Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
Yes I did. I had a bike when I was in secondary school. I used my bike as my major way to go to school. It was about 10 minutes ride.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
I think so, because you know in China there are a lot of shared bikes. So shared bikes can be a complementary as the public transport. For example, you have 10 minutes works away from the subway station to your Disney.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 78.0建議: Answer directly and add a specific detail, as you did. For more natural phrasing, say “my main way of getting to school” rather than “my major way to go to school,” and use “a 10-minute ride” or “about 10 minutes by bike.”
範例: Yes, I did. I had a bike when I was in secondary school, and it was my main way of getting to school. The ride took about ten minutes, so it was really convenient.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 55.0建議: Your example about shared bikes is relevant, but the final sentence is difficult to understand. Say “a complement to public transport,” not “a complementary,” and use “a 10-minute walk” instead of “10 minutes works.” Explain that bikes help people travel to or from a station; avoid “your Disney” unless you mean a specific destination.
範例: Yes, I think bikes are popular in China, especially shared bikes in cities. They complement public transport because people can use them to travel between a subway station and their destination. For instance, a shared bike is handy if your home or workplace is a ten-minute walk from the station.
× It was about 10 minutes ride.
✓ It was about a 10-minute ride.
Ride is a singular countable noun, so it needs the article a. When a time expression comes before a noun as a modifier, use the singular form and hyphenate it: 10-minute ride.
× So shared bikes can be a complementary as the public transport.
✓ So shared bikes can be a complement to public transportation.
Complementary is an adjective, but the phrase a requires a noun. Use complement. The usual construction is a complement to something.
× So shared bikes can be a complementary as the public transport.
✓ So shared bikes can be a complement to public transportation.
Use to after the noun complement to show what something complements. Do not use as in this construction.
× So shared bikes can be a complementary as the public transport.
✓ So shared bikes can be a complement to public transportation.
When referring to public transportation in general, the definite article the is usually unnecessary. Use public transportation.
× For example, you have 10 minutes works away from the subway station to your Disney.
✓ For example, if your destination is a 10-minute walk from the subway station, you can ride a shared bike there.
The original sentence does not form a clear, grammatical structure: you have 10 minutes works away does not correctly express distance, and the relationship between the subway station and the destination is unclear. Use a 10-minute walk from the station to describe the distance, and make the destination the subject of the if-clause.