Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly, then give a brief reason. Correct the tense and phrasing: use “didn’t buy me” or “didn’t let me have” rather than “do not to provide me.” You could also say “for safety reasons” without “the.”

Example: No, I didn’t have a bike as a child. My parents didn’t let me have one because they were worried it might not be safe for me to ride on the roads.

Suggestion: Start with a clear answer and support it with one specific reason or example. Avoid “whenever” here, remove repeated filler words and repetition of “travel,” and use “bicycles” or “bikes” without “the” when speaking generally. Make the pronoun plural (“them”) if it refers to bikes.

Example: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in busy cities. Many people cycle to nearby shops or work because it’s an affordable way to get around and can be quicker than driving in traffic.

× My parents do not to provide me a bike for the safety reasons.

✓ My parents did not provide me with a bike for safety reasons.

The sentence refers to the past, as shown by when I was a child, so use did not rather than do not. After did not, use the base verb provide without to. The article the is unnecessary in the general phrase for safety reasons.

× Uh, yes, I think the bikes are very popular in our country.

✓ Uh, yes, I think bikes are very popular in our country.

Use the plural noun bikes without the when speaking about bikes in general. The definite article the suggests that you mean a particular, already identified group of bikes.

× Whenever, uh, people use different types of bikes to go uh, for their shopping or their malls, they usually use it for their travel, one place to another and it is easy for them to travel.

✓ Whenever people use different types of bikes to go shopping or to the mall, they usually use them to travel from one place to another, and it is easy for them to travel.

The natural expressions are go shopping and go to the mall. Also, use from to describe the starting and ending points of travel: from one place to another. Check that prepositions are used with the correct expressions.

× Whenever, uh, people use different types of bikes to go uh, for their shopping or their malls, they usually use it for their travel, one place to another and it is easy for them to travel.

✓ Whenever people use different types of bikes to go shopping or to the mall, they usually use them to travel from one place to another, and it is easy for them to travel.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to different types of bikes, which is plural. Use them to agree in number with bikes.