Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly in the past tense: “Yes, I did.” Correct “I have” to “I had” and “when I child” to “when I was a child.” Use a more natural expression such as “It was one of my favorite gifts” instead of “my best gift in my life.” Add one specific detail about how or when you used the bike.

Example: Yes, I did. I had a small blue bike when I was a child, and it was one of my favorite gifts. I often rode it around my neighborhood with my friends after school.

Suggestion: Begin with a clear topic sentence, such as “Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country.” Correct the grammar in “This is a popular” and “the bike it's easier.” Use “ride a bike” rather than “recycle,” and organize your reason with a linking word such as “because.” Give one or two specific examples, such as commuting to work or going to the market, and avoid unfinished thoughts or self-correction.

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in cities. They are a convenient and inexpensive way to travel because people can ride them to work, school, or the market. They are also environmentally friendly and can help people avoid traffic.

× Yes I have back when I child.

✓ Yes, I had one when I was a child.

The question asks about a past situation, so use the past-tense forms had and was, not have. The phrase had one avoids repeating bike, and the expression when I was a child requires the verb was.

× Yes I have back when I child.

✓ Yes, I had one when I was a child.

Use the indefinite article a before the singular countable noun child. The phrase a child is the correct expression.

× It's my best gift in my life.

✓ It was the best gift in my life.

Because the student is talking about receiving the bike in the past, use was instead of is. The past tense makes the answer consistent with the question about childhood.

× It's my best gift in my life.

✓ It was the best gift in my life.

Use the definite article the before a superlative adjective such as best. The phrase the best identifies one gift as the top or most memorable gift.

× This is a popular in my country and the bike it's easier I think if you want to go to market or your job because umm, you can go anywhere if you recycle.

✓ Bikes are popular in my country, and riding a bike is easier, I think, if you want to go to the market or to work because you can go anywhere by bike.

When speaking about bikes in general, use the plural noun Bikes and the plural verb are. Do not use a before the adjective popular; say are popular. Also, use riding a bike as the subject of the second clause instead of the incorrect combination the bike it's easier.

× This is a popular in my country and the bike it's easier I think if you want to go to market or your job because umm, you can go anywhere if you recycle.

✓ Bikes are popular in my country, and riding a bike is easier, I think, if you want to go to the market or to work because you can go anywhere by bike.

The original sentence incorrectly uses This is to describe general popularity. Use the plural subject Bikes with are popular instead. This creates a correct subject and verb structure.

× This is a popular in my country and the bike it's easier I think if you want to go to market or your job because umm, you can go anywhere if you recycle.

✓ Bikes are popular in my country, and riding a bike is easier, I think, if you want to go to the market or to work because you can go anywhere by bike.

Use to before destinations: go to the market and go to work. The preposition by is used in the expression travel or go by bike.

× This is a popular in my country and the bike it's easier I think if you want to go to market or your job because umm, you can go anywhere if you recycle.

✓ Bikes are popular in my country, and riding a bike is easier, I think, if you want to go to the market or to work because you can go anywhere by bike.

Use the before the specific public place market: go to the market. However, work normally does not take an article in the expression go to work.