Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Begin with a direct answer, such as “No, I didn’t.” Avoid the unnatural phrase “I’m back in my days in my childhood”; use “When I was a child” instead. Correct the grammar and word choices: say “we couldn’t afford a bike,” “I borrowed one from my friends,” and “at night.” Add one specific detail about when or why you borrowed the bike, and avoid repeating words such as “we can’t.”

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child because my family couldn’t afford one. However, I sometimes borrowed a bike from my friends when we went out at night. I enjoyed riding around the neighborhood with them.

Suggestion: Give a direct answer with the plural form: “Yes, I think bicycles are popular in my country.” Correct subject–verb agreement by saying “bikes are” and use “affordable” more naturally with “They are an affordable form of transportation.” Link your ideas clearly with words such as “for example” or “as a result.” Replace the vague phrase “my friends also” with a complete, specific sentence, and omit the unnecessary final “Yeah.”

Example: Yes, I think bicycles are quite popular in my country because they are affordable and convenient. People can use them to travel to work or school without paying for fuel or public transportation. For example, many students cycle to school, and several of my friends use bikes every day.

× I'm back in my days in my childhood I don't really have a bike because we're not that rich we can't we can't afford the bike a little bit.

✓ Back in my childhood, I didn't really have a bike because we weren't that rich. We couldn't afford a bike.

The question asks about the student's childhood, so the past tense is needed. Use didn't have, weren't, and couldn't afford instead of don't have, we're, and can't afford. Also, the natural expression is afford a bike, not afford the bike a little bit.

× I'm back in my days in my childhood I don't really have a bike because we're not that rich we can't we can't afford the bike a little bit.

✓ Back in my childhood, I didn't really have a bike because we weren't that rich. We couldn't afford a bike.

The original response contains several clauses joined without appropriate punctuation or sentence boundaries. Use a clear introductory phrase followed by complete sentences. Avoid repeating we can't.

× we can't we can't afford the bike a little bit

✓ We couldn't afford a bike.

Because the situation happened in the past, the modal verb can must change to could. The negative past form is couldn't.

× afford the bike

✓ afford a bike

The student is referring to a bike in general, not to a specific bike that has already been identified. Use the indefinite article a instead of the definite article the.

× I just burrowing to my friends night when we go out.

✓ I just borrowed one from my friends at night when we went out.

The action happened in the past, so use the past-tense verb borrowed. The verb go must also be changed to went to agree with the past-time context.

× I just burrowing to my friends night when we go out.

✓ I just borrowed one from my friends at night when we went out.

Use from to show the person or people you borrowed the bike from. Use at night, not friends night, to express the time.

× I do think bike is popular in my country because bikes is very affordable

✓ I do think bikes are popular in my country because bikes are very affordable.

When speaking about bikes in general, use the plural noun bikes. The plural subject must be followed by the plural verb are.

× bikes is very affordable

✓ Bikes are very affordable.

Bikes is a plural subject, so it requires the plural form of be, are, not is.

× you don't need money to go to your work or school

✓ You don't need money to go to work or school.

When referring to the normal activities of employment or education, English generally uses work and school without the article the or the possessive adjective your.

× Many students use a bike to go to school and my friends also.

✓ Many students use bikes to go to school, and my friends do too.

The phrase my friends also is incomplete because it has no verb. Use do too to avoid repeating the verb use and to form a complete sentence.