Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer the question directly with a complete sentence and add a brief supporting detail. Avoid unnatural words such as “Alright” at the end of the answer. You could explain why you did not have a bike or mention how you usually travelled as a child.

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. My parents thought it was safer for me to walk or take the bus to school.

Suggestion: Begin with a clear topic sentence, such as “Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country.” Then support your answer with specific reasons. Improve grammar and word choice: use “public transportation is often rushed and crowded,” “it is hard to catch a bus,” and “buses and trains can be expensive.” Use linking words such as “because,” “also,” and “as a result,” and avoid unclear pronouns such as “it” and “them.”

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in large cities. Many people use them because public transportation is often crowded, and it can be difficult to catch a bus during rush hour. Cycling is also cheaper than paying for buses or trains every day.

× They are actually most people prefer to use it for transportation purposes.

✓ They are popular. Actually, most people prefer to use them for transportation purposes.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use the plural pronoun them. The sentence also needs to be divided because two independent clauses were joined incorrectly.

× They are actually most people prefer to use it for transportation purposes.

✓ They are popular. Actually, most people prefer to use them for transportation purposes.

The original sentence contains two independent clauses joined without appropriate punctuation or a conjunction. Use a full stop after popular and begin a new sentence with Actually.

× As a public transportation are quite rush, crowded and also it's hard to cash them all the time.

✓ As public transportation is quite busy and crowded, it is also hard to catch it all the time.

Public transportation is generally an uncountable noun when referring to transportation as a system, so it does not normally take the article a in this sentence.

× As a public transportation are quite rush, crowded and also it's hard to cash them all the time.

✓ As public transportation is quite busy and crowded, it is also hard to catch it all the time.

The subject public transportation is singular or uncountable, so it must take the singular verb is, not are.

× As a public transportation are quite rush, crowded and also it's hard to cash them all the time.

✓ As public transportation is quite busy and crowded, it is also hard to catch it all the time.

Rush is not the correct adjective in this context. Use busy to describe transportation with many passengers or a lot of activity. Also, crowded is the correct adjective form.

× Plus they were expensive if you just think of the cost as well.

✓ Plus, they are expensive if you just think of the cost as well.

The question asks about bikes in general and their popularity in the present, so use the present-tense verb are instead of the past-tense verb were.