Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer directly using the past tense because the question refers to your childhood. Replace “do have” with “did” or “had,” and add one specific detail to make the answer more complete.

例: Yes, I did. I had a small blue bike when I was a child, and I often rode it around my neighborhood after school.

提案: Clearly state why bikes are popular in your country before giving a personal example. Use the past tense consistently: “my cousins and I rode” instead of “me and my cousins are riding.” Add a linking word such as “for example” to connect the explanation and example naturally.

例: Definitely, yes. Bikes are quite popular in my country because they are affordable and convenient for short journeys. For example, when I was a child, my cousins and I rode our bicycles every afternoon after school.

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

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

The question asks about a past period, so the verb should be in the simple past. Use had instead of the present-tense form do have. To improve, identify the time reference first and use past-tense verbs for completed situations in the past.

× Definitely, yes. I remember when I was a child, me and my cousins are riding our bicycles every afternoon after classes.

✓ Definitely, yes. I remember that when I was a child, my cousins and I rode our bicycles every afternoon after classes.

The sentence describes a repeated activity that happened during the speaker's childhood, so the verb should be in the simple past: rode, not are riding. Use the simple past for completed past habits and repeated actions.

× Definitely, yes. I remember when I was a child, me and my cousins are riding our bicycles every afternoon after classes.

✓ Definitely, yes. I remember that when I was a child, my cousins and I rode our bicycles every afternoon after classes.

My cousins and I is the subject of the clause, so the subject pronoun I is required instead of the object pronoun me. A useful test is to remove the other subject: I rode our bicycles is correct, while Me rode our bicycles is incorrect.