Part 1
Examinador
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Candidato
Yes, when I was a child, I wrote a bike a lot. I usually rode uh, across the street to buy buy something that I really want to eat and yes uh, I really love riding a bike.
Examinador
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Candidato
Yes, besides cars and motorbike, uh, bicycle is very popular in my country. People ride a bike when they need to buy something or they need to go around in a short distance.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Puntuación: 62.0Sugerencia: Bạn trả lời đúng trọng tâm và có thêm chi tiết về việc thường đạp xe đi mua đồ ăn. Tuy nhiên, cần sửa “wrote a bike” thành “rode a bike”, tránh lặp “buy buy” và hạn chế các từ ngập ngừng như “uh”. Hãy dùng thì quá khứ nhất quán (“wanted”) và kết thúc bằng một câu ngắn nêu cảm nhận.
Ejemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I rode it quite often. I sometimes cycled across the street to buy snacks that I liked. I really enjoyed riding it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Puntuación: 68.0Sugerencia: Bạn trả lời trực tiếp và đưa ra lý do phù hợp. Cần dùng danh từ số nhiều để nói chung: “motorbikes” và “bicycles”; đồng thời sửa “in a short distance” thành “short distances”. Có thể thêm một chi tiết cụ thể, chẳng hạn xe đạp tiện cho những chuyến đi gần.
Ejemplo: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country, alongside cars and motorbikes. People often use them to run errands or travel short distances. They’re convenient for nearby trips and don’t require much effort to park.
× something that I really want to eat
✓ something that I really wanted to eat
The student is describing what they wanted to eat during a past experience. Use the past-tense form wanted to keep the verb consistent with the past context.
× Yes, besides cars and motorbike, uh, bicycle is very popular in my country.
✓ Yes, besides cars and motorbikes, bicycles are very popular in my country.
Cars is plural, so motorbike should also be plural in this list. Bicycle is being used to refer to bicycles in general, so use the plural form bicycles and the matching plural verb are.
× People ride a bike when they need to buy something or they need to go around in a short distance.
✓ People ride a bike when they need to buy something or they need to go around for a short distance.
Use for, not in, to describe the duration or extent of a short trip. A more natural alternative is to say travel a short distance.