emphatic in this context—simple past 'had' is natural. 'Boulevard for cycling' is awkward; use 'boulevard to cycle'. The phrase 'so where' is incorrect and redundant; use 'where' alone. 'for three to 5 minutes' is illogical with 'an hour' and 'minutes' vs likely 'riyals' (currency) or 'dollars'—context suggests rental cost; also numerals should be spelled consistently. Ensure logical units and clear nouns. Suggestion: clarify whether you mean duration ('for three to five minutes') or price ('for three to five riyals') and keep consistent wording and number format.
× So it's it was affordable and fun.
✓ So it was affordable and fun.
The original contains a duplication 'it's it was' which is a sentence structure error and mixes present and past ('it's' = it is, 'it was' = past). Because the context is past, use 'it was'. Suggestion: remove redundant words and keep tense consistent.
× When we look back, uh, cycling was not uh, famous for daily activities, and people would rely on cars rather than cycling, and it would be considered only as a hobby or lunchtime activity.
✓ When we look back, cycling was not common for daily transport, and people relied on cars rather than bicycles; cycling was considered only a hobby or a leisure activity.
Problems: 'famous for daily activities' is incorrect collocation—use 'common for daily transport' or 'popular as a daily activity'. Mixed modal 'would rely' and past 'was' create inconsistency; use simple past 'relied'. 'Lunchtime activity' is odd; 'leisure activity' fits better. Suggestion: choose correct collocations ('common', 'popular', 'daily transport') and maintain tense consistency.
× However, recently, uh, in order to reduce uh, carbon gas emissions and carbon footprint, people are relying more on cycling than driving cars.
✓ However, recently, to reduce carbon emissions and their carbon footprint, people have been relying more on cycling than on driving cars.
Minor issues: 'carbon gas emissions' is redundant and awkward—'carbon emissions' or 'greenhouse gas emissions' is correct. Use present perfect progressive 'have been relying' to describe a recent trend continuing to the present. Also include 'on' after 'than' for parallel structure: 'relying on cycling rather than on driving cars' (or simplify to 'cycling rather than driving'). Suggestion: use correct environmental terms and use present perfect continuous to indicate recent ongoing trends.