Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then add a brief detail about the bike or how you used it. Avoid repeating “pink,” and use past tense consistently because you are describing your childhood: say “rode” and “was in primary school.”

Example: Yes, I had a small pink bike that my mom bought for me. I rode it to school when I was in primary school, and I really enjoyed it.

Suggestion: Give a clear answer without fillers or repeated words. The phrase “Gumsian bicycle” is unclear, so use a word you are sure of, such as “bicycles.” Use “bicycles” or “they” consistently, and add a specific example of how people use them.

Example: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country. Many people ride them to the subway station every day, especially when they live too far away to walk but want to avoid driving.

× My mom bought me a pink small pink one.

✓ My mom bought me a small pink one.

In English, size adjectives usually come before color adjectives, so small should precede pink. The repeated pink is also unnecessary; use it only once.

× I usually ride it to school when I'm in primary school.

✓ I usually rode it to school when I was in primary school.

The sentence describes a repeated activity during a past period of childhood. Use the simple past rode and was to keep the verb tenses consistent with that past time.

× We ride it to the subway station.

✓ We ride them to the subway station.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to the plural bikes mentioned just before this sentence. Use them to agree with bikes.