Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes I did. I have a bike when I were a child.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Uh, yes. I think, uh, the bikes are popular in our country because more people, people like bikes, cars and they are not very, uh, often, uh, ride bicycles. Bicycles are not very popular, but bikes are popular.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 48.0Gợi ý: Используйте правильные времена и согласование подлежащего и сказуемого, говорите полными, но краткими предложениями. Начните с прямого ответа (Yes, I did), затем добавьте одно или два уточняющих предложения. Избегайте ошибок типа "I have"/"I were"; правильно — "I had". Можно добавить деталь — какого типа был велосипед или как часто вы на нём катались.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. I had a red bicycle when I was about seven, and I rode it to school almost every day. It was small but very sturdy, and I loved riding with my friends after class.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Сформулируйте мысль ясно и логично, используйте связки (because, although, however) и конкретные примеры или статистику. Избегайте лишних пауз и повторов. Различайте слова "bike" и "bicycle" по смыслу и уточняйте: вы говорите о велосипедах или мотоциклах? Постройте ответ: прямая позиция + причина + пример/сравнение.
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bicycles are moderately popular in my country. Although many people prefer cars for long journeys, bicycles are common for short trips and exercise because they are cheap and convenient. For example, in big cities you can see many people cycling to work in the morning.
× Yes I did. I have a bike when I were a child.
✓ Yes, I did. I had a bike when I was a child.
The student used present tense 'have' instead of past tense 'had' to talk about a past situation, and used 'were' instead of the singular past 'was' for 'I'. Use past simple for completed actions in the past: 'I had' and 'I was'. Also add a comma after 'Yes' for clarity.
× I think, uh, the bikes are popular in our country because more people, people like bikes, cars and they are not very, uh, often, uh, ride bicycles.
✓ I think bikes are popular in our country because many people like them, but they don't often ride bicycles.
Problems: redundant article 'the' with 'bikes' is unnecessary; 'more people, people' is repetitive; 'they are not very often ride' is ungrammatical—subject-verb agreement and word order errors. Use 'many people like them' (pronoun refers to bikes), and negative frequency requires auxiliary 'do not' + base verb: 'they don't often ride bicycles'. Also simplify and remove fillers.
× Bicycles are not very popular, but bikes are popular.
✓ Bicycles are not very popular, although bikes in general are popular.
This sentence is contradictory and unclear. If 'bikes' refers to bicycles, the contrast doesn't make sense. Clarify by specifying 'bicycles are not very popular in some places, although other types of bikes are popular' or use 'in general' to indicate a broader category. The corrected sentence avoids contradiction and improves coherence.