Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then add one clear detail about the bike or how you used it. Use the past tense consistently: say “I had” rather than “I have.” Also, “I really appreciated it” is more suitable when talking about a childhood gift.

Example: Yes, I did. My dad gave me a bike for my third birthday, and I was really excited about it. I used to ride it around our neighborhood whenever I had free time.

Suggestion: State your opinion clearly and avoid repeating or correcting yourself mid-sentence. “Narrowly” does not fit here; use “In my experience” or “Generally speaking.” Your examples suggest that bikes are not very popular, so make sure your conclusion matches your reasons. Use linking words such as “because” and “also,” and say “bike lanes” and “on the road.”

Example: In my experience, bikes aren’t very popular in my country. Most of my friends take the bus to school instead of cycling. Also, there aren’t many bike lanes, so riding on busy roads can feel dangerous.

× I have a bike when I was a child.

✓ I had a bike when I was a child.

The sentence describes a situation in the past, as shown by 'when I was a child.' Use the past-tense form 'had' instead of 'have.'

× Narrowly, most of my friends around me they don't take they don't ride a bike, they take the bus to school.

✓ Actually, most of my friends don't ride bikes; they take the bus to school.

'Narrowly' does not fit the intended meaning here. Use an adverb such as 'Actually' to introduce the point. The corrected sentence also removes the repeated words from the spoken self-correction.

× Most of my friends around me they don't take they don't ride a bike, they take the bus to school.

✓ Most of my friends don't ride bikes; they take the bus to school.

The original has a repeated, unfinished phrase ('they don't take they don't ride') and repeats the subject after 'most of my friends around me.' State the idea once and use a semicolon or conjunction to connect the related clauses.

× And more is that we don't have the road just for the bike.

✓ What's more, we don't have roads just for bikes.

'And more is that' is not a natural or grammatically complete transition. Use 'What's more' to add information. The revised sentence also uses plural nouns for roads and bikes in a general statement.

× It's really dangerous to ride a bike on road.

✓ It's really dangerous to ride a bike on the road.

In this expression, 'road' refers to the roadway in general and normally takes the definite article 'the.'