Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes, I did. Um, basically everyone in my neighborhood had their own uh bike when they were kids. So uh a bike to work a bike would help us commute to school and hang out with some of my friends.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Hmm, not really. I think bites are the third popular, uh, transportations in my countries. And the first and the second one would be, uh, motorcycle and car because like uh our street just not really suitable to bite around.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: Answer directly, then add one clear supporting detail. Avoid fillers and the repeated phrase “a bike to work a bike.” Use the natural expression “ride a bike” rather than “work a bike,” and explain whether you personally used your bike to get to school or meet friends.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. Most children in my neighborhood had a bike, and I often rode mine to school. I also used it to meet up with friends after class.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 52.0Gợi ý: Give a direct answer and explain the ranking with accurate, natural wording. Say “bikes are the third most popular form of transport” rather than “the third popular transportations,” and use “in my country,” “bikes,” and “ride around.” Link your reason clearly to the condition of the roads, and reduce fillers.
Ví dụ: Not particularly. Bikes are probably the third most popular form of transport in my country, after motorcycles and cars. Many streets are busy and aren’t very suitable for cycling, so people often choose motorized transport instead.
× So uh a bike to work a bike would help us commute to school and hang out with some of my friends.
✓ So, a bike would help us commute to school and hang out with some of my friends.
The phrase a bike to work is an incomplete false start, followed by a repeated subject. Remove the false start and repetition to make the sentence clear and complete.
× I think bites are the third popular, uh, transportations in my countries.
✓ I think bikes are the third most popular means of transportation in my country.
Use the superlative form third most popular, not third popular. The spelling bites appears to be a transcription error for bikes; it is corrected here for clarity.
× I think bites are the third popular, uh, transportations in my countries.
✓ I think bikes are the third most popular means of transportation in my country.
Transportation is generally uncountable when referring to transportation in general, so use transportation rather than transportations. Since the speaker is referring to their own country, use the singular my country rather than my countries.
× And the first and the second one would be, uh, motorcycle and car because like uh our street just not really suitable to bite around.
✓ The first and second ones would be motorcycles and cars because our streets are not really suitable for biking around.
The first and second refer to two items, so use the plural ones. Motorcycle and car are countable nouns used to name transport types here, so use motorcycles and cars. The spelling bite appears to be a transcription error for bike.
× And the first and the second one would be, uh, motorcycle and car because like uh our street just not really suitable to bite around.
✓ The first and second ones would be motorcycles and cars because our streets are not really suitable for biking around.
The clause our street just not really suitable is missing the linking verb are. Include are between the subject and the adjective phrase: our streets are not really suitable.
× And the first and the second one would be, uh, motorcycle and car because like uh our street just not really suitable to bite around.
✓ The first and second ones would be motorcycles and cars because our streets are not really suitable for biking around.
Use suitable for before a gerund in this phrasing: suitable for biking. This is more natural than suitable to bite around.