Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
I used to ride a bicycle. I remember that I was taught by parents how to ride a bicycle. I I fell down a lot and got injured, cried a lot. But that is a great.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, Japan almost. Kids learn how to ride a bike and they go to play by bicycle around their house. It's kind of Advent.
× I used to ride a bicycle.
✓ I used to ride a bicycle.
No correction needed; sentence correctly uses 'used to' to describe a past habitual action.
× I remember that I was taught by parents how to ride a bicycle.
✓ I remember that my parents taught me how to ride a bicycle.
The original uses 'by parents' which is unnatural and omits the possessive 'my.' Use active voice 'my parents taught me' to clearly indicate who taught the speaker. This corrects pronoun/possessive usage and improves clarity.
× I I fell down a lot and got injured, cried a lot.
✓ I fell down a lot, got injured, and cried a lot.
There is a duplicated 'I' and missing conjunctions or commas to connect clauses. Combining with commas and adding 'and' produces a grammatically correct compound sentence and improves flow.
× But that is a great.
✓ But that was a great experience.
'That is a great' is incomplete; 'great' needs a noun to modify (e.g., 'experience') and tense should match past context ('was'). This fixes sentence structure and makes the meaning clear.
× Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, Japan almost.
✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country, Japan, mostly.
The phrase 'Japan almost' is incorrect. Use an adverb like 'mostly' and add commas around 'Japan' as an appositive. This corrects word order and adverb use.
× Kids learn how to ride a bike and they go to play by bicycle around their house.
✓ Kids learn how to ride a bike, and they ride their bicycles around their neighborhood to play.
'Go to play by bicycle' is awkward and uses the wrong preposition. Use 'ride their bicycles' and 'around their neighborhood' for natural English. This fixes preposition and verb choice.
× It's kind of Advent.
✓ It's kind of adventurous.
'Advent' is a noun meaning arrival or a religious season; the intended adjective is 'adventurous.' Replacing with 'adventurous' corrects word choice and part of speech.