Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yes, I did. My mother had bought a bike from me when it was in the Brimery and And I remember learning to ride it in the park near my house. I used the bike every day with his friends and it became one of my favorite childhood things.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yes, I think so Bai is quite populous among both young and older people in my countries especially in the large cities where people don't have time to go into the gym doing the exercises and I think the sales of the price is for skyrocketers.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 55.0Suggestion: Câu trả lời có cấu trúc khá rõ: trả lời trực tiếp, nêu địa điểm học đi xe và chia sẻ cảm xúc. Tuy nhiên, cần sửa các lỗi dùng từ và ngữ pháp: dùng “bought me a bike” thay vì “bought a bike from me”, “when I was in primary school” thay cho cụm không rõ nghĩa “when it was in the Brimery”, và “with my friends” thay vì “with his friends”. Ngoài ra, tránh nối nhiều ý bằng “and” và nên dùng liên từ như “After that” hoặc “As a result” để câu mạch lạc hơn. Câu trả lời nên giữ ở khoảng 3–4 câu ngắn, tự nhiên.
Example: Yes, I did. My mother bought me a bike when I was in primary school, and I learned to ride it in the park near my house. After that, I often cycled there with my friends, so it became one of my favorite childhood memories.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: Bạn đã trả lời trực tiếp rằng xe đạp phổ biến, nhưng câu trả lời có nhiều lỗi khiến ý chưa rõ: “Bai” nên là “biking” hoặc “bicycles”, “populous” phải đổi thành “popular”, “in my countries” thành “in my country”, và “go into the gym doing the exercises” nên diễn đạt là “go to the gym to exercise”. Cụm “the sales of the price is for skyrocketers” không tự nhiên; có thể thay bằng “bike sales have increased significantly”. Hãy tổ chức câu trả lời theo cấu trúc: ý kiến chính → lý do → ví dụ/kết quả, đồng thời dùng các từ nối như “especially”, “because” và “as a result”.
Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among young people and older adults. In large cities, many people cycle because it is a convenient and affordable way to exercise without going to the gym. As a result, bike sales have increased significantly in recent years.
× My mother had bought a bike from me when it was in the Brimery.
✓ My mother bought a bike for me when I was in primary school.
The simple past tense, bought, is more appropriate because this is a completed event in the past. The past perfect, had bought, is normally used to show that one past event happened before another past event. Also, the subject should be I because the speaker was in primary school, not the bike.
× My mother had bought a bike from me when it was in the Brimery.
✓ My mother bought a bike for me when I was in primary school.
The preposition for is used when something is bought for another person. From would mean that the bike was bought from the speaker.
× I used the bike every day with his friends.
✓ I used the bike every day with my friends.
The possessive pronoun must agree with the subject I. Therefore, my friends is correct, not his friends.
× Bai is quite populous among both young and older people.
✓ Biking is quite popular among both young and older people.
Popular means liked or commonly practiced by many people. Populous describes a place with a large population, so it is not suitable for describing biking.
× Bai is quite populous among both young and older people in my countries.
✓ Biking is quite popular among both young and older people in my country.
The speaker is referring to one country, so the singular form country is required. The plural form countries would mean more than one country.
× People don't have time to go into the gym doing the exercises.
✓ People do not have time to go to the gym to exercise.
The usual preposition is to in the expression go to the gym. Go into the gym emphasizes entering the building and is not the natural choice here.
× People don't have time to go into the gym doing the exercises.
✓ People do not have time to go to the gym to exercise.
After go to the gym, the infinitive to exercise clearly expresses the purpose of going there. The phrase doing the exercises is awkward in this sentence.
× I think the sales of the price is for skyrocketers.
✓ I think bike sales are skyrocketing.
The plural subject sales requires the plural verb are, not is. The present participle form skyrocketing is also the natural expression for prices or sales increasing rapidly.
× I think the sales of the price is for skyrocketers.
✓ I think bike sales are skyrocketing.
After the auxiliary verb are, the present participle form skyrocketing is needed to form the present continuous tense. Skyrocketers is not a correct verb form in this context.