Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly with “Yes, I did” and avoid the incorrect phrase “had a bike on”; say “I had a bike when I was a child.” The response is relevant and includes a specific detail about riding to school, but “It was a great bicycle” sounds slightly unnatural. Combine the ideas into two or three coherent sentences and use a linking word such as “so” or “because” to make the relationship clearer.

Example: Yes, I did. I had a great bike when I was a child, and I often rode it to school because it was convenient and enjoyable.

Suggestion: The answer is relevant and provides a useful example of a public bike-sharing scheme, but it contains several grammar and word-choice errors. Use “bicycles are very popular,” “the government provides,” and “on the streets” or “around the city” instead of “at on the street.” Clarify that people can rent public bikes for free for up to 30 minutes, and connect the reason to the main idea with “For example” or “As a result.”

Example: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country. For example, the government provides public bikes around the city, which people can rent for free for up to 30 minutes. As a result, many people use them for short journeys.

× Yeah, I had a bike on. I was a child.

✓ Yeah, I had a bike when I was a child.

The preposition on cannot express the time period in which you had the bike. Use when before the clause I was a child to mean during that time. Combining the two parts also makes the sentence more natural and complete.

× Yeah, in my country the bicycle is very popular and the government provide a free bicycle at on the street.

✓ Yeah, in my country, the bicycle is very popular, and the government provides a free bicycle on the street.

The subject government is singular, so the present-tense verb must take the third-person singular form provides, not provide.

× Yeah, in my country the bicycle is very popular and the government provide a free bicycle at on the street.

✓ Yeah, in my country, the bicycle is very popular, and the government provides a free bicycle on the street.

At on is an incorrect combination of prepositions. Use on the street when describing the location of the bicycle. Do not use at before on in this sentence.