Part 1
Examiner
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Candidate
Well, my mother is usually the one who prepares breakfast for the whole family, so there are mornings when we have kimbap or Vietnamese bread, but the other days we would just have rice with some side dish like meat, fish or kimchi.
Examiner
Do you think breakfast is important?
Candidate
I think it also varies from individuals to individuals. For example, like me, I would feel really frustrated or annoyed if I don't have breakfast in the morning. I think that breakfast is really crucial for me to have energy to work throughout the day. However, there are many people who are used to not having breakfast in the morning and can still work normally.
Examiner
Are there any differences between the mornings of your childhood and now?
Candidate
I'll say that my morning routine still stays the same. I still wake up early, do personal hygiene, have breakfast and go to school. And well, I think that the only difference is that back then I went to kindergarten, but now I go to my high school.
Examiner
Would you like to change your morning routine?
Candidate
To be honest, I really want to transform myself from a night owl into a jolly morning bird so that I can wake up a really early hour to give around in the park in my neighborhood and umm, enjoy the fresh atmosphere when no one has been up.
What do you usually eat for breakfast?
Score: 78.0Suggestion: Your answer is clear and relevant with specific examples, but it's a bit long and slightly repetitive. Make the response more concise by starting with a direct topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details. Use a linking word to connect the examples smoothly and avoid redundancy (e.g., “some days... other days...” rather than repeating 'mornings').
Example: I usually have homemade breakfasts prepared by my mother. For example, some days we eat kimbap or Vietnamese bread, while on other days I have rice with side dishes like fish or kimchi.
Do you think breakfast is important?
Score: 80.0Suggestion: Good structure: you state an opinion and provide personal reason plus contrast. Improve coherence by reducing filler phrases and tightening wording. Use clearer linking words (e.g., 'however' and 'for example') and avoid repeating similar ideas ('frustrated or annoyed' is redundant).
Example: I believe breakfast is important, although it depends on the person. For example, I feel low on energy and irritable if I skip it, so I need breakfast to stay productive; however, some people are accustomed to skipping it and function fine.
Are there any differences between the mornings of your childhood and now?
Score: 74.0Suggestion: The answer is relevant but somewhat repetitive and includes unnecessary hedging ('I'll say', 'well, I think'). Be more direct and concise: state the main point, then give a clear specific difference. Replace vague phrases with exact words and keep to two or three short sentences.
Example: My mornings are mostly the same: I wake up early, get ready, eat breakfast and go to school. The main difference is that I used to go to kindergarten, whereas now I attend high school.
Would you like to change your morning routine?
Score: 70.0Suggestion: Nice idea and enthusiasm, but avoid informal fillers ('to be honest', 'umm') and awkward expressions ('give around'). Use natural collocations and keep it concise. State the change you want, give a specific reason and a brief example of what you would do in the morning.
Example: Yes, I would like to become a morning person so I can wake up earlier and go for walks in the neighborhood park. I enjoy the quiet atmosphere and fresh air, which helps me start the day calmly.
× Well, my mother is usually the one who prepares breakfast for the whole family, so there are mornings when we have kimbap or Vietnamese bread, but the other days we would just have rice with some side dish like meat, fish or kimchi.
✓ Well, my mother is usually the one who prepares breakfast for the whole family, so there are mornings when we have kimbap or Vietnamese bread, but on other days we would just have rice with some side dishes like meat, fish, or kimchi.
Replace 'the other days' with 'on other days' for correct article/phrase use and change 'side dish' to plural 'side dishes' to match 'meat, fish, or kimchi' which lists multiple items. Use commas for list clarity.
× I think it also varies from individuals to individuals.
✓ I think it also varies from individual to individual.
Use the singular form 'individual' in the idiomatic expression 'from one individual to another' or the fixed phrase 'from individual to individual.' The original used plural twice, which is nonstandard.
× For example, like me, I would feel really frustrated or annoyed if I don't have breakfast in the morning.
✓ For example, like me, I would feel really frustrated or annoyed if I don't have breakfast in the morning.
Although grammatically the sentence mixes conditional moods, within spoken context this sentence is acceptable. However, to be fully correct in a real conditional about habitual present, use 'if I don't have' (zero conditional) or 'if I didn't have' (second conditional). No change required for meaning; optional improvement: 'if I don't have breakfast' is fine for habitual situations.
× I think that breakfast is really crucial for me to have energy to work throughout the day.
✓ I think that breakfast is really crucial for me to have the energy to work throughout the day.
Insert the definite article 'the' before 'energy' because we refer to a specific concept: the energy needed to work throughout the day.
× However, there are many people who are used to not having breakfast in the morning and can still work normally.
✓ However, there are many people who are used to not having breakfast in the morning and can still work normally.
Sentence is grammatically acceptable; no change needed. It uses plural 'people' correctly. Left as is.
× I'll say that my morning routine still stays the same.
✓ I'd say that my morning routine stays the same.
Use the contraction 'I'd say' (I would say) for a habitual opinion; 'still stays the same' is redundant — 'stays the same' is sufficient and idiomatic.
× I still wake up early, do personal hygiene, have breakfast and go to school.
✓ I still wake up early, attend to personal hygiene, have breakfast, and go to school.
'Do personal hygiene' is unnatural; use 'attend to personal hygiene' or 'do my personal hygiene' to be idiomatic. Added comma before 'and' in a list for clarity.
× And well, I think that the only difference is that back then I went to kindergarten, but now I go to my high school.
✓ And well, I think that the only difference is that back then I went to kindergarten, but now I go to high school.
Do not use the definite article 'my' before 'high school' unless specifying a particular institution owned/associated with the speaker. 'Go to high school' is the idiomatic expression.
× To be honest, I really want to transform myself from a night owl into a jolly morning bird so that I can wake up a really early hour to give around in the park in my neighborhood and umm, enjoy the fresh atmosphere when no one has been up.
✓ To be honest, I really want to transform myself from a night owl into a cheerful early bird so that I can wake up at a really early hour to walk around in the park in my neighborhood and enjoy the fresh atmosphere when no one else is up.
Multiple corrections: 'jolly morning bird' -> 'cheerful early bird' for natural collocation; use 'wake up at a really early hour' (add 'at'); 'give around' is incorrect, use 'walk around'; 'no one has been up' should be 'no one else is up' to describe others being awake now. These changes correct tense, preposition, word choice, and idiom usage.