Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly using the past simple: “I had a bike.” Use “throughout my childhood” rather than “at all my childhood,” and avoid repeating ideas such as “memorable memories.” Add a clear linking phrase before the detail, and say “an animated TV show” if that is what you mean by “ATV show.”

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I rode it throughout my childhood. I have especially fond memories of spending whole days cycling with my friends. We often pretended we were characters from an animated TV show.

Suggestion: State your opinion clearly, then explain the reason without the awkward phrase “you can think that it’s because.” Use “cycling infrastructure” instead of “infrastructure for bikes,” and make the comparison more concise. A specific example of what makes the larger city difficult for cyclists would strengthen your answer.

Example: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country, partly because many cities lack good cycling infrastructure. For example, I saw more people riding bikes in my hometown than in the larger city where I live now. The roads there are busier, and there are fewer dedicated bike lanes.

× Yes, I've had a bike when I was a child.

✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child.

Use the simple past for a situation that happened during a finished period of time, indicated here by when I was a child. The present perfect I've had is not used with this specific finished-time reference.

× I used to ride at all my childhood.

✓ I used to ride throughout my childhood.

At does not correctly express duration in this sentence. Use throughout to mean during the whole period of your childhood.

× I think it's the most memorable memories that I have of my childhood that I I would always spend whole day on my bike with my friend and we would imagine that we would we were some characters from ATV show.

✓ I think one of my most memorable childhood memories is spending the whole day on my bike with my friend. We would imagine that we were characters from an ATV show.

The original sentence combines several ideas in an unclear and grammatically tangled structure, and repeats I and would. Separating the ideas makes the sentence easier to follow. Use one of my most memorable memories to introduce a memory, and use were to describe what you imagined you and your friend were.

× I would always spend whole day on my bike with my friend.

✓ I would always spend the whole day on my bike with my friend.

The singular countable noun day needs an article in this expression. Use the whole day when referring to the entire day.

× For example, when I lived in my hometown, there were usually more bike riders than in the city that I live in now.

✓ For example, when I lived in my hometown, there were usually more bike riders there than there are in the city where I live now.

The original comparison compares bike riders with a city rather than comparing the number of riders in the two places. Repeat there are to make clear that you are comparing the number of bike riders in your hometown with the number in your current city.