Part 1
Examiner
Do you look out the window at the scenery when travelling by bus or car?
Candidate
Yes, I often look out the windows at the scenery when traveling and especially I enjoy a lot when the landscape is changes dynamically. It can be boring if I'm just driving on Hwy. though.
Examiner
Do you take photos of the scenery outside the car window?
Candidate
Yes, I do take pictures, unless I'm driving, because of course it can be quite difficult and dangerous. I'm not, umm, good photographer, but these days, thanks to the advancement of smartphone cameras, I can take decent pictures I like.
Examiner
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
Candidate
I enjoy both but if I had to choose I would say see because I love the center of sea breeze. Also I'm from a coastal city. My hometown had great beach but when I was a child swimming was prohibited because waves were so pop.
Do you look out the window at the scenery when travelling by bus or car?
Score: 72.0Suggestion: Be more grammatically accurate and concise. Start with a clear topic sentence, correct verb forms and articles, and avoid unnecessary words. Add a brief specific example to enrich the answer and use a linking word to contrast the two situations.
Example: Yes — I usually look out of the window when I travel because I enjoy watching changing landscapes. For example, I like seeing countryside farms and forests pass by on long bus trips, but on motorways the view is often repetitive and less interesting.
Do you take photos of the scenery outside the car window?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: Make the response smoother and remove hesitation. Begin with a direct topic sentence, then add specific detail and a linking phrase. Correct minor grammar (e.g., 'a good photographer') and avoid filler words like 'umm'.
Example: Yes, I often take photos from the car, although I never do so while I am driving because it would be dangerous. Because modern smartphones have good cameras, I can usually capture clear images of scenes like sunsets or coastal roads.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: Correct vocabulary and pronunciation errors, give one clear opinion sentence then support it with two specific reasons linked logically. Replace incorrect words ('see' -> 'sea', 'center of sea breeze', 'pop') and provide clearer details about childhood memory.
Example: I prefer the sea because I love the fresh sea breeze and relaxed atmosphere. I grew up in a coastal city with a lovely beach, although we were often not allowed to swim when I was a child because the waves were very strong.
× Yes, I often look out the windows at the scenery when traveling and especially I enjoy a lot when the landscape is changes dynamically.
✓ Yes, I often look out the window at the scenery when travelling, and I especially enjoy it when the landscape changes dynamically.
Errors: incorrect plural ('windows' -> 'window') is optional but context prefers singular; 'enjoy a lot' is unnatural phrasing and needs an object ('it'); 'the landscape is changes' mixes auxiliary 'is' with simple present 'changes'. Use simple present 'changes' for habitual observations. Suggestion: use natural collocations ('look out the window', 'enjoy it') and correct verb form for subject-verb agreement.
× It can be boring if I'm just driving on Hwy. though.
✓ It can be boring if I'm just driving on the highway, though.
Abbreviation 'Hwy.' is informal; expand to 'highway'. Sentence otherwise correct; keep present continuous 'I'm driving' for current action. Minor punctuation: comma before 'though' works. Suggestion: avoid abbreviations in formal speech.
× Yes, I do take pictures, unless I'm driving, because of course it can be quite difficult and dangerous.
✓ Yes, I do take pictures unless I'm driving, because, of course, it can be quite difficult and dangerous.
Sentence is grammatically acceptable; corrected punctuation: remove extra comma after 'pictures' and add commas around 'of course' for clarity. Keep 'I'm driving' using present participle to indicate simultaneous action.
× I'm not, umm, good photographer, but these days, thanks to the advancement of smartphone cameras, I can take decent pictures I like.
✓ I'm not a good photographer, but these days, thanks to the advancement of smartphone cameras, I can take decent pictures that I like.
Missing article 'a' before 'good photographer' (article error type ID 22 but here corrected under adjectives/adverbs); also missing relative pronoun 'that' to link 'pictures' and 'I like'. Suggestion: include articles with singular count nouns and use 'that' or reorder as 'pictures I like' is okay conversationally but clearer with 'that'.
× I enjoy both but if I had to choose I would say see because I love the center of sea breeze.
✓ I enjoy both, but if I had to choose I would say the sea because I love the scent of the sea breeze.
Multiple errors: 'see' is a misspelling of 'sea' and needs the definite article 'the' before 'sea' when choosing one option; 'center of sea breeze' is incorrect wording — likely intended 'scent of the sea breeze'. Suggestion: use correct vocabulary ('sea' not 'see') and collocations ('the sea', 'scent of the sea breeze').
× Also I'm from a coastal city.
✓ Also, I'm from a coastal city.
Add comma after 'Also' for natural flow. Sentence otherwise correct; article 'a' before 'coastal city' is present and correct.
× My hometown had great beach but when I was a child swimming was prohibited because waves were so pop.
✓ My hometown had a great beach, but when I was a child swimming was prohibited because the waves were so rough.
Missing article 'a' before 'great beach' (article error); 'pop' is incorrect word choice — likely meant 'rough' or 'powerful'. Use 'the waves' with definite article. 'Swimming was prohibited' is fine passive past. Suggestion: include articles for singular count nouns and choose appropriate adjectives ('rough', 'strong').