Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Your answer responds directly and includes relevant supporting details about changing bicycles and cycling regularly. However, some expressions are unnatural or unclear, such as “kept changing the size of the bicycle,” “kept a habit,” “closer by classes,” and “healthy for me and for other people to use.” Use more natural collocations, such as “got a larger bike as I grew” and “developed the habit of cycling.” Keep the answer concise and connect your ideas with linking words such as “because” or “also.”

Example: Yes, I did. I had several bicycles as a child because I needed a larger one as I grew. I developed the habit of cycling to nearby places, including my classes, because it was convenient and good exercise.

Suggestion: You give a clear general opinion and begin to make a useful comparison between rural and urban areas. However, the answer is incomplete and contains several grammatical and vocabulary problems, including “which area you look,” “the more there's more amount of people,” and “the city from where I'm from.” Avoid fillers such as “umm,” use a complete comparison, and finish with a clear reason or example. A natural structure would be: opinion, rural-versus-urban comparison, and explanation.

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, although it depends on the area. In smaller rural towns, more people use bicycles than cars because the roads are quieter and distances are shorter. In large cities, however, people often prefer cars or public transport because of heavy traffic and longer commutes.

× I've always kept a habit of cycling to some places, whether it's just nearby my house or it's some of my closer by classes.

✓ I've always had a habit of cycling to some places, whether they're just near my house or near some of my classes.

The preposition near is required before a noun phrase such as my house or some of my classes. Nearby is usually used as an adverb or adjective and is not normally followed directly by a noun in this structure. Also, near some of my classes creates a clearer parallel structure.

× I've always kept a habit of cycling to some places, whether it's just nearby my house or it's some of my closer by classes.

✓ I've always had a habit of cycling to some places, whether they're just near my house or near some of my classes.

Closer by is not the correct expression in this context. Use near or nearby instead. In addition, some of my classes is the natural noun phrase; closer is a comparative adjective and needs a comparison, such as closer than the others.

× Take a glance at umm, in some of the smaller rural towns, the more there's more amount of people who have bikes than they have cars.

✓ Take a glance at, um, some of the smaller rural towns. In these towns, more people have bikes than cars.

The verb phrase take a glance at must be followed directly by its object. The preposition at should not be followed by in before the noun phrase. Dividing the utterance into two sentences also makes the prepositional structure clearer.

× Take a glance at umm, in some of the smaller rural towns, the more there's more amount of people who have bikes than they have cars.

✓ Take a glance at, um, some of the smaller rural towns. In these towns, more people have bikes than cars.

More amount of people is not a natural quantifier structure because people is a countable plural noun. Use more people. Amount is generally used with uncountable nouns, such as a large amount of water.

× Take a glance at umm, in some of the smaller rural towns, the more there's more amount of people who have bikes than they have cars.

✓ Take a glance at, um, some of the smaller rural towns. In these towns, there are more people who have bikes than people who have cars.

When there introduces a plural noun, use there are rather than there's. However, the sentence is more natural and concise without the there is or there are structure: In these towns, more people have bikes than cars.

× Take a glance at umm, in some of the smaller rural towns, the more there's more amount of people who have bikes than they have cars.

✓ Take a glance at, um, some of the smaller rural towns. In these towns, more people have bikes than cars.

The structure the more ... than is incorrect here. To compare quantities, use more ... than. The phrase more people have bikes than cars is the appropriate comparative structure.

× Yeah, I think bikes are super popular in my country, but it depends on which area you look.

✓ Yeah, I think bikes are super popular in my country, but it depends on which area you look at.

The phrasal verb look at requires the preposition at when you mean examine or consider a place. Therefore, say which area you look at.

× But in urban areas like the city from where I'm from, you usually.

✓ But in urban areas, such as the city where I'm from, you usually see more cars than bikes.

The original sentence is incomplete because you usually is not followed by a main verb. Add a verb, such as see, to complete the sentence. The phrase the city where I'm from is also more natural than the city from where I'm from.