Part 1
Giám khảo
What is your favourite food?
Thí sinh
My favorite food is egg fried rice because it is the Chinese traditional food and since I was five years old I my parents like to cook it for my meal.
Giám khảo
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Thí sinh
I like Japanese food. I when I was young because my parents always take me to Japan. Uh, so by the time I love the Japanese food and it tastes brilliant and flour flow flavorful.
Giám khảo
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Thí sinh
I eat different foods at different time of the year. For example, in the winter I love to eat noodles, uh, because it tastes nice and warm and I feel not cold when I am eating the noodles. And in the summer I keen to eat dessert like ice cream uh, because in the summer in my city Shenzhen is very hot.
What is your favourite food?
Điểm: 56.0Gợi ý: Be more concise and correct grammatical errors. Start with a clear topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Avoid repetition and keep to under five sentences.
Ví dụ: I really like egg fried rice. It’s a traditional Chinese dish that my parents have cooked for me since I was five, so it reminds me of home. Because it’s quick to make and flavorful, I often choose it when I want a comforting meal.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Điểm: 48.0Gợi ý: Fix tense and sentence structure, remove hesitations and use linking words to explain reasons. Provide one topic sentence then a clear reason with a specific example or memory.
Ví dụ: When I was young I enjoyed Japanese food. My parents took me to Japan often, so I grew used to the flavors; for example, I loved sushi and ramen because they were fresh and delicious.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Điểm: 64.0Gợi ý: Be natural and more precise. Use linking words (for example, because, so) and correct small errors. Keep sentences concise and include a short reason for each seasonal choice.
Ví dụ: Yes, I do. For example, in winter I prefer hot noodles because they warm me up and are comforting. In summer I often eat cold desserts like ice cream because Shenzhen gets very hot and they help me cool down.
× My favorite food is egg fried rice because it is the Chinese traditional food and since I was five years old I my parents like to cook it for my meal.
✓ My favorite food is egg fried rice because it is a traditional Chinese dish and since I was five years old my parents have liked to cook it for my meals.
Errors: incorrect article use ('the Chinese traditional food' -> 'a traditional Chinese dish'), word order, and tense/agreement. Use 'a' for one of many traditional dishes and adjective order 'traditional Chinese'. Use present perfect 'have liked' to express an action starting in the past and continuing to present; 'my parents like' with 'since' requires present perfect. Also 'meal' -> plural 'meals' for habitual action. Suggestion: use correct articles and adjective order and match tense (present perfect) after 'since'.
× I like Japanese food.
✓ I liked Japanese food when I was young.
Contextual tense: question asks about childhood. Use past tense 'liked' to refer to preferences when young. Simply 'I like' is present tense and mismatches time frame. Suggestion: use past tense to match 'when you were young'.
× I when I was young because my parents always take me to Japan.
✓ When I was young, my parents always took me to Japan.
Original sentence has incorrect word order and tense. Move the temporal clause 'When I was young' to the front and use past tense 'took' for completed habitual past action. Also remove extraneous 'I' after 'I'. Suggestion: place time expressions correctly and keep past tense for past habits.
× Uh, so by the time I love the Japanese food and it tastes brilliant and flour flow flavorful.
✓ So by that time I loved Japanese food; it tasted brilliant and very flavorful.
Problems: tense inconsistency ('love' -> 'loved' for past), awkward phrase 'by the time' -> 'by that time', and unclear words 'flour flow'. Replace with 'very flavorful' and past tense 'tasted'. Suggestion: use clear adjectives/adverbs and consistent past tense when discussing past preferences.
× I eat different foods at different time of the year.
✓ I eat different foods at different times of the year.
Pluralization: 'time' should be plural 'times' when referring to different occasions throughout the year. Suggestion: use plural when indicating multiple occasions.
× For example, in the winter I love to eat noodles, uh, because it tastes nice and warm and I feel not cold when I am eating the noodles.
✓ For example, in the winter I love to eat noodles because they taste nice and warm and I don't feel cold when I am eating them.
Problems: subject-verb agreement and pronoun reference. 'Noodles' is plural so verb should be 'taste' not 'tastes'. Use 'they' and 'them' for plural noun. 'I feel not cold' is unnatural; use 'I don't feel cold'. Suggestion: match verb number to subject and use natural negative construction.
× And in the summer I keen to eat dessert like ice cream uh, because in the summer in my city Shenzhen is very hot.
✓ And in the summer I am keen to eat desserts like ice cream because my city, Shenzhen, is very hot in the summer.
Errors: missing auxiliary 'am' for 'keen' (adjective requiring 'be'), 'dessert' should be plural 'desserts' for general preference, awkward repetition of 'in the summer' and word order. Insert commas around city name. Suggestion: use 'I am keen to' and pluralize when speaking generally; streamline repeated time phrases.