Part 1
考官
Is there a difference between where you meet friends now and where you used to meet them in the past?
考生
Yes, I think meeting had been changed in the past. I was a child. I meet them in the park or a garden, I think. But nowadays I went out with them to a restaurant or a cafe to have conversation, chat.
考官
Why are some places suitable for meeting while others are not?
考生
If you are going to go on a meeting, the place must be quiet, but if you are going to meet your friends, it can be crowded and noisy, but it is suitable to be quiet in the meetings.
考官
Do you prefer to spend time with one friend or with a group of friends?
考生
Actually it can't change friend to friend. But actually I like to be alone with my friends because I don't like to share them. I also like group friends. But actually my favorite is to be alone with my best friend.
考官
Would you invite friends to your home?
考生
I can invite them but I prefer to go out because we are always at home and we can go out and socialize there. I love to go out dinner with my friends and do girls nights.
考官
How important are friends to you?
考生
They have a special place in my heart. My friends are so important to me because when you have a bad day, they are always there for you and they are like my family. If they are my close friends, I love them so much. They are like family to me.
考官
Do you often go out with your friends?
考生
In weekdays I can't usually go out because of the school, but in weekends I often go out with my friends. I usually go to a restaurant with my best friend and have some cocktails and chat about the week.
考官
Where do you often meet each other?
考生
We meet at the city center and we have some restaurants, our favorites. One is Name is Mitch Society. It is a merchant shop. The macho quality is so good and the taste is so delicious. We go often there.
考官
What do you usually do with your friends?
考生
We do a lot of activities but the most often is I think going restaurants and taking picture dates. We love to take pictures and have some chat with cocktails. I think most of the time we are doing girls nights.
考官
Do you have a friend you have known for a long time?
考生
Yes, I have a friend named didn't I meet her one year ago But I think it is not about the years. We have so great time with each other and she's always behind me and supports me whatever I do and I think a good friends do this.
Is there a difference between where you meet friends now and where you used to meet them in the past?
分数: 52.0建议: Answer directly using a clear past-versus-present comparison. Use the past simple for childhood habits (“I used to meet”) and the present simple for current habits (“I usually meet”). Avoid unnatural phrases such as “meeting had been changed” and “to have conversation, chat.”
示例: Yes, there is a clear difference. When I was a child, I used to meet my friends in parks or gardens. Nowadays, we usually meet in restaurants or cafés because we can enjoy a meal and have a proper chat.
Why are some places suitable for meeting while others are not?
分数: 45.0建议: Clarify the distinction between different types of meetings and avoid repeating “meet” and “quiet.” Use a topic sentence, then explain that formal meetings require quietness, whereas social meetings can be noisier. “Go on a meeting” should be replaced with “have a meeting” or “attend a meeting.”
示例: It depends on the purpose of the meeting. A quiet place is better for a formal discussion because everyone can concentrate and hear each other clearly. However, when I meet friends socially, a lively café or restaurant is also suitable because some background noise creates a relaxed atmosphere.
Do you prefer to spend time with one friend or with a group of friends?
分数: 48.0建议: State your preference clearly at the beginning and avoid contradictory or unclear expressions such as “it can't change friend to friend” and “I don't like to share them.” Explain why you prefer one close friend, while briefly acknowledging that groups can also be enjoyable.
示例: I generally prefer spending time with one close friend, especially my best friend. It is easier to have a meaningful conversation and talk about personal issues. I also enjoy group activities occasionally, but one-to-one time is more relaxing for me.
Would you invite friends to your home?
分数: 62.0建议: Your preference is clear, but improve the grammar and naturalness of “go out dinner” and “do girls nights.” Say “go out for dinner” and “have a girls’ night.” Add one specific reason why going out is more enjoyable than staying at home.
示例: I could invite my friends over, but I usually prefer going out. We spend a lot of time at home, so it is nice to socialize somewhere different. I especially enjoy going out for dinner or having a girls’ night at a café or restaurant.
How important are friends to you?
分数: 75.0建议: This is a well-developed answer with a clear reason and an appropriate comparison. Avoid repeating “they are like family” and make the answer more personal by using “when I have a bad day” instead of the general “when you have a bad day.”
示例: Friends are extremely important to me because they have a special place in my heart. Whenever I have a bad day, my close friends support me and help me feel better. In many ways, they are like family because I can rely on them and share my problems with them.
Do you often go out with your friends?
分数: 72.0建议: The answer is direct and includes useful details about frequency and activities. Use “on weekdays” and “at weekends” or “on weekends,” and replace “because of the school” with “because of school.” You could also link the ideas more smoothly with “However.”
示例: I do not usually go out on weekdays because I have school, but I often meet my friends at weekends. My best friend and I usually go to a restaurant, have a few cocktails, and chat about what happened during the week.
Where do you often meet each other?
分数: 42.0建议: Give the location and describe the venue accurately and coherently. The phrases “we have some restaurants,” “merchant shop,” and “macho quality” are unclear or incorrect. Use natural collocations such as “there are several restaurants” and explain what you like about the food or atmosphere.
示例: We often meet in the city centre, where there are several restaurants that we like. Our favourite is a place called Mitch Society. We go there because the food is delicious and the atmosphere is lively but comfortable.
What do you usually do with your friends?
分数: 60.0建议: Your answer includes several relevant activities, but improve the sentence structure and word choice. Say “the activity we do most often is going to restaurants,” “take photos,” and “have a chat.” Avoid repeating “I think” and explain what makes these activities enjoyable.
