Part 1
Examiner
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Candidate
It's simple, usually in the morning I like to have a bread and a cup of milk. Sometimes I will skip the breakfast because I sleep too long. Usually wake at 11:00.
Examiner
Do you think breakfast is important?
Candidate
Umm, not really, because sometimes I just skip it and uh, I feel fine. Maybe it depends on the needs and the demands of the body. It's my perspective.
Examiner
Are there any differences between the mornings of your childhood and now?
Candidate
Definitely. I used to eat breakfast every day and I usually eat noodles in home. But nowadays I live myself in the university so I can live the life that I want.
Examiner
Would you like to change your morning routine?
Candidate
Umm yes maybe I need to become more energetic and optimistic. Just want to be a morning person so I could have more time to learn and improve my physical health like running or doing something.
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Score: 65.0Suggestion: Try to make your answer more natural and structured. Start with a clear topic sentence, then add specific details using linking words. Avoid redundancy and grammatical errors, for example, say 'I usually have bread and a cup of milk for breakfast' instead of 'a bread'.
Example: I usually have bread and a cup of milk for breakfast. However, sometimes I skip it because I wake up late, often around 11 o'clock.
Do you think breakfast is important?
Score: 60.0Suggestion: Your answer lacks confidence and clarity. Try to give a clear opinion and support it with reasons or examples. Use linking words to connect your ideas smoothly.
Example: I think breakfast is important because it provides energy for the day. However, it might depend on individual needs, as some people feel fine skipping it.
Are there any differences between the mornings of your childhood and now?
Score: 70.0Suggestion: Good attempt to compare past and present. Improve by correcting grammar and adding linking words for coherence. Be more specific about the differences.
Example: Definitely, my mornings have changed. When I was a child, I ate noodles for breakfast at home every day. But now, living alone at university, I have more freedom to choose my morning routine.
Would you like to change your morning routine?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: Try to express your ideas more clearly and use linking words to connect your points. Avoid filler words like 'umm' and be more specific about the changes you want.
Example: Yes, I would like to change my morning routine. I want to become more energetic and optimistic by becoming a morning person, so I can have more time to study and exercise, such as running.
× I like to have a bread and a cup of milk.
✓ I like to have bread and a cup of milk.
The article 'a' is incorrectly used before 'bread' because 'bread' is an uncountable noun and does not require an article in this context. Removing 'a' makes the sentence grammatically correct.
× Sometimes I will skip the breakfast because I sleep too long.
✓ Sometimes I skip breakfast because I sleep too long.
The use of 'will' is incorrect here as it suggests future intention, but the sentence refers to habitual action. Also, 'the breakfast' is incorrect; 'breakfast' is an uncountable noun and does not need 'the' in this context. Using simple present tense 'skip' correctly expresses habitual action.
× Usually wake at 11:00.
✓ I usually wake up at 11:00.
The sentence lacks a subject and the verb 'wake' needs the particle 'up' to form the phrasal verb 'wake up'. Adding 'I' as the subject and 'up' completes the sentence structure correctly.
× I usually eat noodles in home.
✓ I usually eat noodles at home.
The preposition 'in' is incorrect when referring to being at one's home. The correct preposition is 'at' to indicate location.
× But nowadays I live myself in the university so I can live the life that I want.
✓ But nowadays I live by myself at the university so I can live the life that I want.
The reflexive pronoun 'myself' is incorrectly used without a preposition. The correct phrase is 'live by myself' meaning 'live alone'. Also, 'in the university' should be 'at the university' to indicate location.