Part 1
시험관
What is your favourite food?
수험생
I would say my favorite food is Vietnamese food. The food has a lot of vegetable, uh, seafood and sometimes fruits. I think they are nutritiously well balanced.
시험관
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
수험생
When I was a child, I really like to eat something sweet, for example chocolate.
시험관
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
수험생
Yes, uh, in my daily life I usually eat very simple food, uh, utilizing much vegetables, but some special occasions I use different meals.
시험관
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
수험생
Yes, I feel like my taste bud has changed since I was a child. I used to eat, I used to enjoy eating thick and oily food, but currently I don't eat such things.
What is your favourite food?
점수: 72.0제안: Be more concise and natural: start with a clear topic sentence, avoid hesitations and minor grammar errors, and add one specific example to support your claim. Use linking words to connect ideas (for example, “also” or “for example”).
예시: My favourite food is Vietnamese cuisine because it combines fresh vegetables, seafood and fruits. For example, pho has a light broth with herbs and lean meat, which makes it both tasty and nutritious.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
점수: 65.0제안: Use correct tense and a fuller but brief structure: give a clear topic sentence in past tense, then add one specific example or reason using a linking word such as “for example” or “because.”
예시: When I was a child, I loved eating sweet foods because I had a big sweet tooth. For example, I often ate chocolate bars and candy after school.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
점수: 67.0제안: Reduce hesitations and make sentences more precise. Start with a direct answer, then briefly explain the difference and give a specific example of a seasonal or special-occasion meal. Use linking words like “however” or “on special occasions.”
예시: Yes. In my daily life I usually eat simple, vegetable-based meals. However, on special occasions such as Lunar New Year I eat richer dishes like roast pork and sticky rice.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
점수: 70.0제안: Be more fluent and avoid repetition. Provide a clear topic sentence in present perfect or simple past, then briefly explain why your taste changed with a specific reason or example. Use linking words like “because” or “so now.”
예시: Yes, my taste has changed since childhood. I used to enjoy thick, oily foods, but because I now prefer healthier options I rarely eat them; instead I choose grilled fish and salads.
× I would say my favorite food is Vietnamese food.
✓ I would say my favorite food is Vietnamese cuisine.
No grammatical error according to the provided list, but style improvement: replace 'food' repeated with 'cuisine' for naturalness. No correction of types required.
× The food has a lot of vegetable, uh, seafood and sometimes fruits.
✓ The food has a lot of vegetables, seafood, and sometimes fruit.
Singular and plural issue: 'vegetable' should be plural 'vegetables' to match 'a lot of'; 'fruits' is acceptable but 'fruit' as an uncountable collective noun is more natural here. Also add comma before 'and' for clarity.
× I think they are nutritiously well balanced.
✓ I think they are nutritionally well balanced.
Subject-verb agreement is not the primary issue; the problem is word choice and form. 'Nutritiously' is an adverb but we need the adjective 'nutritionally' to modify 'well balanced' as a compound adjective. Replace with 'nutritionally well balanced.' 'They' referring to 'foods' is acceptable but specifying 'the dishes' or 'they' is fine.
× When I was a child, I really like to eat something sweet, for example chocolate.
✓ When I was a child, I really liked to eat sweet things, for example chocolate.
Tense consistency: the clause 'When I was a child' sets past time, so the verb should be past tense 'liked' not present 'like.' Also use plural 'sweet things' or 'something sweet' changed to plural for naturalness.
× Yes, uh, in my daily life I usually eat very simple food, uh, utilizing much vegetables, but some special occasions I use different meals.
✓ Yes, in my daily life I usually eat very simple food, using many vegetables, but on special occasions I have different meals.
Tense and word choice: 'utilizing much vegetables' is incorrect—use 'using many vegetables' (countable) and 'on special occasions' requires the preposition 'on.' 'I use different meals' is unnatural; 'I have different meals' or 'I eat different dishes' is better.
× Yes, I feel like my taste bud has changed since I was a child.
✓ Yes, I feel like my taste buds have changed since I was a child.
Number agreement and tense: 'taste bud' should be plural 'taste buds' because people have multiple taste buds; 'have changed' (present perfect) is correct with 'since I was a child.' Maintain present perfect to show change from past to present.
× I used to eat, I used to enjoy eating thick and oily food, but currently I don't eat such things.
✓ I used to eat and enjoy thick, oily foods, but now I don't eat those things anymore.
Past tense: 'used to' correctly indicates past habit; streamline repetition by combining clauses 'used to eat and enjoy.' Use plural 'foods' or 'those things' to refer to such items. Replace 'currently' with 'now' for naturalness and add 'anymore' optionally. Also add comma and adjust adjective order 'thick, oily'.