Part 1
Examiner
Do you have any hobbies?
Candidate
Yes I do. I like working out, especially gymnastics and dancing. I usually do gymnastics and dance after university every day. And I like it, helps me stay healthy.
Examiner
Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes I did. I enjoyed swimming and learning and skiing because I learned swimming at a local club and especially during the summer I usually swam swam in the pool.
Examiner
Do you have a hobby that you've had since childhood?
Candidate
Yes I do. I have enjoyed skiing since I was a child because my mother was an instructor who taught how to skiing. So I still love skiing and I usually go to the mountains on weekends during winter.
Examiner
Do you have the same hobbies as your family members?
Candidate
Yes, I do. My old family members enjoy skiing in winter because my parents are good skiers and they taught me how to ski when I was a child. We usually go skiing. To Nagano.
Do you have any hobbies?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: 全体としては明確に趣味を伝えられていますが、自然さと流暢さ、文の繋がりを改善するとさらに良くなります。具体的には: 1) トピック文を簡潔にし、続けて理由や頻度を接続詞でつなぐ(例:“because”, “so”, “and”の使い方を調整)。 2) 冗長な表現(“I like it, helps me stay healthy”)を結合して自然な一文にする。助動詞と主語を明確に保つ。 3) 語彙を少し広げて、どのように健康に役立つか具体例を加える(e.g. improve stamina, flexibility)。
Example: Yes, I do. I enjoy working out, especially gymnastics and dancing, because they improve my flexibility and stamina. I usually practice them after university every day, so they help me stay healthy and relieve stress.
Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: 回答は内容を伝えていますが、言い回しの誤りと冗長さ、語順の問題が見られます。改善点: 1) “swimming and learning and skiing”は不自然なので、学んだ活動を整理して述べる。例えば“swimming and skiing”に統一する。 2) 同語の重複(“swam swam”)を除去し、過去の習慣は過去形で簡潔に述べる。 3) 補足情報は具体的に、接続詞(because, especially, during)を適切に配置する。
Example: Yes, I did. I enjoyed swimming and skiing as a child because I learned swimming at a local club. In the summer I usually swam in the pool, which helped me build confidence in the water.
Do you have a hobby that you've had since childhood?
Score: 82.0Suggestion: 内容は明確で理由と現在の習慣をつなげられていますが、表現の自然さと文法を改善できます。具体的には: 1) “who taught how to skiing”は不自然なので、“who taught me to ski”のように目的語を加える。 2) 接続詞を滑らかに使い、文の繋がりを自然にする(e.g. “because”, “so”の使い方を調整)。 3) もう一文だけ加えて、具体的な場所や頻度の詳細を述べると説得力が増す。
Example: Yes, I do. I've enjoyed skiing since I was a child because my mother was a ski instructor who taught me to ski. I still love it, and during winter I usually go to the mountains on weekends, often returning to the same resort with my family.
Do you have the same hobbies as your family members?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 趣旨は伝わりますが、語句の選択と文のつながりに問題があります。改善点: 1) “old family members”は不自然なので“my family”や“older family members”とする。 2) 文を繋げる際に短く切れた文(“We usually go skiing. To Nagano.”)を避け、前置詞句を文に組み込む。 3) 具体性を追加し、頻度や雰囲気を一文でまとめることで自然さを高める。
Example: Yes, I do. My family also enjoys skiing in winter because my parents are experienced skiers who taught me when I was a child. We usually go skiing together, often traveling to Nagano for a weekend trip.
× I like working out, especially gymnastics and dancing.
✓ I like working out, especially gymnastics and dancing.
The sentence is acceptable; no change needed. 'Working out' and gerunds 'gymnastics' and 'dancing' are correctly used to describe hobbies. Suggestion: None.
× I usually do gymnastics and dance after university every day.
✓ I usually do gymnastics and dance after university every day.
The present simple tense is appropriate for habitual actions. No correction required. Suggestion: None.
× And I like it, helps me stay healthy.
✓ And I like it because it helps me stay healthy.
The original is a comma splice and missing a conjunction. Combine clauses with 'because' to show cause-effect and include the subject 'it' before 'helps'. Suggestion: Use a conjunction (e.g., because) or make two separate sentences.
× I enjoyed swimming and learning and skiing because I learned swimming at a local club and especially during the summer I usually swam swam in the pool.
✓ I enjoyed swimming and skiing because I learned to swim at a local club, and especially during the summer I usually swam in the pool.
Errors: unnecessary repetition 'swam swam', incorrect use of 'learning' (unclear), and inappropriate verb form 'learned swimming' instead of 'learned to swim'. Use past simple for past habits. Reorder and remove repetition. Suggestion: Use 'learned to swim' and remove duplicated words; keep consistent past tense.
× I have enjoyed skiing since I was a child because my mother was an instructor who taught how to skiing.
✓ I have enjoyed skiing since I was a child because my mother was an instructor who taught me how to ski.
Use present perfect 'have enjoyed' for an action continuing from past to present (correct). Error: 'taught how to skiing' is ungrammatical. Correct structure is 'taught me how to ski' — include object and base verb after 'to'. Suggestion: Use 'taught me how to ski'.
× So I still love skiing and I usually go to the mountains on weekends during winter.
✓ So I still love skiing and I usually go to the mountains on weekends during winter.
Sentence is grammatically correct. Present simple is appropriate for current habitual actions. Suggestion: None.
× My old family members enjoy skiing in winter because my parents are good skiers and they taught me how to ski when I was a child.
✓ My family members enjoy skiing in winter because my parents are good skiers and they taught me how to ski when I was a child.
'Old family members' is unnatural; use 'my family members' or 'my family'. The rest is correct. 'Old' changes meaning and is unnecessary. Suggestion: Remove 'old' unless you intend to emphasize age.
× We usually go skiing. To Nagano.
✓ We usually go skiing in Nagano.
Fragment 'To Nagano.' should be combined with the previous sentence. Use a prepositional phrase 'in Nagano' or 'to Nagano' attached to the verb: 'We usually go skiing in Nagano' or 'We usually go skiing in Nagano on weekends.' Suggestion: Avoid sentence fragments; attach location phrase to main sentence.