Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
No, no, I don't have any bike when I was child, but I brought a bike when I was 27 because I need it to communicate my work. That is a simple city bike because it's easy to maintain.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I absolutely think bike is popular in your in my country because it is easy to maintain or easy to to communicate work or or living area.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar (past tense and articles), reduce repetition, and make the answer more coherent with a clear topic sentence and one or two supporting details. Use linking words (e.g., but, so, because) correctly and keep the response concise (no more than 4–5 sentences). Also replace incorrect verbs like “communicate my work” with “commute to work.”
Ví dụ: I didn't have a bike when I was a child. However, I bought a simple city bike when I was 27 because I needed it to commute to work, and it is easy to maintain. It helps me save time and avoid crowded buses.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 60.0Gợi ý: Make the statement more natural and specific: give reasons and a brief example. Avoid repetition and incorrect phrases like “communicate work” and unnecessary filler words. Use linking words (for example, because, therefore) and include one concrete detail about who uses bikes or where they are popular.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country because they are affordable and low-maintenance. For example, many office workers and students use bicycles to commute short distances in cities, especially in areas with bike lanes.
× No, no, I don't have any bike when I was child, but I brought a bike when I was 27 because I need it to communicate my work.
✓ No, no, I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but I bought a bike when I was 27 because I needed it to commute to work.
Multiple issues: 1) Tense consistency and auxiliary: talking about a past situation requires past simple 'didn't have' rather than 'don't have' (Grammar Problem Type IDs 5 and 6/27). 2) Article and count noun: 'any bike' is incorrect; use 'a bike' for a single countable noun in negative past (ID 1/22). 3) Missing article: 'a child' should be 'a child' or better 'when I was a child' (ID 22). 4) Wrong verb choice: 'brought' (past of bring) is incorrect for purchasing; use 'bought' (ID 5/9). 5) Tense/verb agreement in clause: 'because I need it' should be past 'needed' to match past narrative (ID 5/6). 6) Word choice: 'to communicate my work' is incorrect; use 'to commute to work' meaning travel to work. Suggestions: maintain consistent past tense for events that happened in the past, use correct past verbs (buy -> bought), use articles with countable nouns, and choose appropriate verbs ('commute').
× That is a simple city bike because it's easy to maintain.
✓ That was a simple city bike because it was easy to maintain.
Tense inconsistency: the student is describing a past situation, so present 'is' and 'it's' should be past 'was' and 'it was' (Grammar Problem Type ID 5/6). Article and noun are fine, but verb tense must match the surrounding past narrative. Suggestion: keep verb tenses consistent within a description of past events.
× Yes, I absolutely think bike is popular in your in my country because it is easy to maintain or easy to to communicate work or or living area.
✓ Yes, I absolutely think bikes are popular in my country because they are easy to maintain and useful for commuting or getting around the local area.
Several problems: 1) Singular/plural and subject-verb agreement: 'bike is popular' should be plural 'bikes are popular' when making a general statement about bicycles (Grammar Problem Type IDs 1 and 27). 2) Pronoun and article: 'in your in my country' contains an error; use 'in my country' (ID 12). 3) Repetition and word choice: 'easy to to communicate work or or living area' is incorrect. 'Communicate work' is wrong; intended meaning is 'commute to work' or 'get around the local area' (ID 8/11 for preposition use). 4) Verb agreement for plural subject: 'they are easy' matches 'bikes'. Suggestions: use plural for general statements about a category, correct prepositions ('commute to work', 'get around'), remove repeated words, and ensure pronouns/possessives match the speaker ('my country').