Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
I did have a bike and my dad bought me a bike for me as a gift and my cousin taught me how to ride a bike.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes I do. I do think bikes are quite popular in China because people use bikes to travel. Lost mile, umm, they ride bikes to umm, subway stations, bus stations, umm, and they don't need to own a bike themselves, they just, uh, ride the shared bikes.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 70.0Gợi ý: Make the response more concise, avoid repetition, and add one specific detail to enrich the answer. Start with a clear topic sentence, then use one linking phrase and a specific supporting detail (e.g., when or where you learned). Keep it within 3–4 sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. My dad bought it for my seventh birthday, and my cousin taught me how to ride it in the park near our house. I remember practicing there almost every afternoon until I felt confident.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: Provide a clear topic sentence, reduce hesitations and filler words, and organize supporting details with linking words. Give a specific example or statistic (e.g., shared bike services) and explain briefly why this makes bikes popular. Limit to 3–4 concise sentences.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are very popular in China. For short journeys, many people use shared bikes to travel to subway or bus stations, which is convenient and cheap. For example, my city has thousands of dockless bikes that people rent via apps, so owning a bike is often unnecessary.
× I did have a bike and my dad bought me a bike for me as a gift and my cousin taught me how to ride a bike.
✓ I had a bike; my dad bought me a bike as a gift, and my cousin taught me how to ride it.
The original sentence uses an unnecessary emphatic 'did' (I did have) which is grammatically acceptable but unnecessary in a simple past narrative; choose simple past 'had' for naturalness. 'Bought me a bike for me' is redundant — 'bought me a bike' is correct. Repeating 'a bike' is wordy; use the pronoun 'it' for clarity and conciseness. Also add punctuation to separate clauses. Suggestion: use simple past consistently and replace redundant phrases with pronouns.
× Yes I do. I do think bikes are quite popular in China because people use bikes to travel. Lost mile, umm, they ride bikes to umm, subway stations, bus stations, umm, and they don't need to own a bike themselves, they just, uh, ride the shared bikes.
✓ Yes, I do. I think bikes are quite popular in China because people use them for short trips; for example, they ride bikes to subway and bus stations, and they don't need to own a bike themselves — they just use shared bikes.
Problems addressed: 'I do think' is acceptable but repetitive after 'Yes, I do'; simplify to 'I think'. 'Use bikes to travel. Lost mile' contains errors: 'Lost mile' is likely 'last mile' or 'short trips' — corrected to 'short trips' and clarified 'for example'. 'Ride bikes to subway stations, bus stations' is fine but needs articles removed for naturalness: 'to subway and bus stations'. 'They don't need to own a bike themselves' is fine. 'Ride the shared bikes' is slightly awkward; use 'use shared bikes'. Suggestion: replace unclear phrase 'Lost mile' with 'short trips' or 'last mile' depending on intended meaning, avoid filler words (umm, uh), and use plural pronouns ('them') to refer back to 'bikes'.