Bike— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer directly, then add one specific detail about how you used the bike. Keep the verbs in the past: use “could” rather than “can.” Avoid repetition by saying “cycle to and from school,” and simplify the final phrase to “without relying on my parents for a lift.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I did. My parents bought me a bike when I was in secondary school, so I could cycle to and from school on my own. It was convenient because I didn’t have to rely on them for a lift.

Sugerencia: Make your answer clearer by distinguishing bicycles from motorbikes, since “bike” can refer to either. Avoid fillers such as “like” and “you know,” and replace the vague time expression “probably 2 decades ago” with a more natural phrase. Explain briefly how popularity has changed.

Ejemplo: Bicycles aren’t as popular as they used to be in my country. These days, most people rely on motorbikes or cars, especially for commuting. About twenty years ago, though, bicycles were a much more common form of transport.

× When I was in secondary school, my parents bought me a bike so that I can go to school and go back home myself without having to have them pick me up.

✓ When I was in secondary school, my parents bought me a bike so that I could go to school and go back home myself without having to have them pick me up.

The sentence describes a past situation, so use could instead of can to keep the modal verb consistent with the past context. Could expresses the purpose of having the bike at that time.