示例: We do many things together, but we most often go to restaurants and take photos. We usually order cocktails, chat about our lives, and take pictures for fun. We also have girls’ nights, which are a good way to relax and catch up.
Do you have a friend you have known for a long time?
分数: 50.0建议: Answer the length-of-time question clearly and avoid the confusing interruption about when you met her. Use “I have known her for one year” and the natural phrase “she always supports me,” rather than “she’s always behind me.” Also use “a good friend does this” or “good friends do this.”
示例: Yes, I have a close friend whom I have known for about a year. Although we have not known each other for very long, we get along extremely well. She always supports me and encourages me, so I feel that our friendship is very strong.
× Yes, I think meeting had been changed in the past.
✓ Yes, I think the way I met my friends was different in the past.
The past perfect passive had been changed is not appropriate here because you are describing a past situation, not an action completed before another past action. Use the simple past was different.
× I meet them in the park or a garden, I think.
✓ I met them in a park or a garden, I think.
The question asks about where you used to meet friends, so use the simple past met, not the present-tense form meet.
× But nowadays I went out with them to a restaurant or a cafe to have conversation, chat.
✓ But nowadays I go out with them to a restaurant or a café to have a conversation and chat.
Nowadays refers to a present habit, so use the present simple go, not the past-tense form went.
× But nowadays I went out with them to a restaurant or a cafe to have conversation, chat.
✓ But nowadays I go out with them to a restaurant or a café to have a conversation and chat.
The countable noun conversation needs the indefinite article a when referring to one conversation.
× But nowadays I went out with them to a restaurant or a cafe to have conversation, chat.
✓ But nowadays I go out with them to a restaurant or a café to have a conversation and chat.
And is used to connect two activities that you do together: have a conversation and chat. A comma or an unconnected list is not suitable here.
× If you are going to go on a meeting, the place must be quiet.
✓ If you are going to a meeting, the place must be quiet.
Use go to a meeting, not go on a meeting. The preposition to expresses movement toward an event.
× Actually it can't change friend to friend.
✓ Actually, it can vary from friend to friend.
The standard expression is vary from person to person or vary from friend to friend. From is the correct preposition in this expression.
× I also like group friends.
✓ I also like groups of friends.
When referring to more than one group, use the plural noun groups. The phrase groups of friends correctly describes groups made up of friends.
× I love to go out dinner with my friends and do girls nights.
✓ I love to go out for dinner with my friends and have girls' nights.
The fixed expression is go out for dinner. For the second activity, have girls' nights is the grammatically natural expression.
× In weekdays I can't usually go out because of the school, but in weekends I often go out with my friends.
✓ On weekdays, I usually can't go out because of school, but on weekends I often go out with my friends.
Use on with days and periods such as on weekdays and on weekends. School does not need the definite article when referring to school as an activity or institution in general.
× In weekdays I can't usually go out because of the school, but in weekends I often go out with my friends.
✓ On weekdays, I usually can't go out because of school, but on weekends I often go out with my friends.
The definite article the is unnecessary before school when you mean school in general rather than a specific school building.
× We meet at the city center and we have some restaurants, our favorites.
✓ We meet in the city center, and we have a few favorite restaurants there.
The original sentence joins ideas awkwardly and uses an unclear appositive phrase. The corrected version uses a complete, natural structure.
× One is Name is Mitch Society.
✓ One of our favorites is Mitch Society.
One is Name is contains two competing sentence structures. Use one of our favorites is followed by the name of the restaurant.
× We go often there.
✓ We often go there.
Frequency adverbs such as often usually come before the main verb go, but after the verb be.
× The most often is I think going restaurants and taking picture dates.
✓ I think the activities we do most often are going to restaurants and taking pictures.
Going needs the preposition to before a destination such as restaurants. The revised sentence also provides a complete grammatical structure for the list of activities.
× The most often is I think going restaurants and taking picture dates.
✓ I think the activities we do most often are going to restaurants and taking pictures.
The original sentence has an incomplete and incorrectly ordered structure. Use the subject the activities, followed by the verb are and the gerund phrases describing those activities.
× We love to take pictures and have some chat with cocktails.
✓ We love to take pictures and have a chat over cocktails.
Chat can be used as an uncountable activity, but the expression have a chat requires the article a. Over cocktails is also the appropriate prepositional phrase for talking while drinking cocktails.
× I think most of the time we are doing girls nights.
✓ I think most of the time we have girls' nights.
This sentence describes a regular activity, so use the present simple have rather than the present continuous are doing.
× Yes, I have a friend named didn't I meet her one year ago
✓ Yes, I have a friend whom I met one year ago.
The original sentence combines several incomplete clauses. Use the relative clause whom I met one year ago to identify the friend clearly.
× Yes, I have a friend named didn't I meet her one year ago
✓ Yes, I have a friend whom I met one year ago.
A finished time expression, one year ago, requires the simple past met, not a present or present-perfect form.
× We have so great time with each other.
✓ We have such a great time with each other.
Use such a before a singular countable noun phrase with an adjective: such a great time. So is normally used directly before an adjective or adverb, as in so great.
× I think a good friends do this.
✓ I think a good friend does this.
The article a must be followed by a singular noun, so friends must become friend.
× I think a good friends do this.
✓ I think a good friend does this.
The singular subject a good friend requires the third-person singular verb does, not do.