Traffic— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Vocabulary and accuracy: avoid confusing similar words (crosswalks vs crosswords vs crossroads). Be more concise and directly address the question with one clear topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Keep answers under five sentences. Also correct small factual word choice: use “crosswalks” or “crossroads” appropriately (crosswalks = pedestrian crossings; crossroads = intersections).

Example: Yes, there are many crosswalks near my home. For example, the local government recently added several pedestrian crossings and traffic lights at busy intersections, which makes it safer and easier to walk to the subway station.

Suggestion: Be more focused on the traffic aspect asked by the examiner: mention a specific traffic-related change (e.g., reduce car use, improve public transport, build bike lanes) and then link that change to improved green space or air quality. Use linking words (for example, therefore, because) and give a concrete example or result. Keep to under five sentences and include one clear topic sentence.

Example: Yes. I would like to reduce private car use by expanding dedicated bus lanes and building protected bike lanes, because this would lower traffic congestion and vehicle emissions. For example, if more people used bikes or buses, the city could convert some roadside space into small parks, improving air quality and residents’ health.

× Yes, there are a lot of crosswords.

✓ Yes, there are a lot of crosswalks.

The student used 'crosswords' (word puzzles) instead of the intended plural of 'crosswalk' (pedestrian crossings). This is a lexical plural error: the correct plural form for crosswalk is crosswalks. Suggestion: use the correct noun 'crosswalks' when referring to pedestrian crossings.

× The government invests a lot of money in facility construction, so there are a lot of crossroads built around my home.

✓ The government invests a lot of money in infrastructure construction, so there are many crosswalks built around my home.

Two issues: 'facility construction' is awkward and not the best collocation; 'infrastructure construction' or simply 'infrastructure' is more natural. Also 'a lot of crossroads' is semantically odd (crossroads means intersection points) and earlier question asked about crosswalks (pedestrian crossings). Using 'many crosswalks' is clearer. Suggestion: choose correct collocations (infrastructure) and consistent nouns (crosswalks) and use 'many' for countable plural in formal speech.

× Nowadays, the problem of air pollution is becoming more and more serious.

✓ Nowadays, the problem of air pollution is becoming increasingly serious.

'More and more serious' is grammatically acceptable but wordy. 'Becoming increasingly serious' is more natural and concise for present progressive change. Suggestion: prefer concise adverbial forms like 'increasingly' in spoken/written English.

× People in the city hardly breathe the fresh air, and it may be bad for our health.

✓ People in the city can hardly breathe fresh air, and this may be bad for our health.

Two problems: placement of 'hardly' before main verb is fine but 'hardly breathe the fresh air' is awkward because 'the' is unnecessary; use 'fresh air' without 'the'. Also 'it may be bad for our health' has unclear subject 'it' — better 'this' to refer to the situation. Suggestion: place adverbs correctly ('can hardly breathe'), drop unnecessary articles, and use clear pronouns ('this') to refer to the preceding situation.