Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Umm yes, I did have a bike when I was a child. Uh so the bike I had had neon yellow strips and several accessories like a flashlight and a red light in the back of the bike. Uh, to prevent from cars not seeing my bike when it was night time. So my bike was gifted by my dad and my 7th birthday.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, bikes are such popular symbol in my country. When going up, me and my friends, we always rode bikes in the roadways and even now I see a lot of kids driving bikes a lot, even more than I did when I was a kid. So yeah, I think by such a popular symbol in my country.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 68.0Gợi ý: Be more concise and correct grammar. Start with a clear topic sentence, avoid filler sounds (umm, uh), fix tense and article errors, and combine related ideas with linking words. Also correct the phrase about your birthday and clarify purpose of accessories in one sentence. Keep answers to a maximum of about three sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike as a child. It was bright neon yellow with a front flashlight and a rear red reflector to make me visible at night, and my father gave it to me for my seventh birthday.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 62.0Gợi ý: Improve grammar, avoid repetition, and use linking words to organize ideas. Begin with a direct answer, then give one or two specific supporting details (comparison, frequency). Correct collocations (popular, ride not drive bikes) and remove unclear phrase 'such popular symbol'.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country. For example, when I was growing up my friends and I used to ride on the streets every day, and today I still see even more children cycling regularly, especially in residential areas.
× Umm yes, I did have a bike when I was a child.
✓ Umm yes, I had a bike when I was a child.
Using 'did have' is grammatically correct but unnecessary in simple past affirmative sentences; the correct simple past form is 'had'. Use 'did' + base verb only for emphasis or questions/negatives. Suggestion: remove 'did' for a natural affirmative past sentence.
× the bike I had had neon yellow strips and several accessories like a flashlight and a red light in the back of the bike.
✓ The bike I had had neon yellow stripes and several accessories, like a flashlight and a red light on the back of the bike.
Preposition 'in the back of the bike' is awkward; use 'on the back' for lights attached to the bicycle. Also 'strips' should be 'stripes'. Add commas for clarity. Suggestion: use 'stripes' and 'on the back' when describing attached items.
× to prevent from cars not seeing my bike when it was night time.
✓ to prevent cars from not seeing my bike when it was nighttime.
Incorrect word order: 'prevent from' is wrong; the correct structure is 'prevent someone from doing something' or 'prevent something from happening'. Here 'prevent cars from not seeing' keeps original meaning, but better: 'so cars could see my bike at night.' Also 'nighttime' is one word. Suggestion: rephrase to 'so cars could see my bike at night.'
× So my bike was gifted by my dad and my 7th birthday.
✓ So my bike was a gift from my dad for my 7th birthday.
Use 'a gift from' instead of passive 'was gifted by' with 'and' incorrect; 'for my 7th birthday' expresses purpose/time. The original mixes passive agent and time incorrectly. Suggestion: use 'was a gift from my dad for my 7th birthday.'
× Yes, bikes are such popular symbol in my country.
✓ Yes, bikes are such a popular symbol in my country.
Missing article 'a' before singular countable noun 'popular symbol'. Also 'such' commonly pairs with 'a' here. Suggestion: include 'a' when using singular countable nouns.
× When going up, me and my friends, we always rode bikes in the roadways and even now I see a lot of kids driving bikes a lot, even more than I did when I was a kid.
✓ When we were growing up, my friends and I always rode bikes on the roads, and even now I see many kids riding bikes, even more than when I was a child.
Several issues: 'When going up' is incorrect for 'growing up'; pronoun order 'me and my friends' should be 'my friends and I' as subject; 'rode bikes in the roadways' -> 'rode bikes on the roads'; 'driving bikes' -> 'riding bikes'; repetition 'a lot' awkward; 'more than I did when I was a kid' conflicts with subject clarity—use 'more than when I was a child.' Suggestion: use 'when we were growing up', correct subject order, and use 'ride' for bicycles.
× So yeah, I think by such a popular symbol in my country.
✓ So yeah, I think bikes are such a popular symbol in my country.
Sentence fragment and wrong preposition 'by' make the clause ungrammatical. Complete thought by referring to the subject 'bikes' and use 'are' to form a full sentence. Suggestion: repeat the subject or restructure to be a complete sentence: 'I think bikes are such a popular symbol in my country.'