Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly and avoid unnecessary hesitation and repetition. Correct the grammar in “as I were grew up” and use the natural expression “learned to ride a bike,” not “learned about riding a bike.” You can connect the reason and present situation more clearly with “because” and “so.” Keep the answer to two or three concise sentences.

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child because my parents didn’t allow me to ride one. As a result, I never learned how to ride a bike, and I still can’t ride one now at the age of 21.

Suggestion: State your opinion clearly at the beginning and use accurate, natural vocabulary. Replace “I can’t say yes, not exactly” with “Not particularly” or “Not really,” and avoid the unclear phrase “when the transportation is good.” Correct “my lumbar city” to the actual city name or “my hometown,” “there are there isn’t” to “there isn’t,” and “not popular option” to “not a popular option.” Use a specific reason and a linking phrase such as “because” or “in addition.”

Example: Not really. In my hometown, bicycles aren’t very popular because public transportation is limited and there are no dedicated bike lanes. As a result, cycling is less convenient and less safe than using other forms of transport.

× No, I didn't have a bike when I was younger because my parents, uh, didn't allow me to ride a bicycle and as I were grew up like I'm now 21 years old and I still haven't learned about riding a bike.

✓ No, I didn't have a bike when I was younger because my parents didn't allow me to ride a bicycle. As I grew up, I reached the age of 21, but I still haven't learned how to ride a bike.

The phrase as I were grew up incorrectly combines the past-tense verb were with the past-tense verb grew. Use the simple past form grew because you are describing a completed period of development in the past. Also, use how to ride a bike instead of learned about riding a bike because this is the natural structure for describing the skill you have not acquired.

× I can't say yes, not exactly, but uh, bikes are more appropriate when the transportation is good.

✓ I can't say yes, not exactly, but bikes are more appropriate when transportation is good.

Transportation is an uncountable noun when referring to transportation in general, so it normally does not require the definite article the. Use transportation rather than the transportation in this general statement.

× Like in my lumbar city there are there isn't good transportation

✓ In my city, there isn't good transportation.

The sentence incorrectly uses both there are and there isn't. Use there is or there isn't with the uncountable noun transportation. Since the sentence is negative, there isn't is the correct form. Avoid repeating the there-be structure.

× so it's not popular option.

✓ So, it's not a popular option.

The singular countable noun option requires an article. Use a because this is a general reference to one option, not a specific option already identified. A useful rule is that singular countable nouns usually need a, an, or the.