Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Your answer is grammatically correct and concise, but it is very short. To score higher, start with a clear topic sentence and add one or two specific supporting details (e.g., what kind of bike, who gave it to you, or a short memory). Use a linking word if adding extra information.

Example: Yes, I did have a bike when I was a child. It was a small red bicycle with training wheels that my parents bought for my seventh birthday, and I used to ride it every evening around the neighborhood.

Suggestion: Your response addresses the question but has grammatical errors, is slightly disjointed, and lacks specific supporting details. Improve by using a clear topic sentence, correct grammar, and one or two specific reasons or examples. Use linking words (for example, however, because, therefore) to connect ideas and make it coherent.

Example: Not really — bikes are not very popular in my country because there are few dedicated bike lanes in most cities. As a result, many people feel it is unsafe to cycle on busy roads, so they prefer cars or public transport.

× Unfortunately it is not because we don't have that much of a bike lanes. Around the city.

✓ Unfortunately, they are not very popular because we don't have many bike lanes around the city.

The original contains several issues covered by the 'Present tense issue' category and related grammar types: subject-pronoun agreement and incorrect quantifier/article usage. 'It is not' is incorrect because the subject should refer to 'bikes' (plural), so use 'they are not'. 'That much of a bike lanes' is ungrammatical: 'that much' is used with uncountable nouns, while 'bike lanes' is countable plural; use 'many bike lanes'. Also 'Around the city.' is a sentence fragment; combine it into the previous sentence. Suggested improvement: identify the correct subject number (singular/plural) and choose appropriate quantifiers for countable/uncountable nouns, and avoid sentence fragments by joining related clauses with commas or conjunctions.