Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly and use the correct articles and plural forms: say “I never had a bike” and “riding bikes.” You could also add a specific detail explaining where or how you rode them, which would make the answer more developed and natural.

Example: No, I never had a bike when I was a child, but I loved riding my friends’ bikes. We often rode around the neighborhood after school.

Suggestion: Give a clear topic sentence first, then explain the reason with a linking word such as “because” or “as a result.” Use “bike lanes” or “cycling paths” instead of “bike Rd,” and avoid repeating the same idea. You could also explain what might happen if better cycling infrastructure were available.

Example: Not really. Bikes aren’t very popular in my country because there aren’t enough bike lanes, so most people feel unsafe cycling on busy roads. I think more people would ride bikes if the government built safer cycling paths.

× No, actually I never had bike, but I loved riding bike.

✓ No, actually, I never had a bike, but I loved riding a bike.

Singular countable nouns such as bike usually need a determiner. Use a before bike when referring to one nonspecific bike. The same rule applies after riding: riding a bike.

× Uh, actually not really because we don't have a bike Rd. that's why most people don't use it, but I wish we had.

✓ Uh, actually, not really, because we don't have bike roads. That's why most people don't use them, but I wish we did.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bike roads, which is plural, so use them. Because the subject is plural, the matching pronoun is them. In the final clause, did appropriately replaces the repeated verb phrase have bike roads.