Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, when I was a child I remember that my parents bought me a bike and to describe it, it was a color pink and it has 2A small wheels. Umm to guide me, to guide me. Umm for me to umm to balance.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Bike are popular in our country especially here in Philippines that bike umm use as a way of transportation. It is purely efficiency since we don't need a fuel for that and it can pass us through a small.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Answer the question directly, then describe the bike and explain why it had small wheels. Improve grammar by using “it was pink” instead of “it was a color pink,” and “it had two small training wheels” instead of “it has 2A small wheels.” Avoid repetition and hesitations such as “to guide me.” Use a linking word such as “because” to connect the details.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. When I was a child, my parents bought me a pink bike with two small training wheels. They helped me balance and ride safely while I was learning. I remember feeling very excited when I first used it.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: Begin with a clear topic sentence: “Yes, bikes are quite popular in the Philippines.” Correct the grammar in “Bike are,” “bike use,” and “purely efficiency” by using “bikes are,” “people use bikes,” and “very efficient.” Add a specific reason and complete the final idea: bikes are economical, environmentally friendly, and useful on narrow or congested roads. Use linking words such as “because” and “also” to make the answer more coherent.
Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in the Philippines, especially in busy cities. Many people use them for transportation because they are affordable and do not require fuel. They are also practical because they can travel through narrow streets and avoid heavy traffic.
× Yes, when I was a child I remember that my parents bought me a bike and to describe it, it was a color pink and it has 2A small wheels.
✓ Yes, when I was a child, I remember that my parents bought me a bike. To describe it, it was pink and had two small wheels.
The answer describes a bike from the past, so has should be changed to had. The past tense keeps the verb consistent with was and bought.
× It was a color pink.
✓ It was pink.
Pink is an adjective, so it should be placed directly before or after the verb be. The expression a color pink is not natural in English. You can say it was pink or it was a pink color.
× Umm to guide me, to guide me.
✓ The small wheels helped me balance.
The original expression is a fragment because it does not contain a complete subject and finite verb. Use a complete sentence such as The small wheels helped me balance.
× Umm for me to umm to balance.
✓ They helped me balance.
This expression is also an incomplete sentence. It contains an infinitive phrase, but it does not express a complete idea. Add a subject and a main verb, such as They helped me balance.
× Bike are popular in our country especially here in Philippines that bike umm use as a way of transportation.
✓ Bikes are popular in our country, especially here in the Philippines, because bikes are used as a means of transportation.
Use the plural noun bikes because the statement refers to bicycles in general. The plural subject correctly matches are and the repeated noun should also be bikes.
× Especially here in Philippines.
✓ Especially here in the Philippines.
The country name is the Philippines, so it requires the definite article the.
× Bike use as a way of transportation.
✓ Bikes are used as a means of transportation.
The bikes receive the action, so the passive voice is needed. Use are used because bikes is plural.
× Bikes are popular in our country especially here in the Philippines that bikes are used as a way of transportation.
✓ Bikes are popular in our country, especially here in the Philippines, because they are used as a means of transportation.
That does not correctly connect the reason to the main statement. Use because to introduce the reason why bikes are popular.
× It is purely efficiency.
✓ It is highly efficient.
Efficiency is a noun, but this sentence needs an adjective after is to describe the subject. Use efficient. Highly is a natural adverb to emphasize the adjective.
× We do not need a fuel for that.
✓ We do not need fuel for that.
Fuel is normally used as an uncountable noun when referring to fuel in general, so it does not take the article a in this sentence.
× It can pass us through a small.
✓ It can take us through small streets.
The phrase a small is incomplete because small needs to modify a noun. The corrected sentence uses the complete noun phrase small streets and the more natural verb phrase take us through.