Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I do have a bike. When I was a child my father gifted me on my 12th birthday. I was very happy. It's of red colour. Sports bike.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes definitely. In my country bikes are quite popular and the sales of bike motorcycle are very high. In India. Majority of teenagers love to ride bikes. I do also have bike in my childhood when I was 18. It is a roll and fit black colour. I love to ride it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Answer in the past tense because the question asks about your childhood: use “Yes, I did” instead of “Yes, I do.” Improve the grammar by saying “My father gave me a bike for my twelfth birthday” and “It was red and sporty.” Avoid sentence fragments such as “Sports bike” and connect your details naturally. A clear topic sentence followed by two or three specific details would make the answer more natural and effective.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. My father gave me a red sports bike for my twelfth birthday, and I was extremely happy to receive it. I loved riding it around my neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 52.0Gợi ý: Start with a clear answer and support it with a specific reason or example. Use natural expressions such as “motorcycles are very popular” and “sales are high,” rather than “sales of bike motorcycle.” Avoid fragments like “In India” and correct the time reference: being eighteen is not usually described as childhood. Also, clarify “roll and fit,” which is not natural in this context; if you mean a bicycle, say “a road bike” or “a well-built bike.” Use the present tense for your current opinion and link your ideas with words such as “because” and “for example.”
Ví dụ: Yes, definitely. Motorcycles are very popular in India, especially among young people, because they are a convenient way to travel through busy cities. For example, many teenagers and young adults use them to commute to school or work. I also had a black road bike when I was eighteen, and I really enjoyed riding it.
× Yes, I do have a bike.
✓ Yes, I did have a bike.
The question asks about a past situation, so the past-tense auxiliary did is needed instead of the present-tense do. Keep your answer in the past tense when describing childhood experiences.
× When I was a child my father gifted me on my 12th birthday.
✓ When I was a child, my father gave me a bike on my 12th birthday.
The verb gave needs an object, such as a bike. The original sentence is incomplete because gifted me does not identify what was given. Use a complete structure with a subject, verb, and object.
× It's of red colour.
✓ It was red.
The sentence describes the bike during the student's childhood, so the past-tense verb was is more appropriate than the present-tense verb is. The simpler adjective red is also the natural way to describe the colour.
× Sports bike.
✓ It was a sports bike.
The original is a sentence fragment because it has no verb. Add the subject it and the past-tense verb was to form a complete sentence.
× the sales of bike motorcycle are very high
✓ the sales of bikes and motorcycles are very high
The nouns bikes and motorcycles should be plural because the sentence refers to these vehicle categories in general. Use and to connect the two plural nouns.
× In India.
✓ In India, bikes are quite popular.
In India is only a prepositional phrase and does not contain a verb, so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. Join it to a clause containing a subject and a verb.
× Majority of teenagers love to ride bikes.
✓ The majority of teenagers love to ride bikes.
The fixed expression is the majority of, so the definite article the is required before majority. Use this expression when referring to most members of a particular group.
× I do also have bike in my childhood when I was 18.
✓ I also had a bike when I was 18.
The phrase refers to a past period, so had is required instead of the present-tense form have. The adverb also is placed before the main verb, which is the natural position in this sentence.
× I do also have bike in my childhood when I was 18.
✓ I also had a bike when I was 18.
Bike is a singular countable noun, so it needs the indefinite article a. Use a before one nonspecific bike.
× It is a roll and fit black colour.
✓ It was a black sports bike.
The answer is describing a bike from the past, so was is needed instead of is. The colour adjective should directly describe the noun, and black sports bike is a complete noun phrase.
× It is a roll and fit black colour.
✓ It was a black sports bike.
In English, adjectives normally come before the noun they describe. Place black before sports bike rather than using the unnatural phrase black colour after the noun.
× I love to ride it.
✓ I loved riding it.
The surrounding answer describes a past childhood experience, so loved is more consistent than the present-tense love. After loved, riding is a natural gerund form. Maintain the same past-time perspective throughout the answer.