Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Well, yes, my father bought it for me when I was a kid. I uh, it, it was silver and it was a four wheel bike to help me ride it easier.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
No, so I live in Vietnam and in Vietnam we ride motorbike like every day some. So the the most popular vehicle here is motorbike and yeah bikes are not really popular and it seem very dangerous to ride a bike out our street.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 68.0Suggestion: Cải thiện: 1) Rút gọn và nói trực tiếp câu chủ đề (topic sentence) trước, tránh tiếng ngập ngừng (“uh”, lặp từ). 2) Thêm một hoặc hai chi tiết cụ thể để làm rõ (ví dụ: bao nhiêu tuổi khi có xe, bạn học được gì). 3) Dùng liên từ để nối các ý (e.g., “so”, “which”, “because”) và giữ không quá 5 câu. Ví dụ sửa lỗi về ngữ pháp nhỏ (four-wheel thay vì four wheel).
Example: Yes. My father bought me a small silver four-wheel bike when I was six, which helped me learn to balance. Because I practiced every afternoon, I became confident riding on my own within a few months.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 54.0Suggestion: Cải thiện: 1) Trả lời trực tiếp (Yes/No) kèm câu chủ đề rõ ràng, tránh lặp từ (“so”, “the the”). 2) Cung cấp lý do và một ví dụ cụ thể (e.g., hạ tầng, thời tiết, thói quen giao thông) sử dụng liên từ để kết nối (e.g., “because”, “for example”). 3) Sửa ngữ pháp (e.g., “motorbikes”, “it seems”) và giữ độ dài hợp lý (max 5 câu).
Example: Not really. In Vietnam, motorbikes are far more common because the roads and daily travel habits favour them. For example, most people commute by motorbike due to convenience and the lack of bike lanes, so cycling can feel risky on busy streets.
× I uh, it, it was silver and it was a four wheel bike to help me ride it easier.
✓ I uh, it, it was silver and it was a four-wheel bike to help me ride more easily.
The phrase 'to help me ride it easier' uses 'easier' (an adjective) where an adverb is needed to modify the verb 'ride'. Use 'more easily' (adverb phrase) or the adverb 'easily'. Also 'four wheel' should be hyphenated as 'four-wheel' when used as a compound adjective before a noun. Suggestion: Replace 'easier' with 'more easily' and hyphenate 'four-wheel'.
× No, so I live in Vietnam and in Vietnam we ride motorbike like every day some.
✓ No. I live in Vietnam and there we ride motorbikes almost every day.
The original sentence has awkward word order and incorrect quantifier/number agreement: 'motorbike' should be plural 'motorbikes' when speaking generally. 'Like every day some' is ungrammatical; use 'almost every day' or 'nearly every day'. Also split into two sentences or use a conjunction for clarity. Suggestion: Use plural for general statements and place adverbial time expressions like 'almost every day' after the verb phrase.
× So the the most popular vehicle here is motorbike and yeah bikes are not really popular and it seem very dangerous to ride a bike out our street.
✓ So the most popular vehicle here is the motorbike, and bikes are not really popular, and it seems very dangerous to ride a bike out on our street.
Several issues: duplicate 'the the' must be reduced to one 'the'. When speaking generally about a category, 'the motorbike' or just 'motorbikes' can be used; here 'the motorbike' is acceptable if referring to the class of vehicle. 'It seem' is subject-verb agreement error; correct verb is 'it seems'. Also preposition use: 'ride a bike out our street' should be 'ride a bike out on our street' to indicate location. Finally, comma placement improves readability. Suggestion: Remove duplicate words, fix subject-verb agreement to 'seems', and use the preposition 'on' for 'our street'.