Part 1
考官
Do you always bring a lot of keys with you?
考生
Yes, I always call you a couple of kids man, from my car and one for my apartment. I take them every night because I live and return home several times a day so they seem so for my daily routine.
考官
Have you ever lost your keys?
考生
Yes, last week I lost my key for my apartment. Why? I played badminton. I eventually needed to get my copy of it in my company.
考官
Do you often forget the keys and lock yourself out?
考生
I have forgotten to bring my apartment key once. I eventually need to call my company for spare one to open my apartment door.
考官
Do you think it's a good idea to leave your keys with a neighbour?
考生
No, I don't think so because I live in a Mississippi city so that I don't know much more about my neighbor, therefore it'll be dangerous.
Do you always bring a lot of keys with you?
分數: 34.0建議: Clarify meaning, correct word choice and grammar, shorten and organize into a clear topic sentence plus one supporting detail. Use linking phrase to connect ideas. Be specific about how many keys and why.
範例: Yes, I usually carry several keys. For example, I have keys for my car, my apartment and my office, and I take them with me every day because I leave and come back several times as part of my daily routine.
Have you ever lost your keys?
分數: 40.0建議: Provide a coherent short story: state when and what happened, give a clear reason and outcome. Use linking words (for example, because, so) and correct verb forms.
範例: Yes, I lost my apartment key last week because I was playing badminton and must have left it at the court. As a result, I had to get a spare key from my workplace so I could get back into my flat.
Do you often forget the keys and lock yourself out?
分數: 45.0建議: Give a direct topic sentence about frequency, then a brief example with correct tense and linking word. Avoid repetition and fix collocations (call someone, spare key).
範例: Not often — I’ve only forgotten my apartment key once. At that time I had to call my workplace to ask them to bring my spare key so I could open the door.
Do you think it's a good idea to leave your keys with a neighbour?
分數: 38.0建議: State your opinion clearly, then give specific reasons with linking words. Use correct prepositions and avoid irrelevant details. Mention trust and security as reasons.
範例: No, I wouldn’t. Because I don’t know my neighbours well, leaving keys with them would feel unsafe and increase the risk of theft or misuse.
× Yes, I always call you a couple of kids man, from my car and one for my apartment.
✓ Yes, I always carry a couple of keys: one for my car and one for my apartment.
The original sentence has incorrect word choice and word order ('call you a couple of kids man' instead of 'carry a couple of keys') and missing punctuation. This is a sentence structure and word choice error. Suggestion: use the verb 'carry' for items you keep with you, use 'keys' (not 'kids'), and list items clearly with 'one for... and one for...'.
× I take them every night because I live and return home several times a day so they seem so for my daily routine.
✓ I take them everywhere because I leave and return home several times a day, so they are part of my daily routine.
The original uses 'take' and 'seem so' awkwardly and 'live and return' is incorrect collocation. Use present simple for habitual actions ('I leave and return') and say 'are part of my daily routine' to express purpose. Suggestion: use correct verbs and natural expressions for routines.
× Yes, last week I lost my key for my apartment.
✓ Yes, last week I lost the key to my apartment.
Use past simple 'lost' is correct, but preposition and article are wrong: say 'the key to my apartment' rather than 'my key for my apartment'. Suggestion: use definite article for a specific key and 'to' for possession/location.
× Why? I played badminton.
✓ I was playing badminton when it happened.
'Why?' followed by 'I played badminton' is abrupt and doesn't link to losing keys. Use past continuous 'was playing' to indicate an action in progress when another event occurred. Suggestion: connect sentences to explain cause/time.
× I eventually needed to get my copy of it in my company.
✓ I eventually needed to get a spare from my workplace/company.
'Copy of it in my company' is incorrect phrasing. Use 'a spare' for an extra key and 'from my workplace' or 'from my company' to indicate location. Suggestion: replace 'copy' with 'spare' and use 'from' not 'in'.
× I have forgotten to bring my apartment key once.
✓ I forgot to bring my apartment key once.
Using present perfect 'have forgotten' is possible but here simple past 'forgot' suits a specific past event ('once'). Also 'bring' could be 'bring with me' but 'bring my apartment key' is acceptable. Suggestion: use simple past for a specific occasion.
× I eventually need to call my company for spare one to open my apartment door.
✓ I had to call my company for a spare one to open my apartment door.
Tense and article are wrong. Use past 'had to' for the past event, and include the indefinite article 'a' before 'spare one'. Also 'call my company' is okay but 'call my landlord' or 'call my workplace' may be clearer. Suggestion: ensure tense matches the event and include necessary articles.
× No, I don't think so because I live in a Mississippi city so that I don't know much more about my neighbor, therefore it'll be dangerous.
✓ No, I don't think so because I live in Mississippi and I don't know my neighbors well, so it would be dangerous.
Problems: unnecessary article 'a' before 'Mississippi city', awkward 'so that I don't know much more about my neighbor', wrong pronoun number ('neighbor' vs 'neighbors'), and tense/modal 'it'll' sounds odd — 'it would be dangerous' is more natural. Suggestion: use 'live in Mississippi', 'don't know my neighbors well', and 'would' for hypothetical consequences.