Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Be more fluent and concise: start with a clear topic sentence, avoid filler words (uh), correct grammar (past tense, articles), and give one brief supporting detail. Keep to 1–3 sentences and use a linking word if you add a reason.

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child because I preferred walking and public transport. However, I sometimes borrowed my friends’ bikes to ride in the park.

Suggestion: Give a direct opinion and support it with a clear, specific reason. Remove fillers and repeat words; use correct subject-verb agreement and a linking word to connect reason and example. Limit to 2–3 sentences.

Example: Yes, I think bikes are very popular in my country because many young people enjoy cycling for fitness and commuting. For example, racing and road bikes are common among university students who cycle to class or join local races.

× Uh, no, I did not, uh, have bike, have a bike when I was child because I was not really kind of person who rode a bike.

✓ Uh, no, I did not have a bike when I was a child because I was not really the kind of person who rode a bike.

Errors: missing articles 'a' before 'bike' and 'a' before 'child', and missing definite article 'the' before 'kind of person'. These are article errors (Grammar Problem Type ID 22). Explanation: English requires 'a' before singular countable nouns when introduced for the first time ('a bike', 'a child') and 'the' before 'kind of person' when specifying a particular type. Suggestion: Add 'a' before singular countable nouns and use 'the kind of' to specify the category. Also remove redundant filler words for clarity.

× Yeah, yeah, it's definitely.

✓ Yeah, definitely.

Error: use of 'it' is unnecessary and vague here; this is an incorrect pronoun use (Grammar Problem Type ID 12). Explanation: The student attempts to agree but 'it's definitely' lacks a clear reference. Suggestion: Omit 'it' and say 'definitely' or 'yes, definitely' to convey agreement clearly.

× Bikes are uh, more popular in my country, uh, because uh, uh, youngsters, uh, youngsters or uh, uh, really likes uh, uh, bikes, uh, especially, uh, racing bikes, uh, such as.

✓ Bikes are more popular in my country because youngsters really like bikes, especially racing bikes.

Errors: subject-verb agreement ('youngsters ... really likes' should be 'youngsters ... really like') and unnecessary filler words and repetition. This is a subject-verb agreement error (Grammar Problem Type ID 27). Explanation: 'Youngsters' is plural so the verb must be the base plural form 'like' not 'likes'. Suggestion: Remove filler words, use correct verb form to match plural subject, and simplify the sentence for clarity; also avoid trailing 'such as' without examples.