Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Soruyu doğrudan yanıtlayarak başlayın: Çocukken bisikletiniz olduğunu söyleyin. Ardından bisikletin görünüşü ve onu nasıl kullandığınız hakkında bir veya iki somut ayrıntı ekleyin. “There was a great bike” yerine “It was a great bike”, “a pink stars” yerine “pink stars” ve geçmiş zaman için “I rode” kullanın. Cevabın yarım kalmaması için son düşüncenizi tamamlayın; gereksiz duraksamaları ve tekrarı azaltın.

Example: Yes, I did. My dad bought me a bike when I was a child, and it had pink stars on it. I loved riding it because it was easy to ride and I could go quite fast.

Suggestion: Başta net bir görüş belirtin ve “bikes” yerine genel anlamda “bicycles” veya “cycling” kullanabilirsiniz. Türkiye’deki trafik ve taksilerden söz ederken “there are a lot of taxis” ve “traffic congestion” gibi doğru yapılar kullanın. “Nobody rides a bike” gibi kesin bir genelleme yerine daha ölçülü bir ifade seçin ve görüşünüzü güvenli bisiklet yollarının azlığı gibi belirli bir nedenle destekleyin. “I’m living” yerine genel bir durumdan bahsederken “I live” deyin.

Example: I don’t think bikes are very popular in Turkey, especially in large cities. There are many cars and taxis, and heavy traffic can make cycling feel unsafe. However, bicycles are more common in places with good bike lanes.

× My dad bought me a bike and there was a great bike because it had pink stars on it.

✓ My dad bought me a bike, and it was a great bike because it had pink stars on it.

Use it to refer back to the bike already mentioned. There was usually introduces the existence or presence of something, so it is not the appropriate construction here.

× It had a pink stars on it.

✓ It had pink stars on it.

Stars is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Remove a to keep the plural noun.

× I go very fast with it.

✓ I went very fast on it.

The answer describes a past childhood experience, so use the past-tense form went rather than the present-tense form go.

× When I was a child, I always.

✓ When I was a child, I always rode my bike.

The sentence is incomplete because always is not followed by a verb or a complete thought. Add a verb and the rest of the idea.

× I think the bikes aren't popular in my country.

✓ I think bikes aren't popular in my country.

When talking about bikes in general, do not use the definite article the before the plural noun.

× There is a lot of taxi in there.

✓ There are a lot of taxis there.

Taxi must be plural after a lot of in this context. Use taxis, and remove the unnecessary in before there.

× There is a lot of taxi in there.

✓ There are a lot of taxis there.

The noun taxis is plural, so the there-be construction requires are rather than is.

× There's a traffic congestion.

✓ There's traffic congestion.

Traffic congestion is an uncountable noun phrase here, so it does not take the article a.

× There's a traffic congestion so that a bike is dangerous for my country.

✓ There's traffic congestion, so riding a bike is dangerous in my country.

So that generally expresses purpose or a specific result. Use so to connect the traffic congestion with its consequence.

× A bike is dangerous for my country.

✓ Riding a bike is dangerous in my country.

Use in to describe where something is dangerous. For my country suggests that biking is harmful to the country itself.