Part 1
考官
Where is your hometown?
考生
Gopalganj is my hometown. It is located at the South part of the country. It is about 100 kilometer from the capital city Dhaka.
考官
What do you like about your home town?
考生
I love the people and the culture of my hometown. The people are very friendly and very generous. The culture of my hometown is welcoming to all. The weather as well is a very suitable for for a Bangladeshi. So I love these things of my hometown.
考官
How long have you lived there?
考生
I lived here since my birth. Uh, you can say that almost 26 years I have been living in my hometown and it's a beautiful place. I have, uh, emotionally attached with this or with this, with this town, you know?
考官
Is your home town a good place for young people?
考生
Yes, definitely my hometown offers you a lot of sports, I mean, cultural activities and so on. You can, uh, do fun. You can uh, mix up with young people. So yes, the hometown is welcoming for the young people.
Where is your hometown?
分數: 70.0建議: Be concise and natural: start with a clear topic sentence, correct minor grammar (use 'in the south' and plural 'kilometres'), and avoid repeating simple facts. Add one precise detail to enrich the answer.
範例: My hometown is Gopalganj, located in the south of Bangladesh. It lies about 100 kilometres from the capital, Dhaka, and is known for its rivers and agricultural plains.
What do you like about your home town?
分數: 60.0建議: Avoid repetition and improve cohesion: combine similar points, correct grammar (remove extra 'for', use 'suits' or 'is suitable for'), and use linking words to connect ideas. Give one concrete example of the culture or a typical event.
範例: I love the friendly and generous people and the welcoming local culture. For example, the annual harvest festival brings everyone together, and the mild winter weather also makes outdoor activities pleasant.
How long have you lived there?
分數: 55.0建議: Use correct tense and a clear structure: say 'I have lived here since birth' or 'I have lived here for 26 years.' Avoid fillers ('uh', 'you know') and repetitive phrases. Add one brief reason for the emotional attachment to make the answer richer.
範例: I have lived there since I was born, so I have lived in Gopalganj for 26 years. I am emotionally attached because my family and childhood friends still live there and many childhood memories are tied to the town.
Is your home town a good place for young people?
分數: 65.0建議: Be specific and avoid hesitations: state your opinion clearly, use linking words to list activities, and give a specific example of opportunities for young people (clubs, sports, events). Remove fillers like 'uh' and vague phrases like 'and so on'.
範例: Yes, it is. My hometown offers many opportunities for young people, such as football clubs, music bands, and weekly cultural events at the community centre, which make it easy to meet others and develop hobbies.
× 'It is about 100 kilometer from the capital city Dhaka.'
✓ 'It is about 100 kilometers from the capital city, Dhaka.'
'Kilometer' is countable and when used with a number it requires the plural form 'kilometers'. Also adding a comma before the city name improves clarity.'
× 'The weather as well is a very suitable for for a Bangladeshi.'
✓ 'The weather is also very suitable for a Bangladeshi.'
'As well' is better replaced with 'also' for natural word order; there is an extra 'for' which is incorrect; 'a Bangladeshi' requires the article 'a' before the noun. The verb 'is' correctly marks present tense so change is about word order and extra word removal.'
× 'I lived here since my birth.'
✓ 'I have lived here since my birth.'
'Since' with a point in time requires the present perfect tense (have lived) to show an action continuing to the present. Using simple past 'lived' incorrectly suggests the action finished in the past.'
× 'almost 26 years I have been living in my hometown and it's a beautiful place.'
✓ 'I have been living in my hometown for almost 26 years, and it's a beautiful place.'
'For' is used with a period of time (almost 26 years) rather than 'since' here; the natural English word order places the time expression after the subject and auxiliary. Comma added before the coordinating conjunction.'
× 'I have, uh, emotionally attached with this or with this, with this town, you know?'
✓ 'I am emotionally attached to this town, you know?','
'Attached' requires the adjective form with 'be' (I am attached) and the correct preposition is 'to' not 'with'. Repeating 'with this' is redundant. Use 'am' to form the adjectival construction.'
× 'my hometown offers you a lot of sports, I mean, cultural activities and so on.'
✓ 'My hometown offers a lot of sports and cultural activities, and so on.'
'A lot of' can be followed by plural noun 'sports', but the original phrasing 'offers you a lot of sports' is colloquial; removing 'you' and reorganizing yields a clearer plural construction. Also combine items with 'and' for smoothness.'
× 'You can, uh, do fun.'
✓ 'You can have fun.'
'Do fun' is ungrammatical in English; the correct collocation is 'have fun'. Changing the verb fixes sentence structure.'
× 'You can uh, mix up with young people.'
✓ 'You can mingle with young people.'
'Mix up with' is nonstandard for socializing; the correct verbs include 'mix with' or better 'mingle with'. 'Mingle with' is more natural in this context.'
× 'So yes, the hometown is welcoming for the young people.'
✓ 'So yes, the hometown is welcoming to young people.'
'Welcoming to' is the correct prepositional phrase; 'the young people' unnecessarily specifies a definite group—use 'young people' to speak generally. Present tense 'is welcoming' is correct.'