Part 1
考官
What is your favourite food?
考生
I have a lot of food that is my favorite, but I love the most is my traditional food called Boots. In fact, Boots is made of flour and beef. There they are mixed together in a fold and that is my favorite food.
考官
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
考生
Actually, my mother was a cook. So when I was young my mother made me so much food that I like. Especially one day my mother made me some beef jerky and that was my favorite. And since then my mother often cooked for me.
考官
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
考生
Yeah, of course my mom, my country has a four season like autumn, winter, summer, fall it is. And we have a different food traditional that in winter we will eat beef jerky and uh, in the summer we often eat the chakang, uh, food.
考官
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
考生
Not actually, because I am a very persistent person that I am not interested in all of the kind, because I have. I like one thing and that was my failure.
What is your favourite food?
分数: 57.0建议: Make your answer more natural and grammatical: start with a clear topic sentence, correct grammar, avoid redundancy, and add one specific detail about taste or when you eat it. Use linking words to connect ideas. Keep it within 3–4 sentences.
示例: My favourite food is a traditional dish called Boots. It’s made from flour and beef mixed together and then folded into a pastry. I especially like it because it’s very savory and filling, and I usually eat it during family gatherings.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
分数: 60.0建议: Give a clear topic sentence, correct tense and phrasing, and add a concise reason or memory. Use linking words (for example, since then) to show sequence and avoid vague phrases like “so much food that I like.”
示例: When I was young I loved the food my mother cooked because she was a cook. For example, she made beef jerky which quickly became my favourite snack. Since then, I have always enjoyed simple, homemade dishes because they remind me of home.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
分数: 62.0建议: Answer directly and more clearly: state yes/no, then give specific seasonal examples with correct vocabulary and reduce hesitation words. Use linking words like “in winter” and “in summer” and briefly explain why (e.g., warming or cooling foods).
示例: Yes, we eat different foods in different seasons. In winter we often eat beef jerky and hearty stews because they are warming, while in summer we prefer lighter dishes like chakang which are refreshing and cool.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
分数: 45.0建议: Give a direct, grammatical response and a clear reason. Avoid unclear phrases and self-contradiction. Use 2–3 sentences: state whether it changed, then explain why with a specific reason (taste, memories, or habits).
示例: No, my favourite food has not changed since childhood. I still prefer Boots because it reminds me of family meals and I enjoy its familiar taste, so I tend to stick with it.
× I have a lot of food that is my favorite, but I love the most is my traditional food called Boots.
✓ I have many favorite foods, but what I love the most is my traditional dish called Boots.
The original sentence has an awkward structure and redundancy ('a lot of food that is my favorite' and 'but I love the most is'). Rephrase to 'I have many favorite foods, but what I love the most is...' to fix sentence structure and clarity; replace 'food' with 'dish' for a more natural collocation.
× In fact, Boots is made of flour and beef.
✓ In fact, Boots are made of flour and beef.
If 'Boots' refers to a plural food items name (plural form), use plural verb 'are'. If 'Boots' is a singular dish name, original 'is' could be correct; however given plural form 'Boots', subject-verb agreement requires 'are'.
× There they are mixed together in a fold and that is my favorite food.
✓ They are mixed together in a dough, and that is my favorite food.
The phrase 'in a fold' is incorrect and unclear. Likely intended 'in a dough' or 'in a fold' meaning folded—clarify to 'in a dough' or 'folded together'. Also remove extraneous 'There' to make sentence grammatical.
× Actually, my mother was a cook.
✓ Actually, my mother was a cook.
This sentence is grammatically correct if referring to past occupation. No correction needed; included to acknowledge correct past-tense use.
× So when I was young my mother made me so much food that I like.
✓ When I was young, my mother cooked many dishes that I liked.
Original mixes tenses and uses 'made me so much food that I like' which is unidiomatic. Change to past tense 'liked' and use 'cooked many dishes' for natural expression; add comma after time clause.
× Especially one day my mother made me some beef jerky and that was my favorite.
✓ One day my mother made beef jerky for me, and it became my favorite.
Use clearer structure: 'made beef jerky for me' and 'it became my favorite' to show change of preference; maintain past tense consistently.
× And since then my mother often cooked for me.
✓ And since then my mother has often cooked for me.
Use present perfect 'has often cooked' with 'since then' to link past events to the present. 'Often cooked' (simple past) does not fit 'since then.'
× Yeah, of course my mom, my country has a four season like autumn, winter, summer, fall it is.
✓ Yes, of course. In my country we have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Original is disordered and repeats 'fall' and 'autumn'. Reorder for clarity, use 'we have four seasons' and list them in a standard way. Use 'Yes' instead of 'Yeah' for formality if desired.
× And we have a different food traditional that in winter we will eat beef jerky and uh, in the summer we often eat the chakang, uh, food.
✓ We have different traditional foods: in winter we eat beef jerky, and in summer we often eat chakang.
Word order 'different food traditional' is incorrect—use 'different traditional foods'. Use present simple 'we eat' for habitual actions. Remove filler 'uh' and extra 'food' after 'chakang'.
× Not actually, because I am a very persistent person that I am not interested in all of the kind, because I have.
✓ Not really. I'm a very persistent person; I am not interested in all kinds of food because I stick to one thing.
Original is ungrammatical and unclear. Use 'Not really' and contraction 'I'm'. Replace 'all of the kind' with 'all kinds of food'. Clarify 'because I have' to 'because I stick to one thing' to express persistence. Maintain present simple tense for general truth.
× I like one thing and that was my failure.
✓ I like one thing, and that has not changed.
'That was my failure' is nonsensical in context. Likely intended to say preference remained unchanged. Use present perfect 'has not changed' to show continuity. Keep sentence coherent with meaning.