Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Your response repeated the question and used incorrect tense and wording, which made it unclear. To improve, answer directly with a clear topic sentence in the past tense, then add one or two brief, specific supporting details using linking words (e.g., "because", "so", "for example"). Keep to no more than five sentences and avoid echoing the examiner's phrasing.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I used it to ride to school and visit friends, so I spent a lot of time outdoors. For example, I would cycle about twenty minutes to my primary school every day.

× And do you have a bike when you were a child?

✓ Did you have a bike when you were a child?

Grammar problem type ID:5 (Past tense issue) and 26 (Sentence structure errors). The original mixes present auxiliary 'do'/'do you have' with the past time clause 'when you were a child', causing a tense mismatch and incorrect sentence structure. Use the past simple question form 'Did you have' to match the past time reference. Suggestion: When referring to past time (e.g., 'when you were a child'), use past tense verbs and the auxiliary 'did' for questions (Did + subject + base verb).

× Good job you are. You attempted to the answer question, but the sentence is unclear because it makes his present and false tenses. Do you have plus when you were a child? Now the response is only a reputation of the question rather than an answer, so it does not show.

✓ Good attempt. You tried to answer the question, but the sentence is unclear because it mixes present and past tenses. You asked 'Do you have' while referring to 'when you were a child'. The response repeats the question instead of giving an answer, so it does not provide information.

Grammar problem type IDs:6 (Present tense issue),5 (Past tense issue),12 (Incorrect use of pronouns),26 (Sentence structure errors),27 (Subject-verb agreement errors). Multiple problems: 'Good job you are' is ungrammatical (incorrect word order and tense) and should be 'Good attempt' or 'Good job'. 'You attempted to the answer question' uses wrong verb pattern; correct is 'You tried to answer the question' or 'You attempted to answer the question' (no 'the' before 'answer' and correct verb form). 'It makes his present and false tenses' is unclear and pronoun 'his' is wrong; should be 'it mixes present and past tenses'. 'Do you have plus when you were a child?' mixes present 'Do you have' with past time clause and includes the unclear word 'plus'; correct to 'You asked "Do you have" while referring to "when you were a child".' 'Reputation' is the wrong word; use 'repetition'. Suggestions: Keep tense consistent with the time reference, use correct verb patterns (try to do something / attempt to do something), choose correct pronouns (it/they), and use precise vocabulary. Examples: 'You tried to answer the question, but you mixed present and past tenses.' or 'The student repeated the question instead of answering it.'