Part 1
考官
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
考生
No I don't had a biker when I was child. I used to play with my friends then I don't need the bike anymore. Although there are very tough bike paths when I was very young I ride a a small cycle.
考官
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
考生
Yes, I believe that, uh, bikes are very popular in our country. Uh, a lots of youngsters, uh, including women ride bike and make umm, biking videos to promote their career. So yes, bike are very popular in our country. Uh, and it's was the hobby of a lot of people to ride bike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
分數: 38.0建議: Answer directly and keep your timeline clear. Use the past tense for childhood experiences (for example, “didn’t have” and “rode”), and avoid contradicting yourself: explain whether you had a bike or rode one occasionally. Add one relevant detail, such as where you rode it or why you didn’t use it often. Check articles and phrasing, such as “as a child” and “a small bicycle.”
範例: I didn’t have my own bike as a child, although I sometimes rode a small one that belonged to a relative. I usually preferred playing with my friends, so I didn’t ride very often. The roads near my home were quite difficult for cycling.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
分數: 52.0建議: Give a clear answer, then support it with one specific reason or example. Reduce fillers and repetition, and avoid repeating that bikes are popular in several sentences. Use accurate plural forms and verb agreement: “a lot of young people,” “ride bikes,” and “bikes are.” The phrase “promote their career” is unclear here; explain what the videos promote, or give a more direct reason for cycling’s popularity.
範例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among young people. Many people ride them for exercise or as an inexpensive way to get around. Some cyclists also post videos of their rides on social media, which may encourage others to take up cycling.
× No I don't had a biker when I was child.
✓ No, I didn't have a biker when I was a child.
The question asks about the past, so use the past-tense auxiliary didn't followed by the base verb have. Don't had is not a correct verb form.
× No I don't had a biker when I was child.
✓ No, I didn't have a biker when I was a child.
Child is a singular countable noun, so it needs an article here. Use a before child.
× I used to play with my friends then I don't need the bike anymore.
✓ I used to play with my friends then I didn't need the bike anymore.
The sentence describes a past situation, so use the past-tense form didn't need rather than don't need.
× Although there are very tough bike paths when I was very young I ride a a small cycle.
✓ Although there were very tough bike paths when I was very young, I rode a small cycle.
The reference to when I was very young places the events in the past. Use were instead of are to match the past time frame.
× Although there are very tough bike paths when I was very young I ride a a small cycle.
✓ Although there were very tough bike paths when I was very young, I rode a small cycle.
The action happened when the speaker was young, so the past-tense form rode is needed instead of ride.
× Although there are very tough bike paths when I was very young I ride a a small cycle.
✓ Although there were very tough bike paths when I was very young, I rode a small cycle.
The article a is repeated. Use it only once before the singular noun phrase small cycle.
× A lots of youngsters, uh, including women ride bike and make umm, biking videos to promote their career.
✓ A lot of youngsters, uh, including women ride bikes and make umm, biking videos to promote their career.
Use a lot of, not a lots of. In this expression, lot is singular and does not take a plural s.
× A lots of youngsters, uh, including women ride bike and make umm, biking videos to promote their career. So yes, bike are very popular in our country.
✓ A lot of youngsters, uh, including women ride bikes and make umm, biking videos to promote their career. So yes, bikes are very popular in our country.
When speaking about bicycles generally, use the plural noun bikes. The original uses the singular form bike where the plural is required.
× Uh, and it's was the hobby of a lot of people to ride bike.
✓ Uh, and it was the hobby of a lot of people to ride bikes.
Use it was for the past-tense form. It's means it is or it has, so it cannot be used together with was.
× Uh, and it's was the hobby of a lot of people to ride bike.
✓ Uh, and it was the hobby of a lot of people to ride bikes.
For a general statement about cycling, use the plural noun bikes rather than the singular bike without an article.