Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I have a bike when I child.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country because. Because. More because when people travel to one place to another.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar, clarity and add a brief supporting detail. Start with a clear past-tense topic sentence, then give one specific detail (where/when you used it or who gave it to you). Keep it concise (≤5 sentences) and natural.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I used it every weekend to ride around my neighborhood with my friends. It was a red bicycle that my parents bought for my eighth birthday, and I learned to ride it without training wheels in a day.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 45.0Gợi ý: Make a single clear opinion, then give one or two specific reasons using linking words (for example, because/so/therefore). Avoid repetition and incomplete sentences. Use relevant vocabulary (commute, affordable, environment). Keep the answer under five sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, bicycles are very popular in my country because they are an affordable and convenient way to commute in crowded cities. For example, many people use bikes to travel short distances to work or school, and the government has built bike lanes in several urban areas to encourage cycling.
× Yes, I have a bike when I child.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
The examiner's question uses past tense ('Did you have...'), so the student's reply must also be in the past. The sentence contains two errors: wrong tense for the verb 'have' (should be past 'had') and a missing auxiliary and form for 'be' with 'child' ('was a child'). Use 'was' for first-person singular in past and include the article 'a' before 'child'. Suggestion: match the tense of the question and use 'was a child'.
× Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country because. Because. More because when people travel to one place to another.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country because people often use them to travel from one place to another.
The original reply is fragmented and contains redundant 'Because.' fragments, which breaks sentence structure. Also 'More because' is unclear and incorrect. The phrase 'when people travel to one place to another' is ungrammatical; the correct expression is 'from one place to another.' Combine ideas into a single coherent sentence: state the reason after 'because' and use 'from one place to another.' Suggestion: avoid sentence fragments, remove repeated 'Because.', and use the correct preposition 'from' in the phrase 'from one place to another'.