Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yes, I have one or two bikes, I'm not sure. I used to ride the bike when I was young with my friends and families and I rode the bike around my house because it's just inside the village and it's safe for cars and others.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
Um last 20 year bike used to popular in my country because there is no more uh motor bike or uh e-bike, electronic bike one, but now I think by its disappear because coming off motorbike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分数: 54.0建议: Answer directly in the past tense: say that you had a bike. Use “friends and family” rather than “friends and families,” and explain that the village was a safe place to ride. Avoid the unclear phrase “safe for cars and others.” Keep the answer to a few clear sentences and use a linking word such as “because.”
示例: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, although I can’t remember exactly how many. I often rode it around my village with my friends because the streets were quiet and felt safe.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分数: 38.0建议: Make your opinion clear at the beginning, then compare the past with the present. Use “bikes used to be popular” and “have become less popular.” Clarify whether you mean bicycles or electric bikes, and explain that motorcycles have replaced them. Avoid fillers and unfinished phrases such as “by its disappear.”
示例: Bicycles used to be more popular in my country, especially about twenty years ago. However, they have become less common because many people now prefer motorcycles, which are faster and more convenient for longer journeys.
× Yes, I have one or two bikes, I'm not sure.
✓ Yes, I had one or two bikes; I'm not sure.
The question asks about your childhood, so use the past-tense form had rather than the present-tense form have. A semicolon also separates the two complete thoughts more clearly.
× I used to ride the bike when I was young with my friends and families and I rode the bike around my house because it's just inside the village and it's safe for cars and others.
✓ I used to ride a bike with my friends and family when I was young, and I rode it around my house because it is inside the village and safe for cars and other people.
In this context, family refers to your family as a group, so use family rather than families. Use families only when referring to more than one family. The correction also avoids repeating the phrase the bike.
× Um last 20 year bike used to popular in my country because there is no more uh motor bike or uh e-bike, electronic bike one, but now I think by its disappear because coming off motorbike.
✓ Um, 20 years ago, bikes used to be popular in my country because there were no motorcycles or e-bikes, but now I think they have disappeared because motorbikes have become popular.
Use the plural years after 20. Use bikes when speaking generally about bicycles. Remember to make countable plural nouns such as motorcycles and e-bikes plural when referring to them generally.
× Um last 20 year bike used to popular in my country because there is no more uh motor bike or uh e-bike, electronic bike one, but now I think by its disappear because coming off motorbike.
✓ Um, 20 years ago, bikes used to be popular in my country because there were no motorcycles or e-bikes, but now I think they have disappeared because motorbikes have become popular.
Used to must be followed by a base-form verb. Since popular is an adjective, add be: used to be popular. The ending also needs a complete clause; have disappeared because motorbikes have become popular expresses a complete idea.
× Um last 20 year bike used to popular in my country because there is no more uh motor bike or uh e-bike, electronic bike one, but now I think by its disappear because coming off motorbike.
✓ Um, 20 years ago, bikes used to be popular in my country because there were no motorcycles or e-bikes, but now I think they have disappeared because motorbikes have become popular.
Use there were to refer to the past and to agree with the plural nouns motorcycles and e-bikes. There is is present tense and does not agree with these plural nouns.
× Um last 20 year bike used to popular in my country because there is no more uh motor bike or uh e-bike, electronic bike one, but now I think by its disappear because coming off motorbike.
✓ Um, 20 years ago, bikes used to be popular in my country because there were no motorcycles or e-bikes, but now I think they have disappeared because motorbikes have become popular.
Use they to refer to the plural noun bikes. Its is a singular possessive pronoun and cannot refer to plural bikes in this sentence.