Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yeah, British air bags are popular in my country, among the youths especially.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 80.0Gợi ý: Your answer is direct and grammatically correct, but it's very short and gives no extra information. To improve, add one or two brief supporting details (reason or a short memory) using a linking word to make it more natural and engaging. Keep it under five sentences.
Ví dụ: No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child because my family lived in a very small apartment and there wasn’t space to store one. However, I often borrowed my friend's bicycle at weekends, which I enjoyed because it let me explore the local park.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Your answer is unclear and contains an incorrect phrase (‘British air bags’), which makes it confusing. To improve, correct vocabulary (use ‘bikes’), state your opinion directly, and add a specific reason or example with a linking word to support it. Keep sentences natural and concise.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among young people, because cycling is cheap and convenient for short trips. For example, many students use bicycles to commute to university since parking and public transport can be expensive.
× Yeah, British air bags are popular in my country, among the youths especially.
✓ Yeah, bicycles are popular in my country, especially among young people.
The student used 'British air bags' which is incorrect word choice and not relevant to the question about bikes. This is a vocabulary error; within the provided list it best maps to incorrect use of adjectives or adverbs (ID 13) because an incorrect modifier/word choice leads to a meaningless noun phrase. Also 'the youths' is unnatural in modern English; use 'young people' or 'young people especially' and place 'especially' before the phrase for natural word order. Suggested improvements: learn and use the correct noun 'bicycle' or the informal 'bike', place adverbs like 'especially' before the group they modify, and use 'young people' rather than 'the youths' in general statements.