Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but I really like to ride a bike sometimes when I have free time. I went to rent a bike with my parents and they took me to a park and we were having.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I don't think bikes are popular in Hong Kong because, uh, our city is very hectic and we have a well public transport system, so people don't usually bike around the cities. We usually take metro and buses.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 62.0Gợi ý: Be more concise and directly answer the question first, then add one or two specific supporting details. Avoid grammatical errors and incomplete sentences. Use a clear past-time marker and link ideas with a simple connector (e.g., 'however', 'but', 'so'). Keep your response to no more than five sentences.
Ví dụ: No, I didn't have my own bike as a child. However, I sometimes rented bikes with my parents and we would ride together in a nearby park. Those outings were fun because the park had wide paths and we spent a couple of hours cycling and chatting.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 78.0Gợi ý: Start with a direct opinion, then give two specific reasons linked logically. Remove filler words like 'uh' and avoid repeating simple words. Use precise vocabulary (e.g., 'public transport network', 'dense traffic') and keep it within three sentences.
Ví dụ: No, I don't think bikes are very popular in Hong Kong. The city is very dense with heavy traffic, and we also have an efficient public transport network, so most people prefer the MTR and buses for daily travel.
× I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but I really like to ride a bike sometimes when I have free time.
✓ I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but I really liked to ride a bike sometimes when I had free time.
The sentence mixes past reference ('when I was a child') with present tense ('I really like', 'when I have'). Maintain consistent past tense for habits in the past: use 'liked' and 'had'. Suggestion: keep verbs in the same timeframe when referring to past habits.
× I went to rent a bike with my parents and they took me to a park and we were having.
✓ I went to rent a bike with my parents, they took me to a park, and we rode together.
The clause 'we were having' is incomplete and incorrectly uses past continuous without an object. The intended meaning is a completed past action: use simple past 'rode' or 'were riding'. Also combine clauses clearly: separate or join with conjunctions and commas. Suggestion: use 'we were riding' or 'we rode together' to express the activity.
× I don't think bikes are popular in Hong Kong because, uh, our city is very hectic and we have a well public transport system, so people don't usually bike around the cities.
✓ I don't think bikes are popular in Hong Kong because our city is very hectic and we have a well-developed public transport system, so people don't usually bike around the city.
Multiple issues: 'we have a well public transport system' needs an adjective form 'well-developed' and 'public transport system' as noun phrase; article/word order corrected. Also 'cities' should be 'city' to match singular 'our city' (singular/plural consistency). Suggestion: use correct adjective order ('well-developed public transport system') and keep singular/plural consistent with the subject.
× We usually take metro and buses.
✓ We usually take the metro and buses.
When referring to 'metro' generically, include the definite article 'the metro'. Using 'the' is standard with public transport modes like 'the metro' or 'the bus' in this context. Suggestion: add 'the' before 'metro' to sound natural: 'the metro and buses.'