Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Umm yes of course. Uh, my parent bought me one when I was in grade 2 and every morning I woke up and at about 55 AM and had rolling rolled it around the park.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
I think yes, but actually in big cities like Hojim City or Hanoi, you can you really can see people ride bikes on the road because the distance is really far so they usually just do motorbike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 52.0Suggestion: Câu trả lời có ý chính và thông tin cụ thể về thời điểm bạn có xe đạp, nhưng còn nhiều lỗi ngữ pháp và cách diễn đạt chưa tự nhiên. Nên nói “my parents bought me one” thay vì “my parent bought me one”, dùng “when I was in second grade” thay cho “in grade 2”, và sửa “had rolling rolled it” thành “rode it around the park”. Cụm “55 AM” không rõ nghĩa; nếu bạn muốn nói 5 giờ sáng, hãy nói “at about 5 a.m.”. Nên sắp xếp câu theo cấu trúc: trả lời trực tiếp, thêm thời điểm, rồi mô tả hoạt động hoặc cảm xúc.
Example: Yes, I did. My parents bought me a bike when I was in second grade. I used to ride it around the park every morning at about 5 a.m. It was a great way to start my day.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 55.0Suggestion: Bạn đã thể hiện được quan điểm và đưa ra sự so sánh giữa xe đạp và xe máy, nhưng câu trả lời còn lặp từ và có lỗi dùng từ. Hãy nói “I think they are quite popular” thay vì “I think yes”, sửa “Hojim City” thành “Ho Chi Minh City”, và dùng “ride motorbikes” thay cho “do motorbike”. Ý “because the distance is really far” chưa hợp lý để giải thích việc người dân không đi xe đạp; nên nói “because the distances are long and traffic is heavy”. Hãy dùng từ nối như “However” hoặc “Therefore” để liên kết rõ hơn và nêu một địa điểm hoặc nhóm người thường đi xe đạp để câu trả lời cụ thể hơn.
Example: Yes, bikes are fairly popular in my country, especially in smaller towns and rural areas. However, in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, most people prefer motorbikes because the distances are long and the traffic is heavy. Some people still ride bicycles for exercise or short trips.
× Umm yes of course. Uh, my parent bought me one when I was in grade 2 and every morning I woke up and at about 55 AM and had rolling rolled it around the park.
✓ Umm, yes, of course. Uh, my parents bought me one when I was in Grade 2, and every morning I woke up at about 5:00 a.m. and rolled it around the park.
Parents is plural because the speaker most likely refers to both the mother and the father. Use the plural noun parents instead of the singular noun parent when referring to both of them.
× Umm yes of course. Uh, my parent bought me one when I was in grade 2 and every morning I woke up and at about 55 AM and had rolling rolled it around the park.
✓ Umm, yes, of course. Uh, my parents bought me one when I was in Grade 2, and every morning I woke up at about 5:00 a.m. and rolled it around the park.
The question asks about a past childhood experience, so the actions should be in the simple past tense. Rolled is the correct simple past form of roll. Do not use had before rolled here because the past perfect is unnecessary.
× I think yes, but actually in big cities like Hojim City or Hanoi, you can you really can see people ride bikes on the road because the distance is really far so they usually just do motorbike.
✓ I think so, but actually, in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, you can really see people riding bikes on the roads. Because the distances are far, people usually ride motorbikes instead.
The phrase you can you really can contains a repeated subject and modal verb, which makes the sentence structurally incorrect. Use you can really see once. Also, ride motorbikes is the natural verb phrase; do motorbike is not grammatically or idiomatically correct.
× I think yes, but actually in big cities like Hojim City or Hanoi, you can you really can see people ride bikes on the road because the distance is really far so they usually just do motorbike.
✓ I think so, but actually, in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, you can really see people riding bikes on the roads. Because the distances are far, people usually ride motorbikes instead.
After see, both the bare infinitive ride and the present participle riding can be used, but riding emphasizes the action in progress and sounds more natural in this context. The phrase do motorbike should be replaced with ride motorbikes because ride is the correct verb for using a bike or motorbike.
× I think yes, but actually in big cities like Hojim City or Hanoi, you can you really can see people ride bikes on the road because the distance is really far so they usually just do motorbike.
✓ I think so, but actually, in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, you can really see people riding bikes on the roads. Because the distances are far, people usually ride motorbikes instead.
Because and so should not be used together to express the same cause-and-effect relationship. Use because to introduce the reason, or use so to introduce the result. Separating the ideas into two sentences makes the relationship clearer.