Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I do think bikes are popular in my country When whenever I see a children I often see a bicycle with them. Children are very tend to use bicycles when they are a kid. They do love bicycle. They are used for transportation, to go schools, to go anywhere they want to play. So yes, I think bikes are popular.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 0.0Gợi ý: You repeated the examiner’s question instead of answering it. Give a direct answer first, such as “Yes, I did” or “No, I didn’t,” and then add one or two specific details about the bike, how often you used it, or where you rode it.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. I had a small blue bike when I was about eight years old. I usually rode it around my neighborhood with my friends after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: Your answer is relevant and includes reasons, but it contains several grammar and word-choice errors, such as “a children,” “are very tend to,” “when they are a kid,” “love bicycle,” and “go schools.” Avoid repetition and organize your ideas with a clear topic sentence and linking words. Use natural expressions such as “Children tend to ride bikes,” “They use them to get to school,” and “to travel short distances.”
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country, especially among children. Many of them ride bikes to school, to the park, or around their neighborhoods. In addition, bikes are a convenient and inexpensive way to travel short distances, so they are widely used.
× Yes, I do think bikes are popular in my country When whenever I see a children I often see a bicycle with them.
✓ Yes, I do think bikes are popular in my country. Whenever I see a child, I often see them with a bicycle.
The original sentence contains the unnecessary and incorrectly combined expressions When and whenever. The ideas should be separated into two sentences. Whenever introduces a time clause, and the clause should be followed by a complete main clause.
× Whenever I see a children, I often see a bicycle with them.
✓ Whenever I see a child, I often see them with a bicycle.
A children is incorrect because children is plural. Use the singular noun child after the singular determiner a. If you use children, you should omit a.
× Whenever I see a children, I often see a bicycle with them.
✓ Whenever I see a child, I often see them with a bicycle.
The article a can only be used with a singular countable noun. The correct form is a child, not a children.
× Children are very tend to use bicycles when they are a kid.
✓ Children tend to use bicycles when they are kids.
Tend is a verb, so it cannot be used after are in this structure, and very is unnecessary. Use children tend to use. Because the subject children is plural, the complement should also be plural: kids.
× Children are very tend to use bicycles when they are a kid.
✓ Children tend to use bicycles when they are kids.
The plural subject children refers to more than one child, so the noun after they are should be plural: kids, not a kid.
× They do love bicycle.
✓ They do love bicycles.
Bicycle is a singular countable noun and needs an article, or it can be changed to the plural form bicycles when speaking about bicycles in general. The plural form is more natural here.
× They are used for transportation, to go schools, to go anywhere they want to play.
✓ They use bicycles for transportation, to go to school, and to go anywhere they want to play.
The pronoun they refers to children, so the children are the people using the bicycles. The active voice, They use bicycles, is appropriate. The original passive structure They are used incorrectly suggests that the children are being used.
× They are used for transportation, to go schools, to go anywhere they want to play.
✓ They use bicycles for transportation, to go to school, and to go anywhere they want to play.
The noun school normally requires the preposition to when describing movement or purpose: go to school. The phrase go schools is incorrect.
× They are used for transportation, to go schools, to go anywhere they want to play.
✓ They use bicycles for transportation, to go to school, and to go anywhere they want to play.
The list of purposes should be joined clearly with and before the final item. This makes the coordination between the activities grammatically complete and easier to understand.