Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Unfortunately when I was growing up I did not have had a bike though I enjoy watching other children riding their bike.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
Yes, sure. They are very popular in my country, especially in the rural in the rural area that I grew up. People use bike as the main transportation to get to the store to families.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分数: 55.0建议: Answer directly, then add one specific detail about how you felt or what you did instead. Correct the verb phrase to “didn’t have” (not “did not have had”), and use “other children riding their bikes.” A linking word such as “although” can connect your ideas smoothly.
示例: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was growing up. Although I would have liked one, I enjoyed watching other children ride their bikes in the neighborhood.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分数: 48.0建议: Give a clear answer and support it with a specific reason or example. Avoid repeating “in the rural area,” say “in rural areas,” and use the plural “bikes” when speaking generally. Clarify the final idea—for example, explain that people use bikes to travel to shops or visit family.
示例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in the rural area where I grew up. Many people use them as their main form of transport because they are affordable and convenient. For instance, they ride to local shops or visit relatives nearby.
× Unfortunately when I was growing up I did not have had a bike though I enjoy watching other children riding their bike.
✓ Unfortunately, when I was growing up, I did not have a bike, though I enjoyed watching other children ride their bikes.
After did not, use the base form of the verb, have, not had. Because the answer describes a past period, enjoyed is more consistent with the past-tense context.
× Unfortunately when I was growing up I did not have had a bike though I enjoy watching other children riding their bike.
✓ Unfortunately, when I was growing up, I did not have a bike, though I enjoyed watching other children ride their bikes.
Other children is plural, so bikes is the natural plural form when referring to the bikes they ride. Check that nouns agree in number with the people or things they refer to.
× Yes, sure. They are very popular in my country, especially in the rural in the rural area that I grew up.
✓ Yes, sure. They are very popular in my country, especially in the rural area where I grew up.
The phrase in the rural is repeated and incomplete before the full phrase in the rural area. Avoid repeating a phrase, and use a complete noun phrase such as the rural area.
× Yes, sure. They are very popular in my country, especially in the rural in the rural area that I grew up.
✓ Yes, sure. They are very popular in my country, especially in the rural area where I grew up.
Where is used to refer to the place in which you grew up. Alternatively, you could say the area that I grew up in. Choose the preposition or relative word that correctly expresses the place relationship.
× People use bike as the main transportation to get to the store to families.
✓ People use bikes as their main means of transportation to get to stores and visit family.
Bike is used generally here, so the plural form bikes is appropriate. Use plural nouns when describing a common practice involving multiple people or items.
× People use bike as the main transportation to get to the store to families.
✓ People use bikes as their main means of transportation to get to stores and visit family.
To families does not clearly express the intended destination or purpose. Use a verb phrase such as visit family, and connect it to get to stores with and.