Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then add one or two relevant details. Use the past tense consistently: say “I had” rather than “I have,” and use the natural phrase “ride a bike.” Avoid repeating “neighborhood” and filler words such as “um” and “yeah.”

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I learned to ride it at about five, and I loved cycling around my neighborhood.

Suggestion: State your opinion clearly, then explain how people use bikes and why they are useful. Correct the phrase “are used to is like” to “are a common form of transportation,” avoid repeating yourself, and use a linking word to connect your points.

Example: Yes, I think bikes are popular in my country because they are a convenient form of transportation. Many students and workers use them for short journeys, and cycling also helps reduce fuel use.

× Yes, I have a bike when I was a child and I really enjoyed riding on it and learning how to bike ever since I was um five years old and it was really fun to bike around our neighborhood neighborhood and yeah

✓ Yes, I had a bike when I was a child, and I really enjoyed riding it and learning how to ride when I was about five years old. It was really fun to ride around our neighborhood.

Use the simple past had because the bike ownership happened during a finished period in the past, indicated by when I was a child. Ever since usually describes an action or state continuing from the past to the present, so when I was about five years old is a better fit for this past-time context.

× I think bikes are popular in our country because um bikes are used to is like a mode of transportation when we go to school, when we when the people go to work and it's uh very accessible it helps um conserve energy

✓ I think bikes are popular in our country because they are used as a mode of transportation when we go to school or when people go to work. They are very accessible, and they help conserve energy.

The phrase are used to is like combines incompatible structures. Use are used as a mode to explain the function of bikes. The original also repeats when and joins two complete thoughts without appropriate punctuation. Use or to connect the alternatives and separate the final thoughts into clear sentences.