Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I had a bike when I was in kindergarten. It had training wheels so I could ride it easily and learn how to balance without much trouble.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, because it's eco friendly and convenient that we have sharing bikes on the street and they are readily available so people tend to ride a bike instead of driving cars or motorcycles.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 86.0Gợi ý: Your answer is clear, relevant and concise with a good topic sentence and supporting detail. To improve further, vary sentence structures slightly and add a brief specific memory or feeling to make it more engaging (e.g., say where you rode it or how you felt the first time you rode without training wheels). Also avoid small redundancies like “easily” and “without much trouble” used together.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a small red bike in kindergarten. It had training wheels at first, and I remember riding it around the park near my home while my mother walked beside me. After a few weeks I felt more confident and finally managed a short ride without the extra wheels, which made me really proud.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 80.0Gợi ý: Good direct answer with relevant reasons. To raise the score, improve coherence with linking words and make details more specific: give a short example or comparison (e.g., how many shared bikes or typical journeys people use them for). Also correct small grammatical points (use plural "they're eco-friendly and convenient" or "bicycles are").
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bicycles are very popular in my country because they are eco-friendly and convenient. For example, cities now have thousands of shared bikes parked at key stations, so many people use them for short trips to work or the market. As a result, more commuters choose bikes instead of cars, especially during rush hour.
× Yes, because it's eco friendly and convenient that we have sharing bikes on the street and they are readily available so people tend to ride a bike instead of driving cars or motorcycles.
✓ Yes, because they are eco-friendly and convenient: we have shared bikes on the street and they are readily available, so people tend to ride bikes instead of driving cars or motorcycles.
The sentence has several related pronoun and word-choice issues. 'It's' (it is) incorrectly refers to 'bikes' (plural), so use 'they are' (plural pronoun) — this falls under incorrect use of pronouns (ID 12). Also 'eco friendly' should be hyphenated as 'eco-friendly' when used as a compound adjective. 'Sharing bikes' is unnatural here; use 'shared bikes' to describe bikes provided for public use. 'Ride a bike' is singular while referring to people in general; use 'ride bikes' for general plural reference. Suggested improvements: match pronoun number to the noun (bikes → they), use hyphen for compound adjectives before nouns, use 'shared' for bikes intended for sharing, and keep noun number consistent (bikes rather than a bike) for general statements.