Part 1
Examiner
Are there tall buildings near your home?
Candidate
Yes, there are tall buildings near my home. I'm living an apartment and there is 100 cross buildings near my home and I love to take pictures as I mentioned earlier on a portable person.
Examiner
Do you take photos of buildings?
Candidate
I like to take photos of buildings because it's a beautiful view of the tall buildings. For example, I'm living in a apartment and I captures the, uh, photos of the beautiful view, specially at the night times when the light, light lights are, uh, turning on. And I love to take picture at that time. I really love to take pictures.
Examiner
Is there a building that you would like to visit?
Candidate
Yes, I really like to visit the sea and tower building uh the most highest building in the uh Toronto city. I really like to visit there uh it's some uh, it's a unique experience. I saw uh the pictures in the mobile or TV. The building is very tall and the view is so, so beautiful. So I love to visit.
Examiner
Do you want to live in a tall building?
Candidate
Why not? I really like to live in a tall building because a tall building provide a free of course view. I can say that it's free of course, because we can like we can view all the city through this building. So I think it's a good opportunity.
Are there tall buildings near your home?
Score: 55.0Suggestion: Make the answer more natural and accurate: begin with a clear topic sentence, correct grammar (e.g. 'I live in an apartment'), avoid vague or confused phrases ('100 cross buildings', 'portable person'), and add one brief specific detail. Keep it under five sentences and use linking words if adding details.
Example: Yes, there are several tall buildings near my home. I live in an apartment on the fourth floor, and about a dozen high-rise blocks surround my building. Because of that, I sometimes enjoy walking outside to take photos of the skyline.
Do you take photos of buildings?
Score: 50.0Suggestion: Be concise and correct tense and article use. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one specific example using linking words like 'for example' or 'especially'. Reduce repetition and hesitations. Use accurate vocabulary (e.g. 'at night' not 'at the night times').
Example: Yes, I often photograph buildings because their shapes and lights are interesting. For example, I especially enjoy taking pictures at night when the windows and streetlights create a dramatic cityscape.
Is there a building that you would like to visit?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: Give a clear named example and explain why succinctly. Avoid fillers ('uh') and vague phrases ('sea and tower building'). Use linking words ('because', 'for example') and one precise reason or memory to support your answer.
Example: Yes, I would like to visit the CN Tower in Toronto because it is the city's tallest building. I have seen photos of the observation deck on TV, and I think the panoramic view of the city and lake would be an unforgettable experience.
Do you want to live in a tall building?
Score: 58.0Suggestion: Answer directly, correct grammar (subject-verb agreement, articles), and avoid repeating the same idea. Give one clear reason and one supporting detail using a linking word like 'because' or 'for example'. Keep it to two or three sentences.
Example: Yes, I would like to live in a tall building because it offers great views of the city. For example, from a high floor I could see surrounding parks and the river, which would make the apartment feel more open and pleasant.
× Yes, there are tall buildings near my home.
✓ Yes, there are tall buildings near my home.
No correction needed; sentence correctly uses 'there are' with plural noun. Included for completeness.
× I'm living an apartment and there is 100 cross buildings near my home and I love to take pictures as I mentioned earlier on a portable person.
✓ I live in an apartment, and there are about 100 tall buildings near my home, and I love to take pictures as I mentioned earlier on my phone.
Errors: 'I'm living' is unnatural for a permanent state — use simple present 'I live' (Present tense issue, ID 6). 'an apartment' needs preposition 'in' and article 'an' is correct but phrase order required. 'there is 100 cross buildings' should be 'there are about 100 tall buildings' — number requires plural verb 'are' (There be issue, ID 3 and Subject-verb agreement, ID 27) and 'about' approximates number. 'cross' and 'portable person' are incorrect word choices; replaced with 'tall' and 'my phone'. Suggestions: use simple present for residence, ensure verb 'to be' matches plural nouns, use correct prepositions and precise vocabulary.
× I like to take photos of buildings because it's a beautiful view of the tall buildings.
✓ I like to take photos of buildings because the tall buildings make a beautiful view.
