Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Now, I didn't have a bike when I was a child. I had a bicycle. I was driving almost every day.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes I do. They are 'cause I can watch the people around me almost every day riding the bike and doing they their things by it.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 35.0Gợi ý: Відповідь містить суперечність: спочатку ви кажете, що не мали велосипеда, а потім — що мали його. Слова “bike” і “bicycle” означають одне й те саме. “Now” тут недоречне, а велосипедом зазвичай “ride”, а не “drive”. Дайте пряму відповідь і додайте одну конкретну деталь про те, де або як часто ви каталися.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. I had a blue bicycle and rode it around my neighbourhood almost every day after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 40.0Gợi ý: Спочатку чітко відповідайте на запитання, а потім наведіть конкретне спостереження. Замість розмовного й граматично невдалого “They are ’cause” скажіть “Yes, I think they are, because…”. Використовуйте “ride bikes” і сформулюйте природно, що саме люди роблять на велосипедах, наприклад їздять на роботу або у справах.
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country. I often see people riding them to work or using them to run errands, especially when the weather is nice.
× I was driving almost every day.
✓ I rode a bicycle almost every day.
The sentence describes a repeated habit during childhood, so use the simple past tense rode rather than the past continuous was driving. For regular past habits, use the simple past, often with expressions such as almost every day.
× They are 'cause I can watch the people around me almost every day riding the bike and doing they their things by it.
✓ They are popular because I can see people around me riding bikes almost every day and going about their daily activities by bike.
They are is incomplete here because the complement popular is missing. Also, because should introduce the reason as part of a complete sentence. Use a complete clause after because, and make the description of what people do clear.
× They are 'cause I can watch the people around me almost every day riding the bike and doing they their things by it.
✓ They are popular because I can see people around me riding bikes almost every day and doing their own things by bike.
They is a subject pronoun and cannot be used before the noun phrase things in this sentence. Their is the possessive determiner needed to show that the things belong to the people. Avoid using both they and their together.