Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answering directly and adding a relevant childhood detail are good. Correct “raise my friend” to “race my friend” (or “race my friends”), and use a linking word to make the details flow naturally. You could also briefly describe what you enjoyed about riding your bike.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I used to ride it to the park near my house almost every day, and at weekends I often raced my friends there. I especially enjoyed seeing who could get to the swings first.

Suggestion: Give a clear answer about bikes and correct “pipes” to “bikes.” The phrase “at my hometown” should be “in my hometown,” and you should explain why bikes are popular with one specific detail, such as their convenience or use for commuting.

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in my hometown. Many people use them to get to work or school because they are convenient and inexpensive. They are also useful for avoiding traffic on busy streets.

× I used to ride it to the park near my house nearly every day and I often raise my friend at the weekends.

✓ I used to ride it to the park near my house nearly every day, and I often raced my friend at the weekends.

The sentence describes a childhood routine in the past, so raise should be changed to the past-tense form raced. Use past-tense verbs when describing actions that happened during a finished period in the past.

× Yes, the pipes are popular in our country especially at my hometown

✓ Yes, the pipes are popular in our country, especially in my hometown.

Use in with hometown because it refers to being located within a town. At is not the appropriate preposition in this context. The word pipes has been left unchanged because a vocabulary or word-choice error is not included in the specified grammar problem types.