Part 1
시험관
What is your favourite food?
수험생
Well, when I was a kid my favorite food was the traditional Chinese food. But for now I try to have a more balanced and healthy diet, eat more nutritious food. So my favorite food now is salad.
시험관
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
수험생
Wow, the food I really enjoyed to eat when I was a child is the beef rice. I'm a big fan of it. I think it's because the flavor of it is not spicy and not salty and it's also my first time to eat in the restaurant.
시험관
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
수험생
Yeah, I ate different kind of foods in different stages and different seasons because there's so many foods that are seasonal, especially foods such as watermelon. It's it is harvest in the summer and pears harvested in autumn. So I eat them in the best season.
시험관
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
수험생
Yeah, my favorite food is always kept changing. Like when I was a child, my favorite food is what I mentioned before, the beef rice. And when I come to the primary school, my favorite food turned to baits hot pot because I began to eat something special, spicy and salty.
What is your favourite food?
점수: 72.0제안: Be more concise and directly state your favourite food first, then give one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Avoid repetition and minor grammar issues (e.g., article use, tense consistency). Aim for clearer sentence boundaries and natural phrasing.
예시: My favourite food now is salad. I prefer salads because they are light and nutritious, especially when I add ingredients like avocado, grilled chicken and mixed greens. For example, a typical meal for me is a quinoa and spinach salad with a lemon dressing, which keeps me energized throughout the day.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
점수: 68.0제안: Start with a clear topic sentence and correct grammar (e.g., 'I really enjoyed beef rice when I was a child'). Then add one specific reason and a short personal detail. Use linking words like 'because' and 'also' appropriately.
예시: I really enjoyed beef rice when I was a child. I liked it because the flavor was mild — not spicy or too salty — which suited my taste. Also, eating it was memorable because it was the first dish I tried at a restaurant with my family.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
점수: 70.0제안: Use present tense for general habits, be more precise, and avoid repetition and redundancy. Use linking phrases like 'for example' to introduce specific seasonal foods. Correct small errors (e.g., 'are harvested', 'I eat them in their season').
예시: Yes, I eat different foods at different times of the year because many fruits and vegetables are seasonal. For example, I eat watermelon in the summer because it is refreshing and at its best, and I have pears in the autumn when they are ripe and sweet.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
점수: 65.0제안: Answer directly with a clear statement about change, use correct tense and fewer sentences (max 5). Provide one or two specific examples and a linking word (e.g., 'then', 'later') to show progression. Correct vocabulary and phrasing (e.g., 'during primary school' and name dishes correctly).
예시: Yes, my favourite food has changed over time. As a child I loved beef rice, but during primary school I began to prefer spicy dishes like spicy hot pot because I started to enjoy stronger flavours. Now I prefer lighter, healthier options such as salads.
× Well, when I was a kid my favorite food was the traditional Chinese food.
✓ Well, when I was a kid my favorite food was traditional Chinese food.
Remove the definite article 'the' because we refer to Chinese cuisine in general, not a specific set of food items. This is an article error closely tied to noun usage; using no article is natural here.
× But for now I try to have a more balanced and healthy diet, eat more nutritious food.
✓ But now I try to have a more balanced and healthy diet and eat more nutritious food.
Run-on caused by missing conjunction. Add 'and' to connect two coordinated verbs describing current habits. Also 'for now' is acceptable, but 'now' is more natural.
× So my favorite food now is salad.
✓ So my favorite food now is salad.
Sentence is grammatically correct; no change needed. It states a present habit or preference using present simple appropriately.
× Wow, the food I really enjoyed to eat when I was a child is the beef rice.
✓ Wow, the food I really enjoyed eating when I was a child was beef rice.
Use the -ing form after 'enjoy' (enjoy + -ing) and keep tense consistent: 'when I was a child' requires past tense 'was' not present 'is'. Also remove 'the' before 'beef rice' when speaking of a dish name.
× I'm a big fan of it.
✓ I'm a big fan of it.
This sentence is acceptable in context; 'it' correctly refers to the dish mentioned. No correction necessary.
× I think it's because the flavor of it is not spicy and not salty and it's also my first time to eat in the restaurant.
✓ I think it's because its flavor was not spicy or salty and it was also the first time I had eaten it in a restaurant.
Match tense to past context ('was' and 'had eaten'). Use 'its' instead of 'the flavor of it' for conciseness. Use 'or' for alternatives and change 'my first time to eat in the restaurant' to natural past perfect 'the first time I had eaten it in a restaurant.'
× Yeah, I ate different kind of foods in different stages and different seasons because there's so many foods that are seasonal, especially foods such as watermelon.
✓ Yeah, I ate different kinds of food at different stages and in different seasons because there are so many seasonal foods, especially fruits like watermelon.
Use plural 'kinds' and uncountable 'food' or 'kinds of food'; 'in different stages' is vague but can stay; prepositions: 'at different stages' and 'in different seasons'. Use 'there are' to agree with plural 'foods'. Use 'fruits like watermelon' for clarity.
× It's it is harvest in the summer and pears harvested in autumn.
✓ They're harvested in the summer, and pears are harvested in the autumn.
Correct subject-verb agreement and structure for passive 'be harvested'. Remove duplicated 'it is' and use 'they're' (they are) or explicitly 'watermelons are harvested'. Use 'the autumn' or 'autumn' consistently.
× So I eat them in the best season.
✓ So I eat them in their best season.
Add possessive 'their' to refer back to the fruits and make the sentence more natural.
× Yeah, my favorite food is always kept changing.
✓ Yeah, my favorite food keeps changing.
Use the natural active form 'keeps changing' rather than passive 'is kept changing'. Present simple 'keeps' expresses habitual change.
× Like when I was a child, my favorite food is what I mentioned before, the beef rice.
✓ Like when I was a child, my favorite food was what I mentioned before: beef rice.
Match past context with past tense 'was'. Use a colon for clarity and drop unnecessary 'the'.
× And when I come to the primary school, my favorite food turned to baits hot pot because I began to eat something special, spicy and salty.
✓ And when I went to primary school, my favorite food became Bai's hot pot because I began to eat foods that were special, spicy, and salty.
Use past tense 'went' and 'became' for past events. Correct noun 'primary school' without 'the' in general. 'Turned to' is unnatural; use 'became'. Proper noun 'Bai's hot pot' (assumed) must be capitalized; adjust 'baits' to likely 'Bai's'. Use plural 'foods' or 'dishes' and past 'were' for adjectives.