Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Your answer is incomplete and does not clearly tell the examiner whether you had a bike. Begin with a direct response, then add one brief detail, such as why you did or did not have one.

例: Not really. I didn’t have my own bike as a child, although I sometimes borrowed one from a friend.

提案: Your main idea is clear, but use the plural form “bikes are popular” and say “for short distances.” Keep the verb tense consistent, and replace “use a bike loud” with a natural phrase such as “ride bikes a lot.” Add a specific detail about why people use them.

例: Yes, bikes are very popular in my country, especially for short trips. Many people ride them to meet friends or to get around nearby neighborhoods because they’re convenient and inexpensive.

× Not really I

✓ Not really; I didn't have one.

The response is incomplete: the pronoun I is not followed by a verb or a complete thought. Finish the answer with a clause such as I didn't have one.

× Yes, it's very much popular in our country especially when we had to go in a short distance or we are with friends.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in our country, especially when we need to travel short distances or are with friends.

The question refers to bikes, which is plural, so the singular pronoun it is not appropriate. Use bikes are or they are. The corrected sentence also keeps the answer in the present tense to describe a general situation.

× Yes, it's very much popular in our country especially when we had to go in a short distance or we are with friends.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in our country, especially when we need to travel short distances or are with friends.

Very much does not normally modify the adjective popular in this construction. Use very popular. Remember that very usually modifies adjectives directly.

× Yes, it's very much popular in our country especially when we had to go in a short distance or we are with friends.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in our country, especially when we need to travel short distances or are with friends.

The sentence describes a general, current situation, so had to is inconsistent with the present-tense context. Use need to. Keep habitual or general statements in the present tense.

× Yes, it's very much popular in our country especially when we had to go in a short distance or we are with friends.

✓ Yes, bikes are very popular in our country, especially when we need to travel short distances or are with friends.

In is not used before a short distance in this context. A natural phrasing is travel short distances. Learn common verb-and-preposition combinations, and avoid adding a preposition when the verb does not require one.

× We usually use a bike loud.

✓ We usually use bikes a lot.

Loud describes a sound and does not express how often bikes are used. Use a lot to mean frequently. Also, bikes is more natural than a bike when making a general statement.