Part 1
Examiner
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidate
Actually I didn't have a bike when I was a child because most of the time when I went to school or hang out with my friends, my parents took me to these places or sometimes I walked to the supermarket because my house is located near one.
Examiner
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidate
Actually, I think at the time I was a child, bikes were really popular in my country. However, when life changed everything become more modern, people opt for riding a bike, no riding a motorcycle and cars not bicycles anymore.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Score: 65.0Suggestion: Bạn trả lời trực tiếp và đưa ra lý do, nhưng câu quá dài và có một số cách diễn đạt chưa tự nhiên. Hãy tách ý thành 2–3 câu; dùng quá khứ nhất quán, chẳng hạn “went to school or hung out with my friends”. Thay “these places” bằng địa điểm cụ thể hoặc bỏ đi, và có thể kết thúc bằng một chi tiết ngắn về việc đi bộ vì siêu thị ở gần nhà.
Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. My parents usually drove me to school or to meet my friends. I sometimes walked to the supermarket because it was close to our house.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Score: 45.0Suggestion: Câu trả lời có ý so sánh giữa trước đây và hiện tại, nhưng câu đầu chưa trả lời rõ tình hình hiện nay. Cụm “when life changed everything become more modern” sai ngữ pháp và chưa tự nhiên; hãy dùng “as the country has become more modern”. Sửa “people opt” thành “people have opted” hoặc “people tend to choose”, đồng thời tránh tự sửa giữa câu (“no riding…”). Nêu rõ rằng xe máy và ô tô phổ biến hơn xe đạp, rồi thêm một lý do cụ thể.
Example: Bikes used to be very popular in my country, especially when I was a child. However, as the country has become more modern, many people now prefer motorcycles or cars. They are often more convenient for travelling longer distances.
× when life changed everything become more modern
✓ As life became more modern
The response describes a change that happened in the past, so use the past-tense form became instead of become. The revised phrase also expresses the intended relationship more clearly.
× people opt for riding a bike
✓ people opted for riding bikes
The speaker is describing what people did during a past period, so opt should be changed to its past-tense form, opted.
× no riding a motorcycle and cars not bicycles anymore
✓ motorcycles and cars rather than bicycles
This phrase is not a complete, well-formed contrast: no riding and cars not bicycles do not fit grammatically into the sentence. Use motorcycles and cars rather than bicycles to make the contrast clear and parallel.