Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Use the past tense consistently because you are talking about your childhood. The phrase “when I’m riding” should be “when I was riding,” and “I fall down” should be “I fell down.” Add one specific detail about the bike or the experience to make the answer more complete and natural.

Example: Yes, I did. I had a small blue bike when I was about eight years old. I remember that I fell down while I was learning to ride it, but I quickly got back on and continued practicing.

Suggestion: Answer more naturally by saying “Bikes are very popular in Singapore” instead of beginning with “Yes, here in Singapore.” Use “a means of transportation” or “one of the main forms of transportation,” not “one of the transportations.” Add a specific reason or example, such as cycling paths, health benefits, or commuting, and use a linking word to connect your ideas.

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in Singapore because they are a convenient and environmentally friendly means of transportation. In addition, the city has many cycling paths, so people often use bicycles for short journeys or exercise.

× Yes I did, and I remember when I'm riding my bike I fall down.

✓ Yes, I did, and I remember that when I was riding my bike, I fell down.

The question asks about a past childhood experience, so the present-tense form I'm riding is inappropriate. Use the past continuous form was riding for an action in progress in the past.

× Yes I did, and I remember when I'm riding my bike I fall down.

✓ Yes, I did, and I remember that when I was riding my bike, I fell down.

Because the event happened when the student was a child, fall should be changed to the past-tense form fell. Use the past tense to describe a completed event in the past.

× Yes, here in Singapore bikes are so popular because it is one of the transportations here.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular here in Singapore because they are one of the main means of transportation here.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Therefore, use the plural pronoun they. Make sure that pronouns agree in number with the nouns they refer to.

× Yes, here in Singapore bikes are so popular because it is one of the transportations here.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular here in Singapore because they are one of the main means of transportation here.

Transportation is generally an uncountable noun when referring to a method or system of travel, so transportations is incorrect here. After one of the, use a plural countable noun such as means: one of the main means of transportation.