Part 1
Giám khảo
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Thí sinh
No, I don't have a bike when I was a child but umm sometimes I will go to my grandpa grandparents house and are their stores are selling the bike. So I said sometimes I can like ride the bikes at that time. So that was really fun.
Giám khảo
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Thí sinh
Yes, I think so because I live in Taiwan and there was so many scooters and also bicycles there. And we can also rent the bicycles for maybe 330 minutes or any anytime you want is have a special stations you can like book the flight, book the bike.
Did you have a bike when you were a child?
Điểm: 48.0Gợi ý: Be concise, use correct tenses and clearer sentence structure. Start with a direct topic sentence (past tense), then add one or two specific supporting details with linking words. Avoid fillers like “umm” and fix subject-verb agreement and word order errors.
Ví dụ: No, I didn’t have my own bike when I was a child. However, I often visited my grandparents’ house where their shop sold bicycles, so I could sometimes borrow one and ride around the neighborhood, which was really fun.
Do you think bikes are popular in your country?
Điểm: 54.0Gợi ý: Use consistent tense and clearer details. Begin with a direct answer, then give specific reasons and examples using linking words like “because” or “for example.” Correct numbers and terminology (e.g., “30 minutes”, “rental stations”). Keep to 2–3 sentences maximum.
Ví dụ: Yes, I think bikes are very popular in Taiwan because many people use both bicycles and scooters for short trips. For example, there is a public bike rental system with stations across cities where you can rent a bike for 30 minutes using a mobile app.
× No, I don't have a bike when I was a child but umm sometimes I will go to my grandpa grandparents house and are their stores are selling the bike.
✓ No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child, but sometimes I would go to my grandparents' house and their stores were selling bikes.
Errors: incorrect tense mix (present 'don't have' with past 'when I was a child') and awkward modal use 'will' for past habitual action. Also plural possession punctuation 'grandparents' and incorrect use of 'are their stores are selling'. Correction: use simple past 'didn't have' for a past state, use 'would' or 'used to' for habitual past actions, use past continuous or simple past 'were selling' for ongoing past action, and fix possessive apostrophe and plural 'bikes'. Suggestion: keep all verbs consistent in past time frame and use correct possessive form.
× So I said sometimes I can like ride the bikes at that time.
✓ So I said sometimes I could ride the bikes at that time.
Errors: modal inconsistency and unnecessary filler 'like'. 'Can' in a past narrative should be 'could'. The progressive '-ing' is not required here. Correction: replace 'can' with 'could' and remove 'like' to make the sentence natural. Suggestion: use past modal 'could' for ability in the past and avoid filler words.
× So that was really fun.
✓ That was really fun.
Minor redundancy: starting with 'So' is conversational but unnecessary. The tense 'was' is correct for past experience. Suggestion: omit 'So' for a concise response.
× Yes, I think so because I live in Taiwan and there was so many scooters and also bicycles there.
✓ Yes, I think so because I live in Taiwan and there are so many scooters and bicycles there.
Error: tense and subject-verb agreement. The student mixes present 'I live' with past 'was so many'. For current facts use present 'are'. Also 'so many' requires plural verb. Correction: use 'are' to match present context. Suggestion: ensure verbs match the time reference in the sentence.
× And we can also rent the bicycles for maybe 330 minutes or any anytime you want is have a special stations you can like book the flight, book the bike.
✓ We can also rent bicycles for maybe 30 minutes, or at any time you want; there are special stations where you can book a bike.
Errors: '330 minutes' is likely a typo; quantifier and number incorrect. Repetition 'any anytime' is wrong. 'is have a special stations' is ungrammatical. 'book the flight' is irrelevant. Correction: use plausible duration '30 minutes', remove unnecessary articles 'the' before 'bicycles', use 'at any time', and correct clause to 'there are special stations where you can book a bike'. Suggestion: use clear numbers, avoid double words, and structure the sentence with correct relative clauses (where + clause).