Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I had.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yeah, I think bikes are popular in my country because many students like junior high school and high school and university university students often go to school by their bicycle.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: 回答は簡潔で聞き取りやすいですが、情報が少なく、会話を広げる余地がありません。改善点は次のとおりです:①トピック文の後に1〜2文の具体的な補足を加える(例:いつ、どんな自転車か、どれくらい乗ったか)。②接続詞や時制を正しく使う(過去形で統一)。③5文以内に収めて自然で効果的に述べる。短くても詳細を入れることでより高い評価を得られます。
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. I had a small red bicycle when I was about eight years old, and I used to ride it to my friend’s house almost every day. It was my main way of getting around the neighborhood, and I remember learning to ride without training wheels in the park.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: 考えや理由は述べていますが、表現が重複しており文法と語順に改善の余地があります。改善点:①重複を避け簡潔に言う(“university university”のようなミスを直す)。②理由を明確にしつつ具体例(統計や場所、季節性など)を加える。③接続詞(because, for example, also)を適切に使い、文を2〜3文に分けて論理的に展開する。
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bicycles are quite popular. For example, many junior high, high school and university students commute to school by bike because it is cheap and convenient in crowded cities. Also, in many towns there are bike lanes and affordable parking, which encourages more people to cycle.
× Yes, I had.
✓ Yes, I did.
The examiner asked a yes/no question in the past tense ('Did you have a bike...'). In English, short answers to past simple questions use the auxiliary did + subject (I) and the base verb, or simply did for a short affirmative. Saying 'I had' is grammatically possible but sounds incomplete for a short answer to 'Did you have...?'. The natural and grammatically appropriate short response is 'Yes, I did.' Suggestion: use auxiliary-based short answers for past simple questions (Did you... ? — Yes, I did.).
× Yeah, I think bikes are popular in my country because many students like junior high school and high school and university university students often go to school by their bicycle.
✓ Yes, I think bicycles are popular in my country because many students — junior high, high school, and university students — often go to school by bicycle.
The original sentence has multiple structure and word-choice problems: repeated word 'university university', awkward phrase 'like junior high school and high school and university university students', incorrect article and noun form ('their bicycle') and informal 'Yeah'. Corrections: replace 'Yeah' with 'Yes' for formality, use 'bicycles' as the plural noun, list student groups in parallel form ('junior high, high school, and university students'), remove redundant possessive 'their' because 'go to school by bicycle' is the natural idiom, and fix repetition. Suggestion: keep parallel structure when listing groups and use the idiomatic expression 'go to school by bicycle'.