Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly and keep the story in the past tense: say “I had a bike” and “I was nervous.” Explain clearly who taught you and what happened. Avoid unfinished or unclear phrases such as “Blank tell me about,” and add a linking word such as “At first” or “Eventually.”

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. When I was eight, my cousin taught me how to ride it. I was nervous at first, but I gradually learned to balance and really enjoyed cycling.

Suggestion: Give a clear answer first, then support it with one or two specific reasons. Use natural phrases such as “many people use bicycles for transport” and “when they go to the market.” Avoid repeating words and trailing off; connect your points with “also” or “because.”

Example: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country. Many people use them to get to nearby places, such as markets, because they are convenient and inexpensive. They are also a good way to get some exercise.

× Yes, I have a bike when I was a child.

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

The sentence refers to a completed period in the past, indicated by when I was a child. Use the past-tense verb had instead of the present-tense verb have.

× I remember when I was eight years old and I'm nervous.

✓ I remember that when I was eight years old, I was nervous.

The nervousness occurred when the speaker was eight, so it should be expressed in the past tense: was nervous. The present-tense form I'm nervous does not match that past-time context.

× My cousin told Blank tell me about to ride a bike.

✓ My cousin told me how to ride a bike.

The original wording does not form a grammatical complement after told, and Blank appears to be a transcription artifact. Use told me how to ride a bike to express that the cousin explained how to ride.

× Many people use bike as a transportation when go to market and any place.

✓ Many people use bikes for transportation when they go to the market or other places.

Use the plural noun bikes when speaking generally about bicycles. Other places should also be plural because the sentence refers to multiple possible destinations.

× Many people use bike as a transportation.

✓ Many people use bikes for transportation.

For transportation is the natural prepositional phrase here. As a transportation is incorrect because transportation is generally uncountable in this meaning and does not take a.

× When go to market and any place.

✓ When they go to the market or other places.

The clause needs a subject before the verb go. Add they to identify who goes to these places, and use or to present the destinations as alternatives.