Part 1
考官
What is your favourite food?
考生
My favorite food is a Hong Kong style food, which is still mine, and it offers a scrumptious and a soft texture. It is often dipped with soy sauce and I personally like to Sprint some pepper on it to give it an extra sense of taste.
考官
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
考生
I like to eat spaghetti when I was young because it's really a salty savory taste dish where I could not easily eat every day. Because as a Chinese family I usually eat rice and regular dishes and spaghetti really offers a unique and salty taste in my childhood.
考官
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
考生
Yes, I do eat different food across the year because there are many seasons and festivals in my country where I can eat, for example, rice dumplings in the recent Dragon boat festival and I could eat some Turkey in the Christmas Eve season.
考官
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
考生
No, I have always liked the Hong Kong dish which is still my and from my childhood and until now because it's a really iconic and a soft texture food where I could eat every day and it's different across the flavour in different shops which gives unique.
What is your favourite food?
分數: 60.0建議: Be more specific and concise: name the dish, give 1–2 clear reasons, correct vocabulary and grammar, and avoid redundancy. Use linking words to connect ideas (for example, because and also). Watch pronunciation and word choice (e.g., 'sprinkle' not 'Sprint').
範例: My favourite food is Hong Kong-style steamed rice rolls. I like them because they are soft and silky, and I often dip them in soy sauce for extra savoury flavour. Also, I sometimes sprinkle a little white pepper to add a mild kick.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
分數: 58.0建議: Use correct tense and structure: start with a clear topic sentence in past tense, then give specific reasons and a brief comparison. Avoid repetition and unnecessary words. Use linking words such as 'because' and 'although'.
範例: When I was young, I loved eating spaghetti. Because my family usually ate rice and traditional Chinese dishes, spaghetti felt special and salty, so I could only have it occasionally as a treat.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
分數: 70.0建議: Provide clearer examples and correct collocations (e.g., 'at Christmas' or 'on Christmas Eve'), and organize the answer with linking words like 'for example' and 'also'. Keep it concise and natural.
範例: Yes, I eat different foods throughout the year. For example, I eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, and at Christmas I sometimes have roasted turkey with my family.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
分數: 55.0建議: Give a clear direct answer, use correct tense and smoother phrasing. Offer 1–2 supporting details explaining why, with linking words such as 'because' and 'also'. Avoid unclear phrases and repetition.
範例: No, my favourite food has not changed since childhood because I grew up eating that Hong Kong dish and I still enjoy its soft texture. Also, different shops serve it with slightly different flavours, so I never get bored of it.
× My favorite food is a Hong Kong style food, which is still mine, and it offers a scrumptious and a soft texture.
✓ My favorite food is a Hong Kong-style dish that is still my favorite; it has a scrumptious, soft texture.
Errors: incorrect article use ('a Hong Kong style food' -> 'a Hong Kong-style dish' or 'a Hong Kong-style food' but 'dish' is more natural); awkward phrasing 'which is still mine' should be 'that is still my favorite' to show possession/ preference; 'offers a scrumptious and a soft texture' uses article unnecessarily and awkward coordination. Suggestion: use hyphen for compound adjective 'Hong Kong-style', choose 'dish', replace 'which is still mine' with 'that is still my favorite', and use 'has a scrumptious, soft texture'.
× It is often dipped with soy sauce and I personally like to Sprint some pepper on it to give it an extra sense of taste.
✓ It is often dipped in soy sauce, and I personally like to sprinkle some pepper on it to give it extra flavor.
Errors: wrong verb form and verb choice ('Sprint' is incorrect; should be 'sprinkle'); incorrect preposition 'dipped with' -> 'dipped in'; 'sense of taste' is unnatural -> 'flavor'. Suggestion: use 'dipped in soy sauce' and 'sprinkle some pepper' and 'extra flavor'.
× I like to eat spaghetti when I was young because it's really a salty savory taste dish where I could not easily eat every day.
✓ I liked to eat spaghetti when I was young because it was a really salty, savory dish that I could not eat every day.
Errors: tense mismatch: 'I like' should be past 'I liked' to match 'when I was young'; awkward modifier order 'salty savory taste dish' should be 'salty, savory dish'; unnecessary 'really' position adjusted; 'could not easily eat every day' -> 'could not eat every day'. Suggestion: keep past tense throughout and use natural adjective order and clause 'that I could not eat every day'.
× Because as a Chinese family I usually eat rice and regular dishes and spaghetti really offers a unique and salty taste in my childhood.
✓ As part of a Chinese family, I usually ate rice and typical dishes, so spaghetti offered a unique, salty taste in my childhood.
Errors: incorrect preposition/phrase 'Because as a Chinese family' is ungrammatical; tense should be past 'ate' and 'offered' to match childhood; 'regular dishes' is vague -> 'typical dishes'; 'in my childhood' usually 'in my childhood' is acceptable but sentence flow improved by reordering. Suggestion: start with 'As part of a Chinese family,' use past tense and clearer nouns.
× Yes, I do eat different food across the year because there are many seasons and festivals in my country where I can eat, for example, rice dumplings in the recent Dragon boat festival and I could eat some Turkey in the Christmas Eve season.
✓ Yes, I do eat different foods throughout the year because we have many seasons and festivals; for example, I eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, and I might eat turkey at Christmas.
Errors: 'different food' should be plural 'different foods'; 'across the year' -> 'throughout the year'; awkward clause 'in my country where I can eat' unnecessary; 'recent Dragon boat festival' -> 'the Dragon Boat Festival'; 'I could eat some Turkey in the Christmas Eve season' has wrong tense/capitalization and article: 'turkey' not capitalized, 'Christmas Eve season' awkward -> 'at Christmas' or 'on Christmas Eve'. Suggestion: use plural 'foods', 'throughout the year', capitalize festival names correctly, and use 'eat turkey at Christmas'.
× No, I have always liked the Hong Kong dish which is still my and from my childhood and until now because it's a really iconic and a soft texture food where I could eat every day and it's different across the flavour in different shops which gives unique.
✓ No, I have always liked the Hong Kong dish that has been my favorite since childhood and still is, because it is iconic and has a soft texture; I could eat it every day, and the flavor varies between shops, which makes each one unique.
Errors: several issues: 'which is still my and from my childhood and until now' is ungrammatical—use 'that has been my favorite since childhood and still is'; article errors and word order: 'a soft texture food' -> 'has a soft texture' or 'a soft-textured food'; tense/modal: 'could eat every day' acceptable but clarify 'I could eat it every day'; 'different across the flavour in different shops which gives unique' is ungrammatical—rephrase to 'the flavor varies between shops, which makes each one unique'. Suggestion: simplify clauses, keep present perfect 'have always liked' and use clear relative clauses and verbs.