Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I did. I had a Disney pink. I had a pink Disney Princess bike when I was in kindergarten. It was my birthday present from my dad and I used to ride it every weekend around neighborhood. It made me feel really happy and confident because it was my first bike.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I think so. In Japan there is a lot of electric bikes that you can rent through smartphone apps, which make them very convenient for short trips, for example. Bike sharing services are widespread in cities are and are popular because they're cheap and environmentally friendly.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 82.0Gợi ý: Overall this is a good, natural response with clear topic sentence and supporting details. To improve further, make the answer slightly more concise and correct small grammar issues (e.g., 'a Disney pink' → remove, 'around neighborhood' → 'around the neighborhood'). Use one linking word to connect ideas (for example, 'because' is used well). Try to add one brief specific detail (such as where you rode or a memory) to enrich the response without exceeding five sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes — I had a pink Disney Princess bike when I was in kindergarten. It was a birthday present from my dad, and I used to ride it every weekend around the neighborhood. Because it was my first bike, I felt really happy and confident whenever I rode it to the park.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 76.0Gợi ý: The answer gives relevant ideas and examples but has some grammatical errors and slightly repetitive phrasing. Make sentences more concise, correct word order (e.g., 'there are a lot of electric bikes'), and avoid repetition ('are widespread in cities are'). Use a linking phrase (such as 'for example' or 'in addition') correctly to connect points. Add one specific statistic or concrete example (a city or app name) to boost credibility and vocabulary variety.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in Japan. For example, there are many electric bikes that you can rent through smartphone apps, which makes them very convenient for short trips. In addition, bike-sharing services are widespread in cities like Tokyo because they are cheap and environmentally friendly.
× I had a Disney pink.
✓ I had a pink Disney bike.
The original sentence is awkward and likely missing the noun 'bike'; this is a word choice/word order issue but relates to past-tense narrative. Corrected sentence restores proper noun order (adjective + noun) and makes meaning clear. Suggestion: include the noun and order adjectives before the noun: 'a pink Disney bike.'
× I had a pink Disney Princess bike when I was in kindergarten.
✓ I had a pink Disney Princess bike when I was in kindergarten.
No grammatical error detected; sentence is correct. Kept as is.
× It was my birthday present from my dad and I used to ride it every weekend around neighborhood.
✓ It was my birthday present from my dad and I used to ride it every weekend around the neighborhood.
Missing definite article 'the' before 'neighborhood' is required in English when referring to a specific neighborhood. This is an article error (ID 22) but also affects past-tense narrative. Suggestion: add 'the' to say 'around the neighborhood.'
× In Japan there is a lot of electric bikes that you can rent through smartphone apps, which make them very convenient for short trips, for example.
✓ In Japan there are a lot of electric bikes that you can rent through smartphone apps, which makes them very convenient for short trips, for example.
Two issues: subject-verb agreement with 'there is/are' and subject-verb agreement in the relative clause. 'A lot of electric bikes' is plural, so 'there are' is required (Grammar Problem Type ID 1/27). Also, the relative clause's subject refers to 'a lot' or 'electric bikes' and should take singular or plural accordingly; 'which makes them' or 'which make them' — better to use 'which makes them very convenient' with 'a lot of' treated as singular idea, but to be consistent with 'bikes' plural, use 'which makes them' is acceptable if referring to the system; here 'which makes them' matches 'apps' better. Simpler correction: use 'there are' and 'makes' to keep idea singular about the system. Suggestion: say 'there are a lot of electric bikes... which makes them very convenient.'
× Bike sharing services are widespread in cities are and are popular because they're cheap and environmentally friendly.
✓ Bike-sharing services are widespread in cities and are popular because they're cheap and environmentally friendly.
The original has an extra 'are' causing a redundancy and incorrect sentence structure (Grammar Problem Type ID 26). Also 'Bike sharing' should be hyphenated as 'Bike-sharing' when used as a compound adjective or noun. Suggestion: remove the extra 'are' so the sentence reads '...widespread in cities and are popular...'. Anticipate consistency: could also say '...widespread in cities and popular because...'