Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I do have a bike when I was young it was a gift from my father. When I was 8 years old because I passed an exam, I learned how to ride the bike with my father and my sister and we often go to jail garden near our house during weekend to practice.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
From my perspective, it is becoming more popular since recent years before physical ex activities are not so popular but in the recent time our government initiative coupled with UMM development of park nearby in our housing area encouraged.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 54.0Gợi ý: Clarify tense and grammar, shorten and organize into a clear topic sentence plus 1–2 supporting details. Use past tense for childhood, correct articles and prepositions, and avoid redundancy. Add linking words (for example, because/so/and) to make sequence clear and keep within 3–4 sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes. I had a bike when I was a child; it was a gift from my father. I learned to ride it at about eight years old with my father and sister because I wanted to celebrate passing an exam. We often practised at the garden near our house on weekends.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 49.0Gợi ý: Provide a clear direct answer, use consistent tense, and break into a topic sentence plus supporting reasons. Use linking words (for example, recently/because/also) and give specific examples or comparisons. Correct collocations (e.g., 'physical activities', 'in recent years', 'government initiatives') and avoid vague phrases.
Ví dụ: Yes, I think cycling has become more popular in recent years. This is because the government has promoted healthy living and new parks have been built near many housing areas. For example, in my neighborhood a newly developed park has encouraged more families to cycle at weekends.
× Yes, I do have a bike when I was young it was a gift from my father.
✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was young; it was a gift from my father.
The sentence mixes present tense 'do have' with past time marker 'when I was young'. Use past tense 'had' to match the time frame. Also separate into two clauses with a semicolon or period for clarity. Suggestion: use consistent past tense for past events and punctuate to separate ideas.
× When I was 8 years old because I passed an exam, I learned how to ride the bike with my father and my sister and we often go to jail garden near our house during weekend to practice.
✓ When I was 8 years old, because I had passed an exam, I learned how to ride the bike with my father and my sister, and we often went to the jail garden near our house on weekends to practice.
Multiple tense and usage errors: 'because I passed' should be past perfect 'had passed' to show the exam happened before learning to ride; 'go' should be past 'went' to match past habitual action; 'during weekend' should be 'on weekends' for correct preposition and plural form; add commas to separate clauses. Also 'the bike' can be 'to ride a bike' but keeping 'the bike' is acceptable if referring to that bike.
× From my perspective, it is becoming more popular since recent years before physical ex activities are not so popular but in the recent time our government initiative coupled with UMM development of park nearby in our housing area encouraged.
✓ From my perspective, cycling has become more popular in recent years. Previously, physical exercise was not so popular, but recent government initiatives and the development of nearby parks in our housing area have encouraged people to be more active.
The original mixes tenses and has awkward phrasing. 'It is becoming more popular since recent years' is incorrect: use present perfect 'has become' to describe change over a period. 'Before' should be 'previously' and 'are not so popular' must be past 'was not so popular' to refer to the earlier time. 'Our government initiative coupled with UMM development of park nearby in our housing area encouraged' is ungrammatical: use plural 'initiatives' and plural 'parks' or 'the development of a nearby park', and use present perfect 'have encouraged' to connect recent developments to current popularity. Also break into two sentences for clarity.