Part 1
考官
Where is your hometown?
考生
I live in a small hometown right outside the outskirts of the Pune city. Uh, it's named Loni it as, as it falls between two major cities. Uh, there's always good public transport connectivity to, to my town, uh, so it provides a bit of a good semi rural, uh, feel to living.
考官
What do you like about your home town?
考生
It offers a good balance, uh, it has a peaceful surroundings, but we're never far away from the city, uh, uh, and also access to public facilities, uh, such as malls and bus stations and corporate offices is also convenient.
考官
How long have you lived there?
考生
I've been living in my hometown since the past 10 years. Before that, we were in Pune city where I was born. Uh, we relocated to my hometown because we wanted to avoid large crowds and also wanted a peaceful environment, uh, going further ahead.
考官
Is your home town a good place for young people?
考生
My hometown is absolutely a good place for young people. It offers a quieter surrounding with good quality of life and also UMM since it is very convenient uh from the Pune city. It also provides ease of access to all the corporate offices and IT.
Where is your hometown?
分數: 72.0建議: Be more concise and correct grammar — give a clear topic sentence, avoid filler words (uh, as), correct redundancy (outside the outskirts), and limit to 2–3 supporting details. Use linking words for coherence.
範例: I come from a small town called Loni, just outside Pune. It lies between two major cities and has excellent public transport, so it feels semi-rural while remaining well connected.
What do you like about your home town?
分數: 76.0建議: Open with a direct topic sentence, then give two specific reasons. Reduce hesitations and correct grammar (‘a peaceful surrounding’ → ‘peaceful surroundings’). Use linking words like ‘and’ or ‘besides’.
範例: I like that my hometown strikes a good balance between calm and convenience. In addition to peaceful surroundings, it has easy access to malls, bus stations and offices, so city amenities are never far away.
How long have you lived there?
分數: 70.0建議: Start with a precise time expression and avoid awkward phrasing (use ‘for’ not ‘since’ with a period). Make reasons concise and use linking words like ‘because’ or ‘so’.
範例: I've lived in Loni for the past ten years. We moved from Pune because we wanted to escape crowds and enjoy a quieter, more peaceful environment.
Is your home town a good place for young people?
分數: 68.0建議: Be specific about why it suits young people — mention opportunities (jobs, education, leisure). Remove fillers and correct phrasing (‘quieter surroundings’, ‘close to Pune’). Keep to two or three clear points.
範例: Yes, it is. Loni offers a high quality of life with quieter surroundings, yet it is close to Pune, making daily commutes to IT companies and offices feasible. Young people can enjoy affordable living while accessing job and leisure opportunities nearby.
× I live in a small hometown right outside the outskirts of the Pune city.
✓ I live in a small town on the outskirts of Pune.
'Right outside the outskirts' is redundant; use 'on the outskirts' or 'just outside'. 'Hometown' is redundant with 'small'; better to say 'small town'. Also 'the Pune city' is incorrect — city names usually don't take 'the'. Use 'Pune'. Use concise preposition 'on' with 'outskirts'.
× Uh, it's named Loni it as, as it falls between two major cities.
✓ It's called Loni, as it lies between two major cities.
Sentence had disfluent filler words and incorrect word order ('named Loni it as'). Use 'called' for names and 'lies between' to indicate location. Remove duplicate 'as'.
× Uh, there's always good public transport connectivity to, to my town, uh, so it provides a bit of a good semi rural, uh, feel to living.
✓ There is good public transport connectivity to my town, so it provides a somewhat semi-rural feel to living there.
Avoid repeated words and fillers. Use 'to my town' without repetition. 'Semi rural' should be hyphenated 'semi-rural' and 'a bit of a good' is awkward — use 'somewhat' or 'a somewhat ... feel'. Add 'there' to complete 'living there'.
× It offers a good balance, uh, it has a peaceful surroundings, but we're never far away from the city, uh, uh, and also access to public facilities, uh, such as malls and bus stations and corporate offices is also convenient.
✓ It offers a good balance; it has peaceful surroundings, and we're never far from the city. Access to public facilities such as malls, bus stations, and corporate offices is also convenient.
'A peaceful surroundings' mixes singular article with plural noun — remove 'a'. Use punctuation to separate ideas. 'Never far away from' can be shortened to 'never far from'. List items should be separated by commas.
× I've been living in my hometown since the past 10 years.
✓ I've been living in my hometown for the past 10 years.
Use 'for' with a duration (for the past 10 years). 'Since' is used with a specific start point (since 2016). Present perfect continuous 'I've been living' is correct; change the preposition.
× Before that, we were in Pune city where I was born.
✓ Before that, we lived in Pune city, where I was born.
Use 'lived' rather than 'were in' to express residence. Add a comma before the relative clause 'where I was born'.
× Uh, we relocated to my hometown because we wanted to avoid large crowds and also wanted a peaceful environment, uh, going further ahead.
✓ We relocated to my hometown because we wanted to avoid large crowds and have a more peaceful environment.
'Going further ahead' is unnecessary and awkward. Keep the past tense 'relocated' and parallel verbs: 'wanted to avoid' and 'wanted a peaceful' — better to use 'have a more peaceful environment' for clarity and parallelism.
× My hometown is absolutely a good place for young people.
✓ My hometown is definitely a good place for young people.
'Absolutely a good' is slightly informal and awkward; use 'definitely' or 'certainly' and omit the article 'a' before 'good place' is optional but 'is definitely a good place' is natural.
× It offers a quieter surrounding with good quality of life and also UMM since it is very convenient uh from the Pune city.
✓ It offers quieter surroundings and a good quality of life, and it is very convenient for access to Pune city.
Use plural 'surroundings'. 'Quality of life' needs an article 'a'. Remove filler 'UMM'. Use 'convenient for access to Pune city' or 'convenient for commuting to Pune'. Don't use 'the Pune city'.
× It also provides ease of access to all the corporate offices and IT.
✓ It also provides easy access to corporate offices and IT companies.
Use the adjective 'easy' instead of 'ease of' in this structure: 'provides easy access to ...'. 'All the corporate offices and IT' is incomplete — specify 'IT companies' or 'IT offices'. Remove unnecessary 'the'.