Part 1
Giám khảo
Do you often feel tired?
Thí sinh
Yes, I often feel really tired because of the stress.
Giám khảo
When would you feel tired?
Thí sinh
Whenever I work hard throughout a whole day, or whenever I really, uh, work physically a lot, I often feel tired at the time.
Giám khảo
What do you do when you feel tired?
Thí sinh
When I feel tired, I used to take a a short break or a short nap and also I used to drink more water and eat a fruit to uh, be active.
Do you often feel tired?
Điểm: 70.0Gợi ý: Your answer directly addresses the question and is natural, but it is short and could be expanded with one or two specific details and a linking word to improve coherence. Avoid repeating words like “really” and try to add a brief reason or example (when/why stress occurs) to show more depth.
Ví dụ: Yes, I often feel tired because I usually have a heavy workload. For example, during busy weeks I have tight deadlines at work, so I end up staying up late and waking up early, which makes me feel exhausted.
When would you feel tired?
Điểm: 75.0Gợi ý: Good attempt to give conditions when you feel tired, but reduce hesitations and redundancy (avoid repeating 'whenever' and filler 'uh'). Use a clear topic sentence followed by a linked specific example or brief comparison to make it more fluent and informative.
Ví dụ: I feel tired after a full day of intense work, especially if I've been standing or lifting heavy objects. For instance, after helping with a long move last month I felt exhausted because I had been carrying boxes for eight hours.
What do you do when you feel tired?
Điểm: 72.0Gợi ý: You list good coping strategies, but the tense mix ('used to') is inappropriate here and there are short hesitations and repetition. Use present simple for habitual actions, group similar ideas, and add a brief linking phrase to show sequence or purpose.
Ví dụ: When I feel tired, I usually take a short nap or break; then I drink water and eat a piece of fruit to boost my energy. For example, I often have an apple and a ten-minute rest in the afternoon and then I feel more alert.
× Whenever I work hard throughout a whole day, or whenever I really, uh, work physically a lot, I often feel tired at the time.
✓ Whenever I work hard throughout the whole day, or whenever I do a lot of physical work, I often feel tired then.
Original contains awkward noun phrase 'work physically a lot' which incorrectly orders verb/adverb and noun. The correction uses 'do a lot of physical work' or 'do a lot of physical work' which properly uses a noun 'work' with modifiers; also 'at the time' is unnatural and replaced with 'then'. Suggestion: use 'do' + noun phrase for general activities (do a lot of physical work) and use 'then' or 'at that time' for temporal reference.
× When I feel tired, I used to take a a short break or a short nap and also I used to drink more water and eat a fruit to uh, be active.
✓ When I feel tired, I take a short break or a short nap, and I also drink more water and eat a piece of fruit to stay active.
The phrase 'used to' implies a habitual past action no longer true, but the context is a current habitual response to feeling tired, so present simple is required. Also 'a a' is a typo and 'eat a fruit' is unnatural in English; use 'eat a piece of fruit'. 'Be active' should be 'stay active' for natural collocation. Suggestion: use present simple for habits (I take, I drink, I eat) and correct collocations (a piece of fruit; stay active).
× Yes, I often feel really tired because of the stress.
✓ Yes, I often feel very tired because of stress.
'Really tired' is not ungrammatical but 'very tired' is more formal and 'the stress' is unnecessary unless referring to a specific stress; use 'stress' without the definite article for general condition. Also 'really' is an informal adverb; replace with 'very' for standard spoken English. Suggestion: drop 'the' for general nouns (stress) and prefer 'very' in formal corrections.