Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then give the age and one relevant detail. Avoid repeating “actually” and “when I was 13,” and use the correct forms “bought it for me” and “learning to ride.” Your final sentence is incomplete, so either finish the idea or leave it out.

Example: Yes, I had a bike as a child, and I really enjoyed riding it. My parents bought it for me when I was 13, which was quite late compared with some of my friends. I learned to ride it soon afterwards, and it gave me a lot of freedom.

Suggestion: Give a clear opinion and support it with a specific, logical reason. Use “bikes” consistently rather than “it,” and replace “not really good to transport connection” with a natural phrase such as “public transport links are poor.” Avoid repeating the same point in “handle this problem” and “solve this problem.”

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in Ukraine, especially for short trips around town. In some areas, public transport links are limited, so cycling can be a convenient and affordable alternative. However, people are less likely to use bikes for long-distance journeys.

× My parents bought it to me when I was quite old for first bike.

✓ My parents bought it for me when I was quite old for a first bike.

Use for someone to show who received the bike. Bought it to me is incorrect in this context; say bought it for me.

× My parents bought it to me when I was quite old for first bike.

✓ My parents bought it for me when I was quite old for a first bike.

The singular countable noun bike needs an article. Use a before first bike.

× It happened when I was 13 years old and only in when I was 13 years old, I started learning riding a bike.

✓ It happened when I was 13 years old, and I only started learning to ride a bike then.

The phrase only in when is not a grammatical way to connect the ideas. Use then to refer back to the time already mentioned, and place only directly before the part it emphasizes.

× It happened when I was 13 years old and only in when I was 13 years old, I started learning riding a bike.

✓ It happened when I was 13 years old, and I only started learning to ride a bike then.

After learn, use an infinitive with to when describing a skill: learning to ride. Do not say learning riding in this sentence.

× And it's surprising because.

✓ And that's surprising.

Because introduces a dependent clause and needs a reason to follow it. Since no reason is given, remove because to make the thought complete.

× Many people ride it because it's not really good to transport connection between some cities.

✓ Many people ride them because the transport connections between some cities are not very good.

The pronoun it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use them to refer to more than one bike.

× Many people ride it because it's not really good to transport connection between some cities.

✓ Many people ride them because the transport connections between some cities are not very good.

Connection refers to connections between multiple cities, so use the plural noun connections. The verb must also agree with that plural noun: connections are.

× Many people ride it because it's not really good to transport connection between some cities.

✓ Many people ride them because the transport connections between some cities are not very good.

The phrase it's not really good to transport connection does not form a grammatical sentence. Use the transport connections as the subject and describe their quality with are not very good.

× So in my opinion, many people use it.

✓ So, in my opinion, many people use them.

The pronoun refers to bikes, which is plural, so use them rather than it.