Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Improve accuracy, clarity and grammar. Start with a clear topic sentence (Yes, I had a bike as a child), use past simple consistently, avoid repetition, and organize details with linking words. Be specific about frequency, who you went with, and the incident (what happened and result). Keep answers to 2–4 sentences.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. My parents took me to the park almost every weekend, and I enjoyed riding there with them. Once I rode down a steep slope, lost control, and fell off, which left me with a scraped knee but no serious injury.

Suggestion: Give a direct opinion first, then support it with specific reasons and linking words. Use clear contrasts (e.g., 'used to' vs 'now') and correct vocabulary (e.g., 'obsessed with phones' or 'addicted to tablets'). Avoid vague phrases and incomplete sentences. Limit to 2–4 well-formed sentences.

Example: I think bikes used to be more popular when I was a child, but they are less common now. Nowadays many children prefer playing on smartphones or tablets, so fewer of them spend time riding bikes outdoors.

× Yes, I heard by when I was a child.

✓ Yes, I had one when I was a child.

The student used 'heard by' which is incorrect and does not make sense in context. The intended meaning is possession in the past, so use the past simple verb 'had'. Suggestion: replace the wrong phrase with 'had one' to express owning a bike in childhood.

× So during every weekend my parents will bring me to the park and I'll had a bike there.

✓ So every weekend my parents used to take me to the park and I had a bike there.

The sentence mixes future/modal forms ('will', 'I'll') with a past context. Use past habitual 'used to' or 'would' and past simple 'had' for possession. Suggestion: use 'used to take' or 'would take' and 'had' to keep past-time consistency.

× There was one time, I remember there was one time there was a slope and I didn't write carefully and I was falling down from the bicycle and was injured that.

✓ I remember one time when there was a slope; I didn't ride carefully, I fell off the bicycle and was injured.

Problems: repetition ('there was one time' twice), wrong verb 'write' instead of 'ride', incorrect progressive 'was falling down' for a single past event, and awkward 'was injured that'. Use simple past 'didn't ride', 'fell off', and 'was injured'. Suggestion: remove repetition, correct 'write' to 'ride', and use simple past verbs for completed actions.

× I think yes, when I was a child, but for now I don't see a lot of children riding because nowadays the children are obsessed with phones, with their tap.

✓ I think so, yes, when I was a child, but now I don't see many children riding because nowadays children are obsessed with phones and tablets.

Use 'I think so' for agreement. 'For now' is awkward; use 'now'. 'A lot of children' is acceptable but 'many children' is better here. 'Their tap' is incorrect — likely 'tablet'. Also avoid redundant 'the children' with 'nowadays children' or 'children nowadays'. Suggestion: replace 'for now' with 'now', 'a lot of' with 'many', and correct 'tap' to 'tablet'.

× So I don't think the children now.

✓ So I don't think children do that now.

Original is a fragment lacking a clear verb and object. Add the verb phrase 'do that' to indicate the action (riding bikes). Maintain present simple 'do' to describe habitual present. Suggestion: clarify the action by saying 'children do that now' or 'children ride bikes now'.