Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Your answer directly addresses the question and includes relevant details about riding with friends. However, it is one long sentence with repeated phrases such as “I liked” and “on my bike.” Use a clearer structure with linking words, and say “to the mountains” or “in the mountains” instead of “to mountain.” You could also replace “little quests” with the more natural expression “small adventures.”

Example: Yes, I did. I really enjoyed riding my bike with my friends after school and at weekends. We often cycled to nearby parks and sometimes explored the mountains, which felt like a small adventure.

Suggestion: You give a clear opinion and support it with reasons and examples, including students and local vendors. However, the answer is a single long sentence containing several repeated contrasts, such as “not popular” and “some people.” Divide it into shorter sentences and use more precise wording, such as “road conditions and safety concerns” instead of the broad statement “my country is unsafe.”

Example: No, I wouldn’t say they are very popular in my country. Safety concerns and heavy traffic mean that most people prefer to travel by car or bus. Nevertheless, some students and local vendors still use bikes because they are affordable and convenient for short journeys.

× Yes, I had a bike when I was a child and I really liked going outside on the bike with my friends and I liked going to parks and to mountain on my bike and to go on little quests with my friends.

✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I really liked going outside on it with my friends. I liked going to parks and to the mountains on my bike and going on little quests with my friends.

After the verb liked, use the -ing form when describing activities that you enjoyed. Therefore, to go should be going to keep the structure parallel with going to parks.

× Yes, I had a bike when I was a child and I really liked going outside on the bike with my friends and I liked going to parks and to mountain on my bike and to go on little quests with my friends.

✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I really liked going outside on it with my friends. I liked going to parks and to the mountains on my bike and going on little quests with my friends.

Mountain should be plural in this context because the speaker is referring generally to a mountainous area or multiple mountains. The natural expression is the mountains.

× Yes, I had a bike when I was a child and I really liked going outside on the bike with my friends and I liked going to parks and to mountain on my bike and to go on little quests with my friends.

✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I really liked going outside on it with my friends. I liked going to parks and to the mountains on my bike and going on little quests with my friends.

The definite article the is needed before mountains when referring to a specific geographical area or the mountains as a destination. Say to the mountains, not to mountain.

× No, I don't think bikes are popular in my country because my country is unsafe so people prefer travelling through buses or cars although some people do use bikes to get around the city or the town so they're not really popular but they are in use by some students and local vendors.

✓ No, I don't think bikes are popular in my country because my country is unsafe, so people prefer travelling by bus or car. Although some people do use bikes to get around the city or town, they are not really popular, but they are used by some students and local vendors.

Use the preposition by when talking about the means of transportation: travel by bus and travel by car. Through describes movement from one side or place to another, so it is not the natural preposition for transportation here.