Part 1
Examiner
What is your favourite food?
Candidate
My favorite food is sushi. I like it because there is a wide variety of fresh fish to choose from and sushi is a traditional Japanese dish often enjoy on special occasions and celebrations. Therefore, I really love sushi.
Examiner
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Candidate
My favorite food was sushi because there is a wide variety of fresh fish and I love that variety flavor of fatty tuna. We often enjoyed sushi at family celebrations, festivals so it has always felt special and festive to me.
Examiner
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Candidate
In winter I usually have hot pot with seafood and sea beer or wine because it's warming and comforting and helps me stay warm. In summer I prefer cold noodles there are light, refreshing and help me beat the heat.
Examiner
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Candidate
When I was a child I didn't like carrots, especially carrots grasses because they had a strong, slightly acidic smell and texture. Also not good. Now I can eat them if they are cooked as rapid, but I still don't particularly.
What is your favourite food?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: 答えは明確で自然ですが、文法ミスと冗長さがあります。具体的には「often enjoy」は主語が必要で「sushi is a traditional Japanese dish often enjoyed on special occasions」とすべきです。また、最後の「Therefore, I really love sushi.」は繰り返しに感じられるので、理由を一文でまとめて簡潔に終えると良いです。語彙は適切ですが、例や短い比較(例えば好きなネタ)を加えるとより具体的になります。発音や流暢さの練習では、文を区切って自然なリズムで話す訓練をしてください。
Example: I love sushi because it offers a wide variety of fresh fish and delicate flavors, and it’s a traditional Japanese dish often enjoyed at special occasions. For example, I especially like salmon nigiri for its rich taste.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: 内容は良いですが、時制や語順の誤り、単語の選び方に注意が必要です。過去の話なので「there was」「I loved」が自然です。「variety flavor of fatty tuna」は不自然で、「the rich flavor of fatty tuna」などに直してください。また、文を2つに分けて接続詞(for example, so)を適切に使うと流れがよくなります。具体的な思い出(何歳のとき、どんな行事)を一つ加えると説得力が増します。
Example: When I was a child, my favourite food was sushi because there was a wide variety of fresh fish and I loved the rich flavor of fatty tuna. We often ate sushi at family celebrations, such as my grandmother’s birthday, which made it feel very special.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: 答えは季節ごとの違いを示しており内容は良いですが、文法と結合が不自然です。「sea beer」は意味不明なので修正が必要です(おそらく“seafood and beer”の意)。文章を短く区切り、接続詞を適切に使ってください(e.g. “In winter... because...; in summer...”)。具体性を高めるために、どんな具材やどの料理名を挙げると良いです。発音練習でリズムを整え、句読点の位置で短く区切って話す練習をしてください。
Example: In winter I usually eat hot pot with seafood and drink beer or wine because it’s warming and comforting. In summer I prefer cold noodles, which are light and refreshing and help me beat the heat.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Score: 50.0Suggestion: この回答は質問に直接答えていない("Has your favourite food changed?"に対し変化の有無を明確に述べる必要があります)。文法と語彙の誤りが多く、意味が取りにくい箇所("carrots grasses", "as rapid")があります。まずは簡潔に「Yes/No, ...」で始め、変化の理由を一つか二つ具体的に述べてください。例えば、調理法の違い(生より加熱した方が食べやすい)を理由に挙げると良いです。練習では正しい単語(grassy? raw?)と表現("I didn’t like carrots when I was a child, but now I do when they’re cooked.")を覚えてください。
Example: Yes, my taste has changed. When I was a child I didn’t like carrots because of their smell and crunchy texture, but now I can eat them when they are cooked, such as steamed or roasted, because they become sweeter and softer.
× My favorite food is sushi. I like it because there is a wide variety of fresh fish to choose from and sushi is a traditional Japanese dish often enjoy on special occasions and celebrations.
✓ My favorite food is sushi. I like it because there is a wide variety of fresh fish to choose from, and sushi is a traditional Japanese dish often enjoyed on special occasions and celebrations.
The clause 'often enjoy' is missing the correct verb form for passive/participial use; it should be 'often enjoyed' (past participle) to modify 'sushi'. Use a comma before the coordinating conjunction 'and' joining two independent clauses. Suggestion: use past participle after 'is' to form a reduced relative clause and include the comma for clarity.
× My favorite food was sushi because there is a wide variety of fresh fish and I love that variety flavor of fatty tuna.
✓ My favorite food was sushi because there was a wide variety of fresh fish, and I loved the variety of flavors in fatty tuna.
Tense inconsistency: the question asks about the past, so use past tense 'was' and 'was' instead of 'is', and match 'loved' to past. 'Variety flavor' is ungrammatical; correct phrases are 'variety of flavors' or 'flavor variety'. Also add a comma before 'and' joining clauses.
× We often enjoyed sushi at family celebrations, festivals so it has always felt special and festive to me.
✓ We often enjoyed sushi at family celebrations and festivals, so it has always felt special and festive to me.
Missing conjunction 'and' between 'celebrations' and 'festivals' creates a run-on. Also punctuation needed: add comma before 'so'. 'Has always felt' is present perfect and acceptable to express lasting impression; keep tense. Suggestion: connect list items with 'and' and separate clauses properly with a comma.
× In winter I usually have hot pot with seafood and sea beer or wine because it's warming and comforting and helps me stay warm.
✓ In winter I usually have hot pot with seafood and drink beer or wine because it's warming, comforting, and helps me stay warm.
The phrase 'sea beer' is incorrect word choice; likely intended 'drink beer'. Also parallelism: list 'warming and comforting and helps' mixes adjectives and verb phrase; include commas and ensure parallel structure: 'warming, comforting, and helps' is acceptable because 'helps' refers to the whole clause—better: 'because it's warming and comforting and helps me stay warm' or make items parallel as corrected. Suggestion: use correct verb 'drink' and maintain parallel structure with commas.
× In summer I prefer cold noodles there are light, refreshing and help me beat the heat.
✓ In summer I prefer cold noodles; they are light, refreshing, and help me beat the heat.
Run-on sentence: two independent clauses 'I prefer cold noodles' and 'they are light...' need separation with a semicolon, period, or conjunction. Also maintain parallel list with commas and include 'they' as subject for the second clause.
× When I was a child I didn't like carrots, especially carrots grasses because they had a strong, slightly acidic smell and texture.
✓ When I was a child I didn't like carrots, especially carrot grasses, because they had a strong, slightly acidic smell and texture.
Awkward noun phrase 'carrots grasses' probably intended 'carrot grasses' (singular noun as a type). Keep past tense 'didn't like' and 'had'. Add commas to set off the phrase 'especially carrot grasses'. Suggestion: use correct noun form and punctuation.
× Also not good.
✓ They were also not good.
Sentence fragment missing subject and verb. Complete the sentence by supplying subject 'they' and verb 'were' to match past tense. Suggestion: avoid fragments by ensuring each sentence has at least a subject and a verb.
× Now I can eat them if they are cooked as rapid, but I still don't particularly.
✓ Now I can eat them if they are cooked quickly, but I still don't particularly enjoy them.
'As rapid' is incorrect collocation; use the adverb 'quickly' (verb + -ly) to modify 'cooked'. The clause 'I still don't particularly' is incomplete—needs an object or verb such as 'enjoy them'. Also use consistent verb forms. Suggestion: use correct adverb and complete the clause with the appropriate verb and pronoun.