Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
I did not have a bike when I was a child because my family couldn't afford it that time, so I usually walk to school and used some public transport.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I think yes, bikes are popular in my country because there are a lot of bikes and a lot of companies are making bikes and there are various models of bikes which are fascinating for most of the people, especially Childs. So yeah, bikes are really very famous in India.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 62.0Gợi ý: Be more concise and natural: start with a clear topic sentence, then add one or two brief supporting details using linking words. Avoid redundant phrases (e.g., "that time") and keep sentences grammatically consistent (tense and subject-verb agreement).
Ví dụ: No, I didn’t have a bike as a child because my family couldn’t afford one. Instead, I usually walked to school or took public transport, which meant I became used to commuting on foot.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 68.0Gợi ý: Give a direct topic sentence, use linking words to organize reasons, use specific details and correct word choice (e.g., "children" not "Childs") and avoid repetition. Replace vague phrases with concrete examples or statistics if possible.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are very popular in India. For example, many affordable models are produced by local manufacturers, and because they are cheap to run and easy to park, they are especially common among students and commuters.
× I did not have a bike when I was a child because my family couldn't afford it that time, so I usually walk to school and used some public transport.
✓ I did not have a bike when I was a child because my family couldn't afford one at that time, so I usually walked to school and used some public transport.
Mixing past and present forms: 'did not have' and 'couldn't afford' are past, so actions that followed (walking to school) should also be in past tense 'walked' rather than present 'walk'. Also use 'one' instead of repeating 'a bike', and 'at that time' is the correct phrase. Suggestion: keep consistent past tense for events that happened in childhood and use 'one' to avoid repetition.
× I think yes, bikes are popular in my country because there are a lot of bikes and a lot of companies are making bikes and there are various models of bikes which are fascinating for most of the people, especially Childs.
✓ I think so; bikes are popular in my country because there are many bikes and many companies making them, and there are various models that are fascinating for most people, especially children.
Awkward phrasing and incorrect word forms: use 'I think so' instead of 'I think yes'; 'a lot of' can be replaced by 'many' with countable nouns; avoid repeating 'bikes' by using pronoun 'them'; 'which are' can be simplified to 'that are' or 'that'; 'most of the people' should be 'most people'; 'Childs' is incorrect plural of 'child' and should be 'children'. Suggestion: simplify and avoid repetition, use correct plural 'children' and appropriate determiners.
× So yeah, bikes are really very famous in India.
✓ So yes, bikes are very popular in India.
'Really very famous' is redundant and informal; 'popular' is a better collocation than 'famous' for items used by many people. 'Yeah' is informal; use 'yes' in a more formal register. Suggestion: choose concise, natural phrasing: 'very popular'.