Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father, he would always take me to the park for renting some bicycle for me for some daily practice to let me handle with some bicycle skills.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, China. It is because the place are very big in every city. People are usually used bicycle for their daily transportation for going to school and go back to home and this is very popular in my country.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 58.0建議: Answer directly and avoid repetition such as “my father, he.” Use natural collocations: say “rent a bike,” “practice riding,” and “develop my cycling skills” rather than “renting some bicycle” and “handle with some bicycle skills.” Keep the response to two or three clear sentences and connect the contrast with “however” or “although.”
範例: No, I didn’t have my own bike as a child. However, my father often took me to the park, where we rented a bike so I could practise riding and improve my cycling skills.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 52.0建議: Give a clear reason using accurate grammar and more precise vocabulary. Replace “the place are very big” with a relevant explanation, such as “bikes are convenient and affordable in large cities.” Use “people use bicycles,” not “people are usually used bicycle,” and avoid repeating “popular in my country.”
範例: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in China, especially in large cities. They are convenient and affordable, and many people use them to commute to school or work. In addition, bike-sharing services have made cycling even more common.
× No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father, he would always take me to the park for renting some bicycle for me for some daily practice to let me handle with some bicycle skills.
✓ No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father would always take me to the park to rent a bicycle for me to practice riding.
After take someone to a place, use the infinitive with to to express purpose: to rent, not for renting. Removing the repeated subject my father also makes the sentence grammatically smoother.
× No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father, he would always take me to the park for renting some bicycle for me for some daily practice to let me handle with some bicycle skills.
✓ No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father would always take me to the park to rent a bicycle for me to practice riding.
My father and he are both subjects referring to the same person. In standard English, do not repeat the subject with a second pronoun in this structure.
× No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father, he would always take me to the park for renting some bicycle for me for some daily practice to let me handle with some bicycle skills.
✓ No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father would always take me to the park to rent a bicycle for me to practice riding.
Some is normally used with plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns. Because bicycle is a singular countable noun here, use a bicycle instead of some bicycle.
× No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father, he would always take me to the park for renting some bicycle for me for some daily practice to let me handle with some bicycle skills.
✓ No, I didn't have my own bike when I was a child, but my father would always take me to the park to rent a bicycle for me to practice riding.
Handle is not normally followed by with when you mean learn or use a skill. Practice riding is the natural expression in this context.
× Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, China. It is because the place are very big in every city.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, China. This is because the cities are very large.
The original subject place is singular, but it is followed by the plural verb are. The corrected sentence uses the plural subject cities with are and expresses the intended meaning more naturally.
× Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, China. It is because the place are very big in every city.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, China. This is because the cities are very large.
The phrase the place is not appropriate when referring generally to urban areas in a country. Use the cities to refer to the cities being discussed.
× People are usually used bicycle for their daily transportation for going to school and go back to home and this is very popular in my country.
✓ People usually use bicycles for daily transportation to go to school and back home, and this is very popular in my country.
People are the ones performing the action, so active voice is required: people use bicycles. Are used incorrectly creates a passive structure and changes the meaning.
× People are usually used bicycle for their daily transportation for going to school and go back to home and this is very popular in my country.
✓ People usually use bicycles for daily transportation to go to school and back home, and this is very popular in my country.
Bicycles are being discussed in general, so the plural form bicycles is needed instead of the singular bicycle.
× People are usually used bicycle for their daily transportation for going to school and go back to home and this is very popular in my country.
✓ People usually use bicycles for daily transportation to go to school and going back home, and this is very popular in my country.
The two activities should have parallel forms after the purpose phrase: going to school and going back home. Using going in both parts creates a consistent grammatical structure.
× People are usually used bicycle for their daily transportation for going to school and go back to home and this is very popular in my country.
✓ People usually use bicycles for daily transportation to go to school and back home, and this is very popular in my country.
When home follows verbs such as go or come, do not use the preposition to. The correct expression is go back home, not go back to home.