Bike— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer the question directly, then add one clear detail about the bike or how you used it. The response contains many fillers and corrections, and the final sentence is incomplete. Use accurate vocabulary and avoid adding details you are unsure how to express. Keep the answer to two or three coherent sentences.

Example: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. It was a simple one, and I used to ride it around my neighborhood. I wasn't very confident at first, but I enjoyed practicing.

Suggestion: You give a clear opinion and a relevant reason, but some phrases are unclear or repetitive, especially “you can but the problem is” and “being at this side of the road.” Explain more precisely where people ride and how the lack of bike lanes affects safety. Use a linking word such as “however” to connect your contrasting point.

Example: Yes, I think bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people ride them for exercise or for fun; however, cycling can be dangerous because there aren't enough dedicated bike lanes. As a result, cyclists often have to share the road with cars.

× When I was a child I used to ride a bike but then again yeah it was just a simple one there cuz it has some kind of um how do you call this one like meals at the interest side

✓ When I was a child, I used to ride a bike. It was just a simple one because it had some kind of [unclear feature] on the [unclear side].

The answer refers to a bike the student had in the past, so the present-tense verb has should be changed to the past-tense verb had. The words meals at the interest side are unclear in the transcript, so they cannot be reliably corrected.

× it's just only for those who doesn't know how to swim though I mean to bike that much

✓ It was just for those who don't know how to ride a bike very well.

The subject of the relative clause is those, which is plural, so the verb should be don't rather than doesn't. The correction also uses ride a bike for the intended activity. Use don't with plural subjects and doesn't with singular third-person subjects.

× how do you call this one

✓ What do you call this?

When asking for the name of something, use the structure What do you call this? The original wording uses an incorrect question structure. Remember that what is the object of call in this question.

× it's just a matter of being at this side of the road

✓ It's just a matter of being on this side of the road.

Use on, not at, to refer to being located on one side of a road. The preposition on is commonly used with side in this meaning.