Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Yeah, I had a red bicycle when I was 6, which I had been training for a whole month. I also fought down a lot, but that actually the best memory in my life.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Yeah, I think bike is pretty popular in my country. People around me, they're using buy to go for work or I go for a market because it's inexpensive and it's very convenient in the concessions like traffic congestions.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 62.0Suggestion: Câu trả lời đi đúng trọng tâm và có thêm chi tiết cụ thể về màu xe, độ tuổi và kỷ niệm. Tuy nhiên, “had been training for a whole month” chưa tự nhiên; nên dùng “spent a month learning to ride it”. “Fought down” là cách dùng sai, cần sửa thành “fell off it” hoặc “fell down a lot”. Ngoài ra, câu cuối thiếu động từ “was” và nên nói “one of the best memories of my childhood” để diễn đạt tự nhiên hơn. Hãy dùng từ nối như “Although” hoặc “However” để liên kết ý rõ ràng.
Example: Yes, I had a red bicycle when I was six. I spent about a month learning how to ride it, and I fell off quite a few times. However, those experiences became some of my best childhood memories.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 48.0Suggestion: Câu trả lời có nêu quan điểm và lý do hợp lý như chi phí thấp, thuận tiện, nhưng mắc nhiều lỗi ngữ pháp và dùng từ. “Bike” nên chuyển thành số nhiều “bikes” hoặc “bicycles”; “using buy” cần sửa thành “use bikes”; “go for work” là “go to work”; và “go for a market” là “go to the market”. Cụm “in the concessions like traffic congestions” không tự nhiên; nên dùng “especially in areas with heavy traffic” hoặc “because they help people avoid traffic congestion”. Nên sắp xếp câu theo cấu trúc: ý chính → đối tượng sử dụng → lý do.
Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people use them to go to work or to the market because they are inexpensive and convenient. In addition, bicycles are useful for avoiding traffic congestion, especially in crowded cities.
× I also fought down a lot, but that actually the best memory in my life.
✓ I also fell down a lot, but that was actually the best memory of my life.
The second clause is missing the verb was. Because the speaker is describing a past experience, the past form was is required. Also, fell down is the natural expression for losing balance and falling from a bicycle.
× Yeah, I think bike is pretty popular in my country.
✓ Yeah, I think bikes are pretty popular in my country.
When speaking about bicycles in general, use the plural noun bikes and the plural verb are. The singular form bike would need a determiner, such as a bike or the bike.
× People around me, they're using buy to go for work or I go for a market because it's inexpensive and it's very convenient in the concessions like traffic congestions.
✓ People around me use bikes to go to work or to the market because bikes are inexpensive and very convenient in areas with heavy traffic.
The simple present use is more appropriate for a regular habit or general situation. The original present continuous form they're using suggests an action happening temporarily or right now. Use the simple present when describing what people generally do.
× People around me, they're using buy to go for work or I go for a market because it's inexpensive and it's very convenient in the concessions like traffic congestions.
✓ People around me use bikes to go to work or to the market because bikes are inexpensive and very convenient in areas with heavy traffic.
Use go to work and go to the market, not go for work and go for a market. The preposition to expresses movement toward a destination.
× People around me, they're using buy to go for work or I go for a market because it's inexpensive and it's very convenient in the concessions like traffic congestions.
✓ People around me use bikes to go to work or to the market because bikes are inexpensive and very convenient in areas with heavy traffic.
The phrase the market is used when referring to the usual or specific market in the context. However, no article is normally used before work in the expression go to work.
× People around me, they're using buy to go for work or I go for a market because it's inexpensive and it's very convenient in the concessions like traffic congestions.
✓ People around me use bikes to go to work or to the market because bikes are inexpensive and very convenient in areas with heavy traffic.
The original sentence contains an incomplete and confusing structure, including an unnecessary subject repetition and an unclear shift from people around me to I. Use one clear subject and organize the sentence with a main clause and a because clause.