Bike— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer directly in the past tense, then explain briefly that you borrowed your brother’s bike because your parents did not buy you one. Use the possessive form “my brother’s bike,” avoid repeating the same idea, and finish your answer with a complete sentence. Aim for two or three clear sentences.

Ejemplo: No, I didn’t have my own bike as a child. I sometimes borrowed my brother’s bike, but my parents didn’t buy me one because they thought I was too young to ride safely.

Sugerencia: Give a clear answer and support it with one specific reason or example. Avoid repeating that bikes are popular, and use natural expressions such as “many people enjoy cycling” or “bicycles are widely used.” If you mean motorcycles rather than bicycles, make that distinction clear and name a relevant example accurately.

Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people use them for short trips because they’re convenient and inexpensive. They’re also popular for recreation, especially among people who enjoy cycling at weekends.

× Honestly, I'm saying I don't have a bike when I was a child.

✓ Honestly, I would say I didn't have a bike when I was a child.

The sentence refers to a childhood situation in the past, so use the past form didn't have rather than the present form don't have. Use I would say to introduce your answer naturally.

× When I was young, I have used my brother brother bikes and I used them a lot of times whenever my parents are not allowed to give a bike when I was child child.

✓ When I was young, I used my brother's bikes a lot whenever my parents didn't allow me to have a bike.

Use the simple past used because the speaker is describing a completed period in the past. The past-tense form didn't allow is also needed to match the past-time context. Avoid repeating words, and use the possessive form brother's to show that the bikes belonged to the brother.

× When I was young, I have used my brother brother bikes and I used them a lot of times whenever my parents are not allowed to give a bike when I was child child.

✓ When I was young, I used my brother's bikes a lot whenever my parents didn't allow me to have a bike.

Use the article a before the singular countable noun child: when I was a child. The corrected sentence also removes the repeated word child.

× So that's why the reason they are not giving to me a bike.

✓ That's why they didn't give me a bike.

That's why already expresses the reason, so adding the reason is redundant and makes the sentence structure incorrect. In this past-time context, use didn't give, and place the indirect object me before the direct object a bike.

× Whenever I used a bike after

✓ I used a bike after school.

The original is an incomplete clause: whenever introduces a time clause that needs a main clause to complete the thought. The correction gives the statement a complete meaning. If you meant to continue the thought, add the main clause after whenever, such as Whenever I used a bike, I felt happy.

× Many people have to loved bikes in my country.

✓ Many people love bikes in my country.

Have to must be followed by the base form of a verb, not the past-tense form loved. However, the intended meaning appears to be that people generally like bikes, so the simple present love is the appropriate choice.

× In my country a wide range of po- popularity of bikes, a variety of range of bikes, like Vijawa, Ebs, Two Willers.

✓ In my country, there is a wide variety of popular bikes, such as Vijawa, Ebs, and Two Willers.

The original is a sentence fragment because it has no main verb. Add there is to form a complete sentence. Use a wide variety of rather than the redundant phrase a variety of range of.

× So many people loved a lot of bikes.

✓ So many people love bikes.

This sentence describes a general fact about people in the country, so use the simple present love rather than the past form loved.