Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes I did when I was a kid. I always bike with my my neighbor and my cousin.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I in my opinion is can be seen that my country is unpopular about riding a bike because when I go to a park I didn't see people bike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Answer directly, then add one specific detail. Use the past continuous or simple past correctly: say “I often rode my bike,” not “I always bike.” Avoid repeating words such as “my,” and use “bike” as a noun or “ride a bike” as a verb.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. I often rode my bike with my neighbors and my cousin when I was a child. We usually went around our neighborhood after school.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 38.0Gợi ý: State your opinion clearly in the first sentence, and use natural phrasing such as “cycling is not very popular.” Support your view with a specific observation, but avoid making a broad claim about the whole country based only on what you see in one park. Use the present simple for general habits and correct forms such as “I don’t see many people cycling.”
Ví dụ: I think cycling is not very popular where I live. For example, when I visit the park, I don’t often see many people riding bikes. However, it may be more common in other parts of the country.
× I always bike with my my neighbor and my cousin.
✓ I always biked with my neighbor and my cousin.
The answer refers to a time when the student was a child, so the past-tense form biked is needed. The repeated my appears to be a speech repetition rather than a grammar error, so it is omitted in the corrected sentence.
× I in my opinion is can be seen that my country is unpopular about riding a bike because when I go to a park I didn't see people bike.
✓ In my opinion, it can be seen that cycling is unpopular in my country because I don't see people riding bikes when I go to a park.
The opening phrase I in my opinion is can be seen is not a grammatically complete or correctly ordered construction. Use In my opinion, it can be seen that to introduce the viewpoint. Also, the phrase about riding a bike does not fit naturally after unpopular; cycling is unpopular is a clearer construction.
× I in my opinion is can be seen that my country is unpopular about riding a bike because when I go to a park I didn't see people bike.
✓ In my opinion, it can be seen that cycling is unpopular in my country because I don't see people riding bikes when I go to a park.
Unpopular about riding a bike is not the appropriate construction here. Say cycling is unpopular in my country. The preposition in correctly identifies where cycling is unpopular.
× I in my opinion is can be seen that my country is unpopular about riding a bike because when I go to a park I didn't see people bike.
✓ In my opinion, it can be seen that cycling is unpopular in my country because I don't see people riding bikes when I go to a park.
The student describes a general observation using when I go, which is in the present tense. Use don't see rather than didn't see to keep the tenses consistent.