Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly and keep the tense consistent when talking about childhood: use “I had” and “my father bought me a bike.” Correct “learned how to riding” to “learned how to ride.” Reduce fillers such as “uh” and avoid repeating yourself. Add one specific detail, such as where you rode or how you felt.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. My father bought it for me when I was in elementary school, and I learned to ride it in a park near my home. I used to ride it with my friends on weekends.

Suggestion: Give a clear opening answer, then explain your reason with a complete sentence. Say “bikes are popular” rather than “bike is popular,” and use “there are bike lanes” instead of “bike lanes exist” in this context. Remove fillers and repetitions, and finish your thought with a specific example, such as people cycling along the Han River.

Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in Korea, especially in Seoul. There are dedicated bike lanes along the Han River, so people can cycle there safely. On weekends, you can often see families and groups of friends riding along the river.

× Yes, I have a bike.

✓ Yes, I had a bike.

The question asks whether you had a bike during a period in the past. Use the simple past had rather than the present-tense have.

× My father bought me for me.

✓ My father bought one for me.

The phrase bought me for me uses me as the thing that was bought, but me refers to a person. Use one to refer to the bike. You could also say, My father bought me a bike.

× I learned how to riding a bike.

✓ I learned how to ride a bike.

After how to, use the base form of the verb, ride, not the -ing form riding.

× Bike is very popular in Korea.

✓ Bikes are very popular in Korea.

When speaking about bikes in general, use the plural noun bikes. The plural noun also takes the verb are.

× Because so we have a Han River in the very center of Seoul City.

✓ We have the Han River in the very center of Seoul.

Because and so should not be used together to connect the same cause-and-result relationship. Here, remove so and use a complete clause after because, or simply say We have the Han River in the very center of Seoul.

× A Han River

✓ The Han River

Han River is the name of a specific river, so use the definite article the, not the indefinite article a.

× There are ... bike lane is exist.

✓ There are bike lanes for riding along the river.

Use there are before a plural noun such as bike lanes. Do not add is before exist; in this sentence, the there are construction already expresses that the lanes exist.