Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
I had a bike when I was a child. I usually bike around 30 minutes back when I was 15 with my family. It was really relaxing and exciting to drive around my village.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I think bikes are popular in my country in terms of exercising. However, biking as a way of umm, commuting in my country seems to be dangerous as in the road there's too many cars in the city, so I think it's popular just in home exercising.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 72.0Gợi ý: Improve coherence and natural phrasing by using a clear topic sentence, correct verb forms, and concise supporting details. Avoid redundancy (e.g., "when I was a child" and "back when I was 15"). Use linking words to connect ideas (e.g., "so", "and"). Also replace "drive" with the correct verb for bicycles: "ride."
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike as a child. When I was about 15, I often rode it with my family for around 30 minutes, usually in the evenings, and it was relaxing and exciting because we would explore quiet lanes in our village.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 68.0Gợi ý: Improve fluency by removing fillers (like "umm") and tightening sentence structure. Start with a clear opinion, then give two specific reasons using linking words (e.g., "however", "because"). Use more precise vocabulary (e.g., "commuting", "congested", "primarily"). Make details specific: where people exercise (parks, gyms) and why commuting is unsafe (heavy traffic, lack of bike lanes).
Ví dụ: Overall, I think bikes are popular mainly for exercise in my country. People often ride them in parks or residential areas for fitness; however, using bikes for commuting is uncommon because city roads are congested and there are few protected bike lanes, which makes it dangerous.
× I usually bike around 30 minutes back when I was 15 with my family.
✓ I usually biked for around 30 minutes when I was 15 with my family.
The sentence mixes present simple 'usually bike' with a past time reference 'when I was 15'. Use past tense 'biked' to match the past time. Also use 'for' to indicate duration and place 'around' before the duration. Suggestion: maintain consistent past tense for actions that happened in the past and use 'for' with time expressions.
× It was really relaxing and exciting to drive around my village.
✓ It was really relaxing and exciting to ride around my village.
The verb 'drive' typically refers to operating a car; for bicycles the correct verb is 'ride'. This is a word choice error related to verb usage. Use 'ride' when talking about bicycles. Also the rest of the sentence is fine in past tense.
× I think bikes are popular in my country in terms of exercising.
✓ I think bikes are popular in my country for exercise.
The phrase 'in terms of exercising' is awkward and uses a gerund unnecessarily. Use 'for exercise' to express purpose more naturally. The present tense 'think' is correct here, but wording should be concise.
× However, biking as a way of umm, commuting in my country seems to be dangerous as in the road there's too many cars in the city, so I think it's popular just in home exercising.
✓ However, biking as a way of commuting in my country seems dangerous because there are too many cars on the roads in the city, so I think it is only popular for exercising at home.
Multiple preposition and agreement errors: use 'because' instead of 'as' for cause clarity; 'there are' (not 'there's') agrees with plural 'too many cars'; use 'on the roads' (not 'in the road'); 'only' is better than 'just' before the phrase; and 'for exercising at home' is a clearer prepositional phrase than 'in home exercising'. Maintain consistent present tense. Also remove filler 'umm'.