Part 1
Giám khảo
What is your favourite food?
Thí sinh
My favorite food is all related to sweet. I mean, I like chocolate, I like candies, I like popcorn, I really love Coke.
Giám khảo
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Thí sinh
When he was young, the kind of food that I like the most was meat. I really love to eat beef and pork, and I also eat chicken. My mother used to eat to cook a lot of recipes related with meat.
Giám khảo
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Thí sinh
No, I don't. I usually eat the same kind of food no matter what time of the year it is running. So my meals are uh, scheduled UH-30 in order to be more efficient.
Giám khảo
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Thí sinh
Yet it has. When I was a child I used to eat meat and it was my favorite food. But as I grew older I realized that I like sweet a lot and my favorite food is chocolate right now.
What is your favourite food?
Điểm: 60.0Gợi ý: Habla con oraciones más naturales y mejor organización. Empieza con una frase tema clara, evita repetir palabras y explica brevemente por qué te gustan esos alimentos (gusto, textura o ocasión). Usa conectores simples para listar ejemplos.
Ví dụ: My favourite foods are sweet treats. For example, I enjoy chocolate for its rich flavour and candies because they’re convenient snacks. I also like popcorn when I watch movies and Coke as a refreshing drink. Overall, I prefer sweet flavours over savoury ones.
What kind of food did you like when you were young?
Điểm: 50.0Gợi ý: Corrige errores gramaticales y de referencia ("he" → "I"). Empieza con una frase clara y proporciona detalles específicas (platos, recuerdos) usando conectores de secuencia o contraste. Mantén máximo cinco oraciones y evita redundancias.
Ví dụ: When I was young, I loved eating meat. I especially enjoyed beef and pork, and we often had roasted chicken on Sundays. My mother cooked many traditional meat dishes, such as stews and grilled cuts, which I remember fondly. Those family meals made meat my favourite at the time.
Do you eat different foods at different times of the year?
Điểm: 55.0Gợi ý: Da una respuesta más desarrollada y clara: confirma brevemente y explica por qué, con ejemplos estacionales si aplican. Evita muletillas y frases confusas ("it is running", "UH-30"). Usa conectores para explicar causa o contraste.
Ví dụ: No, I don’t usually change my diet throughout the year. I tend to follow a set meal plan because I’m busy and like to be efficient. However, I might eat more fresh fruit in summer and heartier soups in winter. Overall, my basic meals stay the same despite minor seasonal variations.
Has your favourite food changed since you were a child?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: Responde con una afirmación clara y usa conectores de contraste (e.g., 'but', 'however'). Explica las razones del cambio con detalles específicos (hábitos, salud, gustos) en máximo cinco oraciones y evita frases cortas sin fluidez.
Ví dụ: Yes, my favourite food has changed. As a child I preferred meat, especially family dishes like roast beef. However, as I got older I developed a sweet tooth and now I prefer chocolate for its variety and comforting taste. This change happened because I started enjoying desserts more than heavy meals.
× My favorite food is all related to sweet.
✓ My favorite foods are all related to sweets.
The preposition 'related to' is acceptable, but the noun phrases are incorrect: 'food' should be plural when referring to multiple items and 'sweet' should be the plural noun 'sweets' (or the adjective 'sweet' paired with a noun like 'foods'). Also adjust verb agreement: 'is' could remain with a singular subject but here plural 'foods' matches 'are'. Suggestion: use 'My favorite foods are all related to sweets.' to be natural.
× I mean, I like chocolate, I like candies, I like popcorn, I really love Coke.
✓ I mean, I like chocolate, candies, popcorn, and I really love Coke.
Repeating 'I like' is grammatically acceptable but stylistically awkward. Joining items in a list and adding 'and' before the final item is more natural. No change of tense needed. Suggestion: list items without repeating the verb each time for fluency.
× When he was young, the kind of food that I like the most was meat.
✓ When I was young, the kind of food that I liked the most was meat.
Pronoun error and tense mismatch: the sentence refers to the student, so 'he' is incorrect; use 'I'. The clause 'that I like the most' refers to the past, so the verb should be in the past tense 'liked'. Suggestion: keep consistent person and tense: 'When I was young, the kind of food that I liked the most was meat.'
× I really love to eat beef and pork, and I also eat chicken.
✓ I really loved to eat beef and pork, and I also ate chicken.
The context is past (talking about childhood), so present tense verbs 'love' and 'eat' should be in past tense 'loved' and 'ate' to match time frame. Suggestion: maintain past tense when describing past preferences.
× My mother used to eat to cook a lot of recipes related with meat.
✓ My mother used to cook a lot of meat-related recipes.
Several issues: 'used to eat to cook' is incorrect—likely intended 'used to cook'. The preposition 'related with' is nonstandard; use 'related to' or better use the compound adjective 'meat-related'. Rearranged for clarity: 'My mother used to cook a lot of meat-related recipes.' Suggestion: remove the extra 'eat' and use 'cook' as the verb.
× No, I don't. I usually eat the same kind of food no matter what time of the year it is running.
✓ No, I don't. I usually eat the same kind of food no matter what time of year it is.
'Time of the year' is acceptable but adding 'running' is incorrect and unnecessary. 'What time of year' is the natural phrase. Also consistency: 'the same kind of food' okay. Suggestion: remove 'running'.
× So my meals are uh, scheduled UH-30 in order to be more efficient.
✓ So my meals are scheduled at 6:30 a.m. in order to be more efficient.
The filler sounds 'uh' and 'UH-30' are unclear and nonstandard in writing. Replace with a clear time expression; if the intended time was '6:30', write it as '6:30 a.m.' or '6:30 p.m.' depending on context. Also keep punctuation out of speech disfluencies. Suggestion: clarify the time and remove fillers.
× Yet it has.
✓ Yes, it has.
'Yet it has' is unidiomatic as a response to 'Has your favourite food changed...?' Use 'Yes, it has.' to affirm. 'Yet' is not used this way. Suggestion: use simple affirmative 'Yes, it has.'
× When I was a child I used to eat meat and it was my favorite food.
✓ When I was a child, I used to eat meat and it was my favorite food.
This sentence is grammatically correct aside from missing comma after the dependent clause. Keep past tense 'used to' and 'was'. Suggestion: add a comma after 'child' for clarity: 'When I was a child, I used to eat meat and it was my favorite food.'
× But as I grew older I realized that I like sweet a lot and my favorite food is chocolate right now.
✓ But as I grew older, I realized that I liked sweets a lot, and my favorite food is chocolate now.
Tense consistency: 'realized' is past; the clause expressing the change of preference in the past should use 'liked' (past) for the realization, but 'my favorite food is chocolate now' correctly uses present. Also 'sweet' should be plural 'sweets' when used as a noun meaning sweet foods. Add commas for clarity. Suggestion: '...I realized that I liked sweets a lot, and my favorite food is chocolate now.'