Part 1
Giám khảo
Do you prefer sad or happy music?
Thí sinh
Well, I prefer to listen happy music. It boosts my energy and helps me to stay calm and relax. It also reduces my stress after coming from my work.
Giám khảo
Does happy music make you feel more excited?
Thí sinh
Yes, happy music makes me excited. I love to dance on happy music sometimes when I come from the office in the evening. It helps me to stay calm and also helps me to reduce my weight and some physical activity also can be done from this.
Giám khảo
Have you taken any music classes?
Thí sinh
No, I haven't take any music class even I am not interested in music. I just listen to relax my mind after hectic schedule. Otherwise I'm not I I'm not professional and I don't want to go in that line.
Giám khảo
Do you listen to music while doing other things?
Thí sinh
Yes, I love to listen music while I am busy in other things. For example, if I am cooking, I love to listen some calm and peaceful music. It helps me to stay focused and also helps me to stay motivated.
Do you prefer sad or happy music?
Điểm: 72.0Gợi ý: Be more grammatically accurate and concise. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Correct verb forms and article use (e.g., “listen to happy music,” “when I come home from work”).
Ví dụ: I prefer listening to happy music because it boosts my energy. For example, after I come home from work, upbeat songs lift my mood and help me relax.
Does happy music make you feel more excited?
Điểm: 66.0Gợi ý: Avoid repeating ideas and be precise. Use linking words to connect ideas (e.g., “and,” “so,” “for example”). Fix collocations: say “dance to happy music,” and be careful claiming unrelated benefits; instead explain clearly how it helps with exercise.
Ví dụ: Yes, happy music definitely makes me excited and energetic. For example, when I get home from the office I often dance to upbeat songs, which cheers me up and gives me a short workout.
Have you taken any music classes?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Use correct negative forms and clearer structure. Give a short topic sentence, then one reason with a linking word. Avoid repetition and correct tense (e.g., “I haven't taken any music classes”).
Ví dụ: No, I haven't taken any music classes because I'm not interested in pursuing music professionally. I mainly listen to music to relax after a hectic day.
Do you listen to music while doing other things?
Điểm: 76.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar and vary vocabulary. Use correct phrases like “listen to music” and combine similar points to avoid repetition. Add one specific example and link effects clearly.
Ví dụ: Yes, I often listen to music while doing other tasks. For instance, I play calm, peaceful music when I'm cooking because it helps me concentrate and keeps me motivated.
× I prefer to listen happy music.
✓ I prefer listening to happy music.
The verb 'prefer' is commonly followed by a gerund (verb + -ing) when expressing general preference. Also include the preposition 'to' after 'listening' when indicating the object: 'listening to music'. Suggestion: Use 'prefer listening to ...' for general habits.
× It boosts my energy and helps me to stay calm and relax.
✓ It boosts my energy and helps me stay calm and relax.
When using 'help' with another verb, the base form without 'to' or the infinitive is preferred: 'helps me stay' rather than 'helps me to stay' is more natural but both are possible. Remove the extra 'to' for parallel structure with 'relax'. Suggestion: Keep verbs after 'help' parallel and use base form: 'helps me stay calm and relax'.
× It also reduces my stress after coming from my work.
✓ It also reduces my stress after I come home from work.
The original uses an incorrect phrase 'coming from my work.' Use 'come home from work' or 'after work' to express returning from the workplace. Adding the subject 'I' clarifies the clause. Suggestion: Use 'after I come home from work' or simply 'after work'.
× Yes, happy music makes me excited.
✓ Yes, happy music makes me feel excited.
While 'makes me excited' is understandable, 'makes me feel excited' is more natural English and clarifies the internal emotional state. Suggestion: Use 'makes me feel excited' for emotions.
× I love to dance on happy music sometimes when I come from the office in the evening.
✓ I sometimes love to dance to happy music when I come home from the office in the evening.
Use the gerund or 'love to' consistently; 'dance to music' is the correct prepositional phrase (not 'on'). Also 'come from the office' should be 'come home from the office' or 'get home from the office'. Rearranged 'sometimes' to a more natural position. Suggestion: 'dance to music' and 'come home from the office'.
× It helps me to stay calm and also helps me to reduce my weight and some physical activity also can be done from this.
✓ It helps me stay calm, and it also helps me lose weight because I become more physically active.
Original is ungrammatical and awkward: 'reduce my weight' is better expressed as 'lose weight'; 'some physical activity also can be done from this' is unclear. Rephrase to state cause and effect and use natural collocations. Suggestion: Use clear subject-verb order and natural verbs: 'helps me lose weight' and 'become more physically active'.
× No, I haven't take any music class even I am not interested in music.
✓ No, I haven't taken any music classes; in fact, I'm not interested in music.
After 'have' in present perfect, use the past participle 'taken' not the base 'take'. Also 'music class' should be plural 'music classes' or 'a music class' depending on context. Add punctuation and a linking phrase for clarity. Suggestion: Use present perfect 'haven't taken' and pluralize or article the noun appropriately.
× I just listen to relax my mind after hectic schedule.
✓ I just listen to relax my mind after a hectic schedule.
Missing article 'a' before 'hectic schedule'. Also 'listen to' needs an object: context implies 'listen to music to relax my mind'. Add 'music' or restructure the sentence. Suggestion: 'I just listen to music to relax my mind after a hectic day/schedule.'
× Otherwise I'm not I I'm not professional and I don't want to go in that line.
✓ Otherwise, I'm not a professional, and I don't want to go into that line of work.
Sentence has repetition and missing article 'a' before 'professional'. Use 'go into that line of work' for the idiomatic expression. Remove repeated 'I'. Suggestion: Keep sentences concise, include articles where needed ('a professional'), and use idiomatic prepositions ('go into').
× Yes, I love to listen music while I am busy in other things.
✓ Yes, I love listening to music while I'm busy with other things.
Use 'listening to music' with the gerund and include the preposition 'to'. Also use 'busy with' rather than 'busy in'. Suggestion: 'love listening to music' and 'busy with other things'.
× For example, if I am cooking, I love to listen some calm and peaceful music.
✓ For example, if I am cooking, I love to listen to calm, peaceful music.
Include the preposition 'to' after 'listen' and remove 'some' which is unnecessary here; use commas between coordinate adjectives. Alternatively use 'I love listening to calm, peaceful music.' Suggestion: 'listen to calm, peaceful music'.
× It helps me to stay focused and also helps me to stay motivated.
✓ It helps me stay focused and stay motivated.
Use parallel structure and omit 'to' after 'helps' for natural phrasing. Repetition of 'helps me' can be reduced for conciseness. Suggestion: Keep parallel verbs: 'helps me stay focused and stay motivated'.