Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the question directly in the past tense: “No, I didn’t.” Then explain that you learned to ride a bike at the age of 20. Correct the grammar in “I do not have” to “I didn’t have,” “learning the how to ride” to “learning how to ride,” and “until I come to 20” to “until I was 20.” Avoid repeating the idea that you could not ride a bike.

例: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child because I didn’t know how to ride one. I only learned when I was 20, so I missed out on cycling during my childhood.

提案: Give a clear answer and support it with specific details. Use the plural form “bikes” when speaking generally, and say “special bike lanes” or “dedicated cycling paths” instead of “special road for bike riding.” Avoid repeating “popular” at the beginning and end; you can explain that people use bikes for commuting, exercise, or environmental reasons.

例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people use them for commuting and exercise, and most cities have dedicated bike lanes. Cycling is especially common among students and people who want to avoid traffic.

× Actually I do not have a bike when I was a child because I started learning the how to ride the bike until I come to 20.

✓ Actually, I did not have a bike when I was a child because I did not start learning how to ride a bike until I was 20.

The question asks about your childhood, so you should use the past tense. Use did not have instead of do not have, and was instead of come. The phrase until I was 20 is the natural way to express your age at that time.

× Actually I do not have a bike when I was a child because I started learning the how to ride the bike until I come to 20.

✓ Actually, I did not have a bike when I was a child because I did not start learning how to ride a bike until I was 20.

Do not use the before how in the expression learn how to ride. Also, use a bike when referring to a bike for the first time or to one bike in general.

× So when I was a child I do not know how to ride the bike.

✓ So, when I was a child, I did not know how to ride a bike.

Because you are describing your childhood, use the past tense did not know instead of the present tense do not know.

× So when I was a child I do not know how to ride the bike.

✓ So, when I was a child, I did not know how to ride a bike.

Use a bike because you are speaking about a bike in general, not a specific bike that has already been mentioned.

× Yes, I think the bike is popular.

✓ Yes, I think bikes are popular.

You are discussing bicycles as a general category, so use the plural noun bikes and the plural verb are.

× In my country almost everyone owns the bike and there is special road for bike riding, so I think it is popular.

✓ In my country, almost everyone owns a bike, and there are special roads for bike riding, so I think bikes are popular.

Use a bike rather than the bike when referring to bicycles generally. Use the plural form bikes in the final clause because you are talking about bicycles in general.

× In my country almost everyone owns the bike and there is special road for bike riding, so I think it is popular.

✓ In my country, almost everyone owns a bike, and there are special roads for bike riding, so I think bikes are popular.

The noun after there is plural, roads, so use there are instead of there is.

× In my country almost everyone owns the bike and there is special road for bike riding, so I think it is popular.

✓ In my country, almost everyone owns a bike, and there are special roads for bike riding, so I think bikes are popular.

The phrase refers to roads in general, so use the plural form roads. The plural noun bikes is also needed when discussing bicycles generally.