Part 1
考官
What is your favourite food?
考生
My favorite food is pizza because you can add many different toppings to it and kind of experiment with it as well as it's easy to share with friends and pizza is a good bonding food.
考官
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
考生
I loved Indian cuisine as a child because that's what my mom specialized in. She used to try out different recipes every day and keep our meals interesting.
考官
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
考生
Absolutely I do. During scorching heat I eat foods that help me cool down, for example cucumber and lots of watermelon. And during the winter we eat richer warmer dishes that has a lot of oil and ghee in it to keep us warm. So we do consume different foods.
考官
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
考生
Yes, it has. When I was a child I used to eat a lot of red meat, but as I grew older I developed an aversion to it, so now my diet includes only poultry and vegetables.
What is your favourite food?
分數: 82.0建議: Your answer is clear, relevant and natural with good reasons. To improve, make the response slightly more concise, use a stronger topic sentence, and include one specific example of a favorite topping or occasion to make it more concrete. Also replace filler phrase “kind of” with a precise phrase.
範例: I love pizza because it’s versatile and great for sharing. For example, my favourite is a thin-crust pizza topped with roasted vegetables and mozzarella — it’s easy to customize for friends and perfect for casual gatherings.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
分數: 88.0建議: This answer is natural, concise and gives a clear reason. To improve further, start with a direct topic sentence, add a linking word and include a specific dish to create a vivid image.
範例: When I was young, I particularly enjoyed Indian cuisine because my mother specialised in it. For instance, she often made aromatic butter chicken and fresh naan, and she would experiment with spices to keep our meals interesting.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
分數: 80.0建議: Good structure and clear examples, but some grammar needs correction and redundancy can be reduced. Use linking words to connect ideas, correct verb agreement (“dishes that have”), and avoid repeating the conclusion. Add one specific winter dish to be more concrete.
範例: Yes, I do. In summer I prefer cooling foods such as cucumber and lots of watermelon; in winter, however, we eat richer dishes that have ghee and oil, for example a hearty lamb biryani, to keep warm.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
分數: 85.0建議: Clear and direct answer with a concise reason. To improve, combine sentences smoothly with a linking word, give a brief reason for the aversion (health, taste, ethics) and add a specific current favourite meal to illustrate the change.
範例: Yes, it has. I used to eat a lot of red meat, but over time I developed an aversion to its taste and switched to poultry and vegetables; nowadays I often enjoy grilled chicken with roasted vegetables as my go-to meal.
× My favorite food is pizza because you can add many different toppings to it and kind of experiment with it as well as it's easy to share with friends and pizza is a good bonding food.
✓ My favorite food is pizza because you can add many different toppings to it and kind of experiment with it, and it's easy to share with friends; pizza is a good bonding food.
Run-on sentence and punctuation: the original sentence joins multiple clauses without appropriate punctuation, making it awkward. Also the phrase 'and kind of experiment with it as well as it's easy to share' mixes actions and a result without clear separation. Suggest using a comma and conjunction or a semicolon to separate ideas and improve clarity. Keep verbs in present simple for general facts.
× She used to try out different recipes every day and keep our meals interesting.
✓ She used to try out different recipes every day and kept our meals interesting.
Parallel structure with 'used to' requires past tense in both coordinated verbs. 'Used to try' is past habitual, so the second verb should be in past form 'kept' rather than base form 'keep.' Use consistent past tense for actions in the past.
× During scorching heat I eat foods that help me cool down, for example cucumber and lots of watermelon.
✓ During scorching heat I eat foods that help me cool down, for example cucumbers and lots of watermelon.
Count noun agreement: 'cucumber' should be plural when listing examples ('cucumbers') because it refers to types or servings generally. Also maintain parallel plural form with 'watermelon' which in casual usage 'lots of watermelon' is acceptable, but better to use 'lots of watermelon' or 'a lot of watermelon.'
× And during the winter we eat richer warmer dishes that has a lot of oil and ghee in it to keep us warm.
✓ And during the winter we eat richer, warmer dishes that have a lot of oil and ghee in them to keep us warm.
Subject-verb agreement and pronoun number: 'dishes' is plural, so the relative clause must use 'have' not 'has.' Also the pronoun referring back to 'dishes' should be plural 'them' rather than singular 'it.' Add a comma between coordinate adjectives 'richer, warmer.'
× So we do consume different foods.
✓ So we do consume different foods.
This sentence is grammatically correct. It uses the present tense emphatic 'do' appropriately to affirm the preceding statement. No correction needed.
× Yes, it has. When I was a child I used to eat a lot of red meat, but as I grew older I developed an aversion to it, so now my diet includes only poultry and vegetables.
✓ Yes, it has. When I was a child I used to eat a lot of red meat, but as I grew older I developed an aversion to it, so now my diet includes only poultry and vegetables.
This sentence is grammatically correct: past habitual 'used to eat' and past 'developed' are properly used, and present 'includes' correctly describes current diet. No correction needed.