Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yes, I had a bike and I loved to ride it with my friends since I was young.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
I think it's not popular in my country. In my town it has a lot of vehicles as cars and motorcycles on the road if you lie by, it's very dangerous to do it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 82.0建議: Your answer is clear, direct, and grammatically accurate overall. However, “since I was young” is slightly awkward because you are talking about a past period; use “when I was young” instead. You could also add one specific detail, such as where you rode your bike or why you enjoyed it, to make the answer more developed and natural.
範例: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I really enjoyed riding it with my friends. We often cycled around our neighborhood after school, especially at the weekends. It was a fun way to spend time together and get some exercise.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 52.0建議: Answer the question directly with “Bikes aren’t very popular in my country.” Avoid the incorrect structure “it’s not popular” and use the plural subject “bikes.” The phrase “as cars and motorcycles” should be replaced with “such as cars and motorcycles,” and “if you lie by” appears to be a mistake; say “if you ride a bike.” Use linking words such as “because” and provide a specific reason, such as heavy traffic or a lack of bike lanes.
範例: No, bikes aren’t very popular in my country because the roads in my town are usually crowded with cars and motorcycles. In addition, there aren’t many dedicated bike lanes, so cycling can be quite dangerous. As a result, most people prefer to use cars or motorbikes for transportation.
× Yes, I had a bike and I loved to ride it with my friends since I was young.
✓ Yes, I had a bike, and I loved riding it with my friends when I was young.
The answer refers to a completed period in the past. Since usually introduces a starting point that continues up to a later time, so when is more appropriate with the past-tense verb loved. You can use when for a finished past period and since with a continuing time period, usually alongside the present perfect.
× I think it's not popular in my country.
✓ I don't think bikes are popular in my country.
The question asks about bikes, which is plural, so the pronoun it does not agree with the noun bikes. Use the plural noun bikes or the plural pronoun they. The structure I don't think bikes are popular is also more natural than I think it's not popular.
× In my town it has a lot of vehicles as cars and motorcycles on the road if you lie by, it's very dangerous to do it.
✓ In my town, there are many vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles, on the roads. If you ride a bike there, it is very dangerous.
Use there are to introduce the existence of plural vehicles. The subject it cannot be used with has to describe the presence of vehicles in this sentence. Also, ride a bike is the correct expression, and the original sentence needs to be divided because it contains multiple ideas joined without proper sentence structure.
× In my town it has a lot of vehicles as cars and motorcycles on the road if you lie by, it's very dangerous to do it.
✓ In my town, there are many vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles, on the roads. If you ride a bike there, it is very dangerous.
The phrase on the roads is more suitable when referring generally to the roads in a town. The word there correctly refers back to the town or the roads mentioned previously. Pay attention to prepositions that show location, such as in for towns and on for roads.
× In my town it has a lot of vehicles as cars and motorcycles on the road if you lie by, it's very dangerous to do it.
✓ In my town, there are many vehicles, such as cars and motorcycles, on the roads. If you ride a bike there, it is very dangerous.
The original sentence is a run-on sentence because several complete ideas are connected without appropriate punctuation or a suitable conjunction. Separate the ideas into two sentences. Use commas around such as cars and motorcycles because this phrase gives examples, and use the conditional structure If you ride a bike there, it is very dangerous.