Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer the question directly, then add one or two specific details. Improve the unnatural phrase “a gift to me by my father” to “a gift from my father” or “given to me by my father.” Also, say “ride a bike without training wheels” rather than “ride the bike without the training wheels” for a more natural expression.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a gift from my father, and he taught me how to ride it without training wheels. I was really proud when I finally learned to ride on my own.

Suggestion: Your answer has a clear opinion and supporting reasons, but there are several grammar and word-choice problems. Use “people use them” instead of “they used it,” because the subject is plural and the question refers to a general present habit. Replace “commute to school, work or house” with “travel to school, work or nearby places,” and say “on roads and streets” rather than “along the road and streets.”

Example: Absolutely. Bikes are very popular in my country because they are affordable and convenient. Many people use them to travel to school, work, or nearby places, especially in crowded cities. In addition, cycling is an environmentally friendly way to get around.

× It was a gift to me by my father and he was the one who taught me how to ride the bike without the training wheels.

✓ It was a gift from my father, and he was the one who taught me how to ride the bike without the training wheels.

Use from to indicate the person who gives a gift. The preposition by is generally used to identify the agent in a passive action, but from is the natural preposition for the giver of a gift.

× Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. They used it as transportation to commute to school, work or house every day.

✓ Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. People use them for transportation to commute to school, work, or home every day.

The student is describing a general habit, so the simple present use is required instead of the past-tense verb used. Simple present is used for routines, habits, and general facts.

× Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. They used it as transportation to commute to school, work or house every day.

✓ Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. People use them for transportation to commute to school, work, or home every day.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. The plural pronoun them is required. The correction also uses people as the subject because people use bikes, while bikes are used by people.

× Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. They used it as transportation to commute to school, work or house every day.

✓ Absolutely, bikes are very common in my country. People use them for transportation to commute to school, work, or home every day.

When home means a destination, it is normally used without an article, as in go home or commute to home. The word house would normally require a determiner, such as the house, and it does not fit this general expression as naturally as home.

× They are very affordable and convenient. That's why a lot of people are using them along the road and streets.

✓ They are very affordable and convenient. That's why a lot of people use them on roads and streets.

Use on, not along, when describing the normal location of vehicles or bicycles on roads and streets. Also, roads and streets are used in the plural when referring to them generally.