Bike— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer directly, then explain that although you owned a bike, you never learned to ride it confidently. Use “ride a bike” rather than “bike,” “I was scared of falling” rather than “it was really scared,” and “stopped learning” rather than “stopped to learn.” A linking word such as “because” can make the reason clearer.

Ejemplo: Yes, I had a bike as a child, but I never learned to ride it properly. I was afraid of falling, so I stopped practicing after a few attempts.

Sugerencia: Give a clear answer and avoid repeating that you live in Paris and that people want to ride bikes. “Infrastructure” is uncountable, so say “a lot of infrastructure” or “many cycling facilities.” Replace “facilitate people” with “make it easier for people,” and add a specific example of the facilities or why people choose bikes.

Ejemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in France, especially in Paris. The city has added a lot of cycling infrastructure, such as bike lanes, which makes it easier for people to cycle instead of driving.

× However I don't really know how to bike because it was really scared of falling.

✓ However, I don't really know how to ride a bike because I was really scared of falling.

The pronoun it incorrectly refers to the speaker. Use I because the speaker is the person who was scared. Use I was really scared to describe the speaker's fear.

× So I tried when I was younger but as I was scared I completely stopped to learn.

✓ So I tried when I was younger, but because I was scared, I completely stopped learning.

Stop to learn means to stop another activity in order to learn. To say that you no longer continued learning, use stop followed by a gerund: stopped learning.

× Um, the city has built many infrastructure in order to facilitate people that want to bike, they want to ride a bike rather than uh taking individual vehicles.

✓ Um, the city has built a lot of infrastructure to help people who want to ride a bike rather than take individual vehicles.

Infrastructure is an uncountable noun, so it does not take many. Use a lot of infrastructure or much infrastructure. Keep the verbs parallel after rather than: ride and take.

× Um, the city has built many infrastructure in order to facilitate people that want to bike, they want to ride a bike rather than uh taking individual vehicles.

✓ Um, the city has built a lot of infrastructure to help people who want to ride a bike rather than take individual vehicles.

The original sentence joins two clauses with only a comma: the city has built infrastructure and they want to ride a bike. This creates a comma splice. Combine the ideas by making who want to ride a bike a clause that describes people, or separate the clauses with appropriate punctuation.