Part 1
考官
Did you have any opportunities to take part in new activities as a child?
考生
Absolutely. I had many opportunities to try new activities as a child because my parents always encouraged me to try different things, such as playing sports and taking piano lessons. Those experience helping me discover my interest and develop new skills and confidence.
考官
Should people try as many different things as they can?
考生
Absolutely, people should try many different thing as they possible, uh, because it helps them to, uh, discover their interest and understand their ability. Uh, those activities also develop practical skills and improve self-confidence. It also they can makes new friends and, uh.
Did you have any opportunities to take part in new activities as a child?
分數: 72.0建議: Your answer responds directly and includes a clear reason and specific examples. However, correct the grammar: “Those experience” should be “Those experiences,” and “helping me” should be “helped me.” Use a more natural phrase such as “develop my interests” instead of “discover my interest.” You could also add one specific result, such as explaining which activity you enjoyed most or what skill you gained.
範例: Absolutely. My parents gave me plenty of opportunities to try new activities when I was a child. For example, I played basketball and took piano lessons, which helped me discover my interest in music and become more confident. Although I did not continue with both activities, I learned how to practise regularly and work toward a goal.
Should people try as many different things as they can?
分數: 62.0建議: You give a clear opinion and several relevant reasons, but the answer contains grammatical errors, hesitation, repetition, and an unfinished sentence. Correct “many different thing” to “many different things,” “as they possible” to “as they can,” and “It also they can makes” to “They can also make.” Use linking words such as “Moreover” and finish with a specific example or qualification. Avoid saying “as many as they can” without considering that people may have limited time or money.
範例: Yes, I think people should try a variety of activities because this helps them discover their interests and understand their strengths. Moreover, new experiences can develop practical skills, build self-confidence, and help people make friends. For example, someone who joins a sports club may improve their teamwork and communication skills. However, they should choose activities that suit their time and budget rather than trying everything.
× Those experience helping me discover my interest and develop new skills and confidence.
✓ Those experiences helped me discover my interests and develop new skills and confidence.
The demonstrative determiner those must be followed by a plural noun, so experience should be experiences. Interests is plural because the speaker is referring to more than one area of interest.
× Those experience helping me discover my interest and develop new skills and confidence.
✓ Those experiences helped me discover my interests and develop new skills and confidence.
The sentence describes experiences during the speaker's childhood, so the past-tense verb helped is required. Helping cannot function as the main verb here without an auxiliary verb.
× Absolutely, people should try many different thing as they possible, uh, because it helps them to, uh, discover their interest and understand their ability.
✓ Absolutely, people should try as many different things as they possibly can because it helps them discover their interests and understand their abilities.
Possible is an adjective, but an adverb is needed before can, so possibly is correct. The standard structure is as many things as they possibly can. Also, things, interests, and abilities are plural because the sentence refers to multiple items or areas.
× Absolutely, people should try many different thing as they possible, uh, because it helps them to, uh, discover their interest and understand their ability.
✓ Absolutely, people should try as many different things as they possibly can because it helps them discover their interests and understand their abilities.
When referring to countable plural nouns such as things, the appropriate quantifier structure is as many ... as. Many different thing is incorrect because thing must be plural after many.
× It also they can makes new friends and, uh.
✓ They can also make new friends.
The original sentence contains two subjects, it and they, and the word order is incorrect. Use they as the subject, followed by the modal verb can and the base verb make. The unfinished ending should also be removed.
× It also they can makes new friends and, uh.
✓ They can also make new friends.
A modal verb such as can must be followed by the base form of a verb. Therefore, can makes is incorrect; can make is correct.
× It also they can makes new friends and, uh.
✓ They can also make new friends.
The adverb also is normally placed after the modal verb can and before the main verb make in this sentence: can also make.