Part 1
考官
Did you like going to parks as a child?
考生
No, we didn't have parks in our neighborhood, but I would have liked one. If there were parks, I think I would spend most of my time playing games and riding bikes with my friends.
考官
Do you still like going to parks now?
考生
Yes I do, in fact this weekend I went to Crocodile Park and Philippine Eagle Foundation so these are park like reserves and I enjoyed it because umm I'm one with nature and I see by.
考官
Would you like to see more parks in your city?
考生
Yes I would, it would help our community to reduce the stress and improve our mental well-being. In fact, uh, for instance, I would prefer green spaces with gym equipments because it would encourage the community to move more and be physically healthy.
考官
Are there any parks you want to go to in the future?
考生
Rather than going to the parks, I would prefer to go to the Amazon rainforest. It has been my dream to go to the, uh, Amazon rainforest because I want to immerse myself in nature, be one in nature, and I want to see the wildlife up close and be away with the city life.
Did you like going to parks as a child?
分數: 78.0建議: Your answer directly addresses the question and gives a clear imaginary scenario, which is good. To improve, make the language more natural by tightening phrasing, reducing conditional repetition, and adding one specific detail to support your idea. Avoid long hypothetical chains and filler words.
範例: No, we didn't have any parks where I grew up, but I would have loved one. If there had been a park nearby, I probably would have spent afternoons playing tag and riding my bike with neighborhood friends, especially during weekends.
Do you still like going to parks now?
分數: 64.0建議: You answer the question positively and give a recent example, which is good. Improve clarity and fluency by removing fillers (“umm”), correcting unclear phrases, and giving a concise reason and one specific detail about what you did or saw. Use linking words to connect ideas.
範例: Yes, I still enjoy going to parks. For example, this weekend I visited Crocodile Park and the Philippine Eagle Foundation — they are reserve-like parks — and I enjoyed walking among the trees and watching native birds up close.
Would you like to see more parks in your city?
分數: 82.0建議: This is a well-structured answer with reasons and a specific preference. To improve, remove fillers, tighten phrasing, and use a smoother linking phrase. Replace vague words with precise terms (e.g., “outdoor fitness equipment”).
範例: Yes, I would. More parks would help reduce stress and improve people's mental well-being. For example, I prefer green spaces fitted with outdoor fitness equipment because they encourage residents to exercise regularly and stay healthier.
Are there any parks you want to go to in the future?
分數: 75.0建議: Your answer is personal and detailed, which is good. Improve by removing hesitation, avoiding repetition (“immerse” and “be one in nature”), and using a clearer reason and a brief specific activity you want to do. Keep it concise and coherent.
範例: Instead of a local park, I would love to visit the Amazon rainforest. It has always been my dream because I want to experience dense jungle wildlife up close and spend several days hiking and birdwatching away from city life.
× If there were parks, I think I would spend most of my time playing games and riding bikes with my friends.
✓ If there had been parks, I think I would have spent most of my time playing games and riding bikes with my friends.
This is a conditional sentence about the past. The original mixes past unreal condition with a present conditional result. Use past perfect in the if-clause and perfect conditional in the result to show an unreal past situation: 'If there had been... I would have spent...'. Suggestion: For past hypothetical situations, use 'If + past perfect' and 'would have + past participle'.
× Yes I do, in fact this weekend I went to Crocodile Park and Philippine Eagle Foundation so these are park like reserves and I enjoyed it because umm I'm one with nature and I see by.
✓ Yes I do. In fact, this weekend I went to Crocodile Park and the Philippine Eagle Foundation, which are park-like reserves, and I enjoyed them because I felt at one with nature and I could see wildlife up close.
Several issues: 1) Run-on sentence should be split for clarity (sentence structure). 2) 'these are' should be 'which are' to link the visited places to the description (relative clause). 3) 'park like' needs a hyphen: 'park-like' (adjective formation). 4) Pronoun agreement: 'I enjoyed it' should be 'I enjoyed them' because it refers to multiple places (singular/plural). 5) 'I'm one with nature' is awkward in this past context—use past 'felt at one with nature' (tense). 6) 'I see by' is incorrect/unclear; likely intended 'I could see wildlife up close' (verb choice and completeness). Suggestion: Keep tense consistent (past) when describing past experiences, ensure pronoun agreement, and use hyphenation for compound adjectives.
× Yes I would, it would help our community to reduce the stress and improve our mental well-being.
✓ Yes I would. It would help our community reduce stress and improve our mental well-being.
Unnecessary use of 'to' after 'help' is acceptable but the phrase 'reduce the stress' is more natural as 'reduce stress' (article use and collocation). Also, sentence should be split for clarity. Suggestion: Use 'help [someone] do [something]' or 'help to do'—both are possible, but choose concise 'help our community reduce stress'.
× In fact, uh, for instance, I would prefer green spaces with gym equipments because it would encourage the community to move more and be physically healthy.
✓ In fact, I would prefer green spaces with gym equipment because they would encourage the community to exercise more and become healthier.
'Gym equipments' is incorrect: 'equipment' is an uncountable noun and should not take an 's'. Also, 'it would encourage the community' mismatches plural noun 'green spaces'—use 'they would encourage'. 'Move more and be physically healthy' is awkward; prefer 'exercise more and become healthier' for natural phrasing. Suggestion: Use uncountable nouns correctly and ensure subject-verb agreement with plural nouns.
× Rather than going to the parks, I would prefer to go to the Amazon rainforest.
✓ Rather than going to parks, I would prefer to go to the Amazon rainforest.
Minor article/number issue: 'the parks' implies specific parks whereas context contrasts parks generally; dropping 'the' makes the sentence more natural. This relates also to article usage (22), but here the correction improves naturalness. Suggestion: Use articles carefully: omit 'the' when speaking about parks in general.
× It has been my dream to go to the, uh, Amazon rainforest because I want to immerse myself in nature, be one in nature, and I want to see the wildlife up close and be away with the city life.
✓ It has been my dream to go to the Amazon rainforest because I want to immerse myself in nature, be one with nature, see wildlife up close, and get away from city life.
Problems: 1) Unnecessary comma before 'Amazon' removed. 2) 'be one in nature' incorrect collocation—use 'be one with nature'. 3) 'see the wildlife up close' better as 'see wildlife up close' (article optional; plural 'wildlife' often uncountable). 4) 'be away with the city life' is incorrect preposition and collocation—use 'get away from city life'. Also maintain parallel structure in the list of verbs: 'immerse..., be..., see..., get...' Suggestion: Use correct idiomatic expressions ('one with nature', 'get away from') and maintain parallel verb forms in lists.