Original has awkward clause 'it's a beautiful view of the tall buildings.' Better to state cause and effect; use simple present 'make' for habitual truth (Present tense issue, ID 6). Also avoid 'it's' ambiguous reference. Suggest rephrasing to clearly link subject and description.
× For example, I'm living in a apartment and I captures the, uh, photos of the beautiful view, specially at the night times when the light, light lights are, uh, turning on.
✓ For example, I live in an apartment and I capture photos of the beautiful view, especially at night when the lights come on.
Errors: 'I'm living' should be 'I live' for a usual situation (Present tense issue, ID 6). 'in a apartment' requires 'an apartment' (Article errors, ID 22). 'I captures' wrong verb form; use 'I capture' — subject-verb agreement / third person singular error (ID 27 and 2). 'specially at the night times' should be 'especially at night' (Incorrect use of adverb/adjective and preposition, IDs 13 and 11). 'light, light lights are turning on' simplified to 'the lights come on' for natural expression. Suggestions: use simple present, correct articles, match verb forms, and use natural adverbial expressions.
× And I love to take picture at that time.
✓ And I love to take pictures at that time.
Error: 'take picture' requires plural 'pictures' when speaking generally (Singular and plural issue, ID 1) and 'at that time' is acceptable. Suggest using plural for countable nouns when generalizing.
× I really like to visit the sea and tower building uh the most highest building in the uh Toronto city.
✓ I really want to visit the CN Tower, the highest building in Toronto.
Errors: 'visit the sea and tower building' is unclear — likely means 'CN Tower' (word choice). 'the most highest' is redundant and ungrammatical; use 'the highest' (Comparative/superlative error, ID 25). 'in the Toronto city' should be 'in Toronto' (Incorrect use of the definite article and preposition, IDs 17 and 11). Suggest using correct superlative form and standard place name phrasing.
× I really like to visit there uh it's some uh, it's a unique experience. I saw uh the pictures in the mobile or TV.
✓ I really want to visit; it would be a unique experience. I have seen pictures of it on my phone and on TV.
Errors: 'I really like to visit there' — use 'want to visit' for intention (Modal/future nuance, ID 4/7), but core is present desire so 'want' fits. 'it's some, it's a unique experience' awkward; rephrased. 'I saw the pictures' is simple past but better to use present perfect 'I have seen' to indicate experience up to now (Past tense issue, ID 5). 'in the mobile or TV' wrong prepositions and articles; use 'on my phone and on TV' (Incorrect use of prepositions and articles, IDs 11 and 22). Suggestions: choose correct tense to match meaning and use correct prepositions for electronic media.
× The building is very tall and the view is so, so beautiful.
✓ The building is very tall, and the view is extremely beautiful.
Minor stylistic change: original is grammatically acceptable, but 'so, so beautiful' is informal repetition; 'extremely beautiful' is clearer and more natural in formal speech. Keep present simple for description (Present tense issue, ID 6). Suggest avoiding filler repetition.
× Why not? I really like to live in a tall building because a tall building provide a free of course view.
✓ Why not? I would really like to live in a tall building because a tall building provides, of course, a free view.
Errors: 'I really like to live' — for hypothetical desire use 'I would really like to live' or 'I really want to live' (Modal/future nuance, ID 4/7). 'a tall building provide' should be 'provides' to match third person singular subject (Third person singular issue / subject-verb agreement, IDs 2 and 27). Word order 'free of course view' incorrect — insert commas and natural phrase 'of course, a free view' or better 'an unobstructed view'. Suggest using correct modal phrasing and matching verb forms.
× I can say that it's free of course, because we can like we can view all the city through this building.
✓ I can say that it's free, of course, because we can view the whole city from this building.
Errors: 'we can like we can' contains filler 'like' which is unnecessary (Sentence structure / filler, ID 26). 'view all the city' should be 'view the whole city' (Incorrect use of quantifiers/adjectives, ID 14 and 13). 'through this building' is unnatural; use 'from this building' (Incorrect use of prepositions, ID 11). Suggestions: remove fillers, use 'the whole city' and correct preposition 'from'.