Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yeah, I had a bike when I was young. It's about 6:00 or seven years old back then. I really love to ride my bike around my neighbors who would along with my friends. Yeah, it's a great memories.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I think not really. In my country we more often use a motorcycles or cars to transport in different places. So I think in my country bike is not popular.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Answer the question directly, then add a clear reason or memory. Correct the grammar and word choice: say “I was about six or seven years old” instead of “It's about 6:00 or seven years old,” “around my neighborhood with my friends” instead of “around my neighbors who would along with my friends,” and “They are great memories” instead of “it's a great memories.” Avoid repeating “Yeah” and use a linking word such as “especially” or “because” to connect your supporting detail.
Ví dụ: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I was about six or seven years old when I got it. I often rode it around my neighborhood with my friends, especially at weekends. Those are still great memories for me.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: Give a direct answer and support it with a specific comparison or reason. Use the plural form correctly: “motorcycles,” not “a motorcycles,” and say “to travel to different places” rather than “to transport in different places.” Avoid repeating the same idea in the final sentence; instead, explain why people prefer cars or motorcycles, such as convenience, distance, or weather. Use a linking expression like “because” or “although” to make the answer more coherent.
Ví dụ: Not really. In my country, most people prefer motorcycles or cars because they are faster and more convenient for travelling long distances. Bicycles are mainly used for exercise or short trips, especially in parks and quiet neighborhoods. However, they are becoming slightly more popular among young people.
× It's about 6:00 or seven years old back then.
✓ I was about six or seven years old back then.
The sentence refers to the student's age in the past, so the past tense was is required instead of the present-tense form is.
× It's about 6:00 or seven years old back then.
✓ I was about six or seven years old back then.
The subject should be I because the student is describing their own age. It's means it is or it has and cannot refer to the speaker in this sentence.
× It's about 6:00 or seven years old back then.
✓ I was about six or seven years old back then.
The original sentence has an incorrect structure and uses 6:00, which refers to time of day. Use six or seven years old to express age.
× I really love to ride my bike around my neighbors who would along with my friends.
✓ I really loved riding my bike around my neighborhood with my friends.
The answer is about a childhood experience, so loved should be used instead of love.
× I really love to ride my bike around my neighbors who would along with my friends.
✓ I really loved riding my bike around my neighborhood with my friends.
After loved, the -ing form riding is natural and grammatically correct when describing an activity that the speaker enjoyed doing repeatedly.
× I really love to ride my bike around my neighbors who would along with my friends.
✓ I really loved riding my bike around my neighborhood with my friends.
People live in a neighborhood, so around my neighborhood is appropriate. The phrase around my neighbors is incorrect because neighbors are people, not a place.
× I really love to ride my bike around my neighbors who would along with my friends.
✓ I really loved riding my bike around my neighborhood with my friends.
The clause who would along is incomplete and does not connect grammatically to the rest of the sentence. Use the simple structure riding my bike around my neighborhood with my friends.
× Yeah, it's a great memories.
✓ Yeah, it was a great memory.
The singular article a must be followed by a singular noun, so memories must be changed to memory.
× Yeah, it's a great memories.
✓ Yeah, it was a great memory.
The speaker is describing a childhood experience, so the past-tense form was is more appropriate than the present-tense form is.
× In my country we more often use a motorcycles or cars to transport in different places.
✓ In my country, we more often use motorcycles or cars to travel to different places.
Motorcycles is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Remove a before the plural noun motorcycles.
× In my country we more often use a motorcycles or cars to transport in different places.
✓ In my country, we more often use motorcycles or cars to travel to different places.
Use travel to different places, not transport in different places. The preposition to is used before a destination.
× In my country we more often use a motorcycles or cars to transport in different places.
✓ In my country, we more often use motorcycles or cars to travel to different places.
The indefinite article a is used only before a singular countable noun. Because motorcycles is plural, it should appear without a.
× So I think in my country bike is not popular.
✓ So, I think bikes are not popular in my country.
The statement refers to bikes in general, so the plural noun bikes is more appropriate than the singular noun bike. The verb also changes to are to agree with the plural subject.
× So I think in my country bike is not popular.
✓ So, I think bikes are not popular in my country.
A singular countable noun such as bike normally needs an article. Using the plural form bikes avoids the missing-article problem when speaking about bikes generally.