Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer directly, then describe what you did with the bike. Use “ride” rather than “drive” for a bike, and avoid the unnatural phrase “use to drive along with.” You can say “ride it around the neighborhood.”

例: Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on the frame. I often rode it around my neighborhood after school, especially when the weather was nice.

提案: Give a clear answer and explain why bikes are popular, but avoid repeating “very much” and “it is.” Since “bikes” is plural, use “they” or refer to cycling as “it.” Improve the grammar by saying “an inexpensive and convenient means of transportation.”

例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country because they are an affordable and convenient way to get around. They are especially useful for short trips in busy cities, where traffic can be heavy.

× Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame I usually use to drive along with in the neighborhoods.

✓ Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame, and I usually rode it around the neighborhood.

The answer describes a childhood habit, so the present-tense use does not fit. Use the past-tense rode to describe what you regularly did. When discussing a habitual action in the past, you can also use used to, as in I used to ride it.

× Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame I usually use to drive along with in the neighborhoods.

✓ Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame, and I usually rode it around the neighborhood.

The original joins two independent clauses without punctuation or a conjunction: I had a yellow bike and I usually used it. Add a comma and and, or separate the ideas into two sentences.

× Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame I usually use to drive along with in the neighborhoods.

✓ Yes, I had a yellow bike with orange stripes on its frame, and I usually rode it around the neighborhood.

Along with does not fit the intended meaning of traveling by bicycle, and along with in is an unsuitable combination here. Say ride around the neighborhood to describe cycling in that area.

× Bikes are very much popular in my country because it is very much cheaper and it is very easy and it is very convenient means of transportation.

✓ Bikes are very popular in my country because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use, and they provide a convenient means of transportation.

The pronoun it is singular, but it refers to bikes, which is plural. Use they and the plural verb are to agree with bikes.

× Bikes are very much popular in my country because it is very much cheaper and it is very easy and it is very convenient means of transportation.

✓ Bikes are very popular in my country because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use, and they provide a convenient means of transportation.

Very much does not normally modify the adjective popular. Use very popular. In this context, relatively inexpensive is also a natural way to describe the cost of bikes.

× Bikes are very much popular in my country because it is very much cheaper and it is very easy and it is very convenient means of transportation.

✓ Bikes are very popular in my country because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use, and they provide a convenient means of transportation.

Means is a singular count noun in the phrase a convenient means of transportation, so it needs the article a. The corrected sentence includes this article.