Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, when I was a kid, my parents bought me a bicycle. Although it was, uh, second hand, I loved it and I often took it to school with me.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, in my country people often prefer to buy bikes over cars because of, uh, traffic issues. Umm bikes are convenient, cheaper and easy to use, so people, umm, prefer to use it especially.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 74.0Gợi ý: Your answer is clear and relevant but has hesitations (uh, umm), slight redundancy, and could be tightened into a more natural two- to three-sentence response. Add a brief specific detail (e.g., how you used it or a memory) and remove filler words. Use a linking phrase to connect ideas.
Ví dụ: Yes. My parents bought me a second-hand bicycle when I was a child, and I loved riding it to school every day. For example, I remember racing my friends on the way home, which made the trips fun and helped me become more confident on the road.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 70.0Gợi ý: Good content and clear opinion, but reduce hesitations and improve grammar and cohesion. Start with a direct topic sentence, then use linking words (for example, because, therefore) and give a specific example or statistic to support your view. Avoid repeating words like 'prefer' and correct the pronoun (use 'them' or 'bikes').
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because heavy traffic makes cars impractical. For example, many people choose motorcycles or scooters since they are cheaper to buy and maintain and allow faster commutes in crowded cities.
× Yes, when I was a kid, my parents bought me a bicycle.
✓ Yes, when I was a kid, my parents bought me a bicycle.
No change needed; sentence correctly uses past simple 'bought' to describe a completed action in the past. Suggestion: none.
× Although it was, uh, second hand, I loved it and I often took it to school with me.
✓ Although it was second-hand, I loved it and I often took it to school with me.
The original sentence has a minor punctuation and hyphenation issue: 'second hand' as a compound adjective before a noun should be hyphenated ('second-hand'). This is an orthographic convention rather than a core grammar error. Remove filler 'uh' for clarity.
× Yes, in my country people often prefer to buy bikes over cars because of, uh, traffic issues.
✓ Yes, in my country people often prefer to buy bikes to cars because of traffic issues.
The sentence is present-tense and mostly correct, but 'prefer to buy bikes over cars' is acceptable in informal speech; a more standard collocation is 'prefer bikes to cars'. Remove filler 'uh' and extra comma. Keep present simple for habitual preference.
× Umm bikes are convenient, cheaper and easy to use, so people, umm, prefer to use it especially.
✓ Bikes are convenient, cheaper, and easy to use, so people especially prefer to use them.
Pronoun agreement error: 'bikes' is plural, so the pronoun must be plural ('them'), not 'it'. Also adjust word order for natural English: place 'especially' before the verb phrase or after 'so', and add commas for clarity. Remove filler 'umm'.