Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yes uh, I had a bike when I was a child uh, me and my friends, uh, had bike all, all of us. So we, we, we always drive our bikes uh, in the evening nights.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
I think bikes are not popular in my country because it's so dangerous to ride in our road because uh all of the roads are very crowded. That's why it's not popular as far as I think.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: Soruyu doğrudan yanıtlıyorsunuz ve arkadaşlarınızla bisiklet sürdüğünüzden bahsediyorsunuz; bu iyi bir başlangıç. Ancak “uh” ve tekrarlar akıcılığı azaltıyor. “Me and my friends” yerine “my friends and I”, “had bike” yerine “had bikes” ve geçmiş zaman için “drive” yerine “rode” kullanın. “In the evening nights” doğal değildir; “in the evenings” demeniz yeterli. Cevabınızı kısa tutup bisiklet sürdüğünüz yer veya bunun size nasıl hissettirdiği gibi belirli bir ayrıntı ekleyebilirsiniz.
Ví dụ: Yes, I did. My friends and I all had bikes, and we often rode them around our neighborhood in the evenings. It was a fun way to spend time together.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 58.0Gợi ý: Görüşünüzü ve nedenini belirtiyorsunuz, ancak aynı fikri “because” ve “That’s why” ile tekrarlıyorsunuz. “Ride in our road” yerine “ride on our roads” kullanın. “Bikes” ifadesinin bisiklet mi motosiklet mi olduğunu netleştirin ve cevabı daha doğal kılmak için örneğin bisiklet yollarının azlığından söz edin. Gereksiz “as far as I think” ifadesini çıkarabilirsiniz.
Ví dụ: I don’t think bicycles are very popular in my country. Many roads are crowded, and there aren’t enough dedicated bike lanes, so cycling can feel unsafe. As a result, most people prefer to travel by car or public transport.
× me and my friends, uh, had bike all, all of us.
✓ My friends and I each had a bike.
Use the subject pronoun I, not the object pronoun me, when the pronoun is part of the subject. A clear correction is: My friends and I each had a bike.
× me and my friends, uh, had bike all, all of us.
✓ My friends and I all had bikes.
Because the sentence refers to several people and their bicycles, use the plural noun bikes. Use bikes when each person had one or more bicycles.
× So we, we, we always drive our bikes uh, in the evening nights.
✓ So we always rode our bikes in the evenings.
The speaker is describing a childhood habit in the past, so use the past-tense verb rode instead of the present-tense verb drive. Rode is also the appropriate verb for traveling on bicycles.
× in the evening nights
✓ in the evenings
Use the plural form evenings to describe a recurring activity that happened on multiple evenings. In this context, say in the evenings, not in the evening nights.
× it's so dangerous to ride in our road
✓ it's so dangerous to ride on our roads
Use on with roads when describing travel or movement along them. The natural phrase is ride on our roads.
× That's why it's not popular as far as I think.
✓ That's why they aren't popular, in my opinion.
The pronoun they refers to bikes, which is plural, so use they are rather than it is. You can also say in my opinion instead of as far as I think to express a viewpoint naturally.