Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: You answer directly and add relevant, specific details about how often you rode and a favorite memory. To sound more fluent, remove fillers such as “uh” and make the final detail slightly more precise by explaining where the hill was or how you felt. Avoid repeating “when I was a child” after the opening.

Example: Yes, I did. I used to ride my bike almost every day with my friends around the neighborhood. We often explored nearby parks, and my favorite memory is racing down a hill near our house when I was about 14.

Suggestion: You give a clear opinion and support it with reasons and an example, but the answer contains an unnatural opening (“I think about bicycles”), a repeated sentence, and the phrase “as phone as,” which makes the meaning unclear. State your opinion once, then use a linking phrase such as “because” or “for example” to develop it. Use accurate collocations such as “as a form of exercise” and “an affordable, environmentally friendly way to get around.”

Example: Yes, I think bicycles are quite popular in my country. Many people use them to commute or get some exercise. For example, the roads are often full of cyclists during the morning rush hour, and cycling is seen as an affordable and environmentally friendly way to travel.

× I think about bicycles are very popular in my country.

✓ I think bicycles are very popular in my country.

In this sentence, think is followed by a full clause, so about is not needed. Use think (that) + clause, as in I think (that) bicycles are popular. Think about is normally followed by a noun or an -ing form, such as I think about bicycles or I think about riding bicycles.

× I think bicycles are very popular in my country because many people ride them every day to commute or as phone as a form of exercise.

✓ I think bicycles are very popular in my country because many people ride them every day to commute or as a form of exercise.

The phrase as phone as does not form a grammatical structure and disrupts the parallel alternatives. Use to commute or as a form of exercise to clearly express the two purposes for riding bicycles.