Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer directly and use the natural phrase “ride a bike” rather than “travel by a bike.” Replace “at several places” with a specific detail, such as where you rode or what you used the bike for. A short reason or memory would make your answer more complete.

例: Definitely. I had a bike when I was a child, and I often rode it around my neighborhood. I enjoyed cycling to the park with my friends.

提案: Use “most people” instead of “mainly everyone,” and make sure the verb agrees: “most people prefer.” Say “ride a bike to nearby places” rather than “ride by bike at a nearly places.” The final phrase is unclear, so give a specific example, such as commuting or running errands. Connect your reason and example clearly.

例: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country. Many people ride them to nearby places, especially in busy cities, because cycling is convenient and helps them avoid traffic.

× When I was a child I traveled by a bike at several places.

✓ When I was a child, I traveled to several places by bike.

Use to to indicate destinations. At does not fit with traveled here; say traveled to several places.

× When I was a child I traveled by a bike at several places.

✓ When I was a child, I traveled to several places by bike.

When naming a means of transportation with by, omit the article: by bike, not by a bike.

× Definitely, bikes are popular in my country and mainly everyone prefer to ride by bike at a nearly places such as while twisting in the cities.

✓ Definitely, bikes are popular in my country, and almost everyone prefers to ride a bike in nearby places, such as when traveling around cities.

Everyone is grammatically singular, so the present-tense verb needs the third-person singular ending -s: prefers.

× Definitely, bikes are popular in my country and mainly everyone prefer to ride by bike at a nearly places such as while twisting in the cities.

✓ Definitely, bikes are popular in my country, and almost everyone prefers to ride a bike in nearby places, such as when traveling around cities.

Mainly does not mean almost in this context. Use almost everyone to mean nearly all people. Also, nearly is an adverb, but a word describing places is needed; use nearby.

× Definitely, bikes are popular in my country and mainly everyone prefer to ride by bike at a nearly places such as while twisting in the cities.

✓ Definitely, bikes are popular in my country, and almost everyone prefers to ride a bike in nearby places, such as when traveling around cities.

Do not use the singular article a before the plural noun places. The corrected phrase is nearby places.

× Definitely, bikes are popular in my country and mainly everyone prefer to ride by bike at a nearly places such as while twisting in the cities.

✓ Definitely, bikes are popular in my country, and almost everyone prefers to ride a bike in nearby places, such as when traveling around cities.

Use in with places to describe where an activity happens. Here, in nearby places is more suitable than at a nearly places.