Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer directly and use a more natural preposition: say “sold it to my cousin,” not “sold it for my cousin.” Avoid the filler “like” in a short response, and add one specific detail about how you used the bike or why you sold it.

例: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I used to ride it around my neighborhood with my friends. However, I sold it to my cousin about three or four years ago because I didn’t use it very often anymore.

提案: Your main idea is clear, but several phrases are unnatural. Say “gas prices are high,” “rely on bicycles,” and “vehicles that don’t use fuel” instead of “those stuff” and “don’t need any gas to be worked.” Connect the reason and result smoothly, and provide a specific example of who uses bikes or where they are common.

例: Yes, bicycles are quite popular in my country, mainly because fuel prices are high and public transportation can be crowded. As a result, many people, especially students and office workers, use bikes for short journeys. They are also a convenient and environmentally friendly way to get around busy city centers.

× Yes I had one when I was a child but I sold it for my cousin like 3 or 4 years ago.

✓ Yes, I had one when I was a child, but I sold it to my cousin about three or four years ago.

Use the preposition to after sell when identifying the person who bought or received something. The preposition for usually means that an action is done on someone’s behalf. About is more natural than like when giving an approximate time, although like is common in informal speech.

× Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because the gas prices are very high.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in my country because gas prices are very high.

Use gas prices without the definite article when referring to gas prices in general. The definite article the is used when referring to specific gas prices that have already been identified.

× So most people rely on the bicycles and those stuff that don't need any gas to be worked.

✓ So most people rely on bicycles and those things that do not need gas to operate.

Stuff is an uncountable singular noun, so it cannot be used with the plural demonstrative those. Use that stuff or, more naturally here, those things. Also, bicycles is being used in a general sense, so it does not need the definite article.

× So most people rely on the bicycles and those stuff that don't need any gas to be worked.

✓ So most people rely on bicycles and those things that do not need gas to operate.

The phrase to be worked is an unnatural passive construction in this context. Use to operate because the bicycles or other things operate themselves and do not need gas. The active infinitive to operate is appropriate after need.