Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then add one relevant detail if you can. Because you are talking about your childhood, use the past tense: “When I was a child, I didn’t have…” Also, “scooter” is more widely used than “scooty.”

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike or a scooter when I was a child. I usually walked or went places with my family.

Suggestion: Start with a clear answer and explain your reason in one or two well-organized sentences. Avoid repeating “bikes” and remove fillers such as “or or.” Use natural phrases such as “people use them to get around” and “in an emergency.”

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people use them for everyday travel, and they can also be useful in an emergency because they are easy to get around on.

× When I am a child, I have no bike or scooty.

✓ When I was a child, I didn't have a bike or a scooter.

The question asks about your childhood, a finished period in the past, so use the past forms was and didn't have. Use scooter rather than scooty for the standard English term.

× Yeah, of course I think the bikes are popular in our country because the bikes are usually used for riding in many places there or or in where in emergency situations we are used the bikes.

✓ Yes, of course. I think bikes are popular in our country because we use them to get around in many places and in emergency situations.

The phrase we are used the bikes incorrectly uses a passive construction. Since we are the people using the bikes, use the active form we use them. The repeated or and the phrase in where also make the sentence difficult to follow; use a clear conjunction and phrase such as and in emergency situations.