Bike— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer directly using the past tense: say “I had” rather than “I do have.” Break the run-on answer into short, clear sentences, and correct the description to “which was black and yellow.” Add a specific, understandable detail about one trick; avoid “let go of the bike,” which makes the action unclear.

Ejemplo: Yes, I had a BMX bike when I was a child. It was black and yellow, and I thought it looked really stylish. I especially enjoyed riding it downhill because it felt exciting.

Sugerencia: Give a clear answer about whether bikes are popular now, and use plural forms such as “bikes” and “bike lanes.” Remove the repeated “because I think because” and make the reason more precise. Use a linking word such as “because” or “as a result” to connect your opinion and explanation.

Ejemplo: I don’t think bikes are as popular as they used to be in my country. One reason is that there aren’t enough bike lanes, and many roads aren’t safe or convenient for cyclists. As a result, people often choose other forms of transport.

× Yeah, I do have a bike when I was a child.

✓ Yeah, I had a bike when I was a child.

The sentence refers to a completed period in the past, so use the past-tense form had rather than the present-tense form do have.

× It was a BMX bicycle which colors black and yellow.

✓ It was a BMX bicycle whose colors were black and yellow.

The original clause is missing a possessive relative word and a verb. Use whose to show that the colors belong to the bicycle, and add were to complete the clause.

× It's so stylish.

✓ It was so stylish.

The student is describing a bicycle from childhood, so the past-tense form was is needed instead of the present-tense form is.

× One of my best tricks is to just go downhill.

✓ One of my best tricks was to go downhill.

This describes a trick the student used to do as a child, so was is more consistent with the past-time context than is.

× I could do a lot of tricks and one of my best tricks is to just go downhill and just let go of the bike and it can just cycle.

✓ I could do a lot of tricks, and one of my best tricks was to go downhill, let go of the bike, and let it roll.

The original uses can to describe what the bike did during a past event. Use could for a past ability or possibility. Let it roll is also a natural way to describe the bike moving after it is released.

× Bike used to be popular in my country.

✓ Bikes used to be popular in my country.

When referring to bicycles in general, use the plural noun bikes rather than the singular noun bike without an article.

× Nowadays people no longer use bike.

✓ Nowadays people no longer use bikes.

The sentence refers to bicycles in general, so the plural form bikes is needed.

× People no longer use bikes because I think because in my country the pathway for bikes, there wasn't much facility for the bikes.

✓ People no longer use bikes because, I think, there are not many facilities for bikes in my country.

The word because is repeated unnecessarily. Keep it once to introduce the reason, and place I think as an interrupting phrase.

× There wasn't much facility for the bikes.

✓ There aren't many facilities for bikes.

The sentence describes the situation nowadays, so use the present-tense form are. The plural noun facilities also requires are rather than was or were.

× There wasn't much facility for the bikes.

✓ There aren't many facilities for bikes.

Facility is a countable noun, so use many with its plural form facilities. Much is generally used with uncountable nouns.