Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
No, I don't have any bike in my childhood.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I think bike is popular in my country because there are many people, uh, use bike for their travel, for their daily life.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar, tense and naturalness. Use past tense for childhood events, give a direct topic sentence then a brief supporting detail. Keep answer concise (1–3 sentences) and avoid redundancy. For example, say “No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child” and add a short reason or memory using a linking word.
Ví dụ: No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child. Instead, I usually walked to school or took the bus because my family lived in a busy city and we didn’t have space to store one.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar, plurality and fluency; remove hesitations and use linking words. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give specific supporting details (who uses bikes, why, and where). Use varied vocabulary like “commuting”, “short trips”, or “environmentally friendly”.
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country because many people use them for commuting and short trips. For example, in cities bicycles are common for daily travel due to traffic congestion and the low cost of cycling.
× No, I don't have any bike in my childhood.
✓ No, I didn't have a bike in my childhood.
The speaker refers to a past period ('my childhood'), so the past tense is required. 'Don't have' is present tense and incorrect here (Grammar Problem Type ID 6: Present tense issue and 5: Past tense issue). Also, 'any bike' is unnatural with singular countable noun; use the article 'a' or plural 'any bikes' (Grammar Problem Type ID 22: Article errors and 1: Singular and plural issue). Suggestion: Use past simple 'didn't have' and 'a bike' for a singular countable noun when speaking about one item in the past.
× Yes, I think bike is popular in my country because there are many people, uh, use bike for their travel, for their daily life.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country because many people use bikes for their travel and daily life.
Multiple issues: 'bike is' mismatches number with general plural idea — use 'bikes are' (Grammar Problem Type ID 1: Singular and plural issue and 27: Subject-verb agreement errors). 'There are many people, uh, use bike' is ungrammatical; the correct structure is 'many people use bikes' (Grammar Problem Type ID 26: Sentence structure errors and 11: Incorrect use of prepositions not needed). 'Use bike' needs plural 'bikes' when referring to people in general (Singular/plural). Also remove filler 'uh' in formal response. Suggestion: Use plural 'bikes' for general statements, use correct subject-verb order 'many people use bikes', and use 'and' to connect 'their travel' and 'their daily life' or simplify to 'travel and daily life'.