Bike— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer in the past tense because the question is about your childhood. Clarify whether you still own the bike, and describe its gears more naturally—for example, “It had 21 gears: three at the front and seven at the back.” Replace “travelled through the cycle” with “rode it,” and explain what you mean by “motorsport bicycle.”

例: Yes, I had a Hercules bike when I was a child. It had 21 gears, with three at the front and seven at the back. I really enjoyed riding it and used it for about ten years.

提案: Give a clear answer about your country rather than only your local area, and complete your final sentence. Use the natural phrase “not very popular” instead of “not really much popular.” Explain how the weather affects cycling, and use a linking word such as “because” or “for example” to connect your reason to your opinion.

例: Bikes are fairly popular in some parts of India, although their popularity varies by region. In the southwest, the weather can be very hot or rainy, so people may prefer motorbikes or public transport. However, cycling is still common in places with cooler weather and less traffic.

× Yes, I do have a bike.

✓ Yes, I did have a bike.

The question asks about having a bike during childhood, a completed period in the past. Use the past-tense auxiliary did instead of the present-tense auxiliary do.

× When I was a child it was a Hercules bicycle, uh, which carries 21 gears, 7 backside and three gears front side.

✓ When I was a child, it was a Hercules bicycle, which had 21 gears: seven at the back and three at the front.

The sentence describes a bicycle the speaker had in childhood, so use the past-tense verb had rather than the present-tense carries. The past-tense form keeps the description consistent with the past context.

× When I was a child it was a Hercules bicycle, uh, which carries 21 gears, 7 backside and three gears front side.

✓ When I was a child, it was a Hercules bicycle, which had 21 gears: seven at the back and three at the front.

Use at the back and at the front to describe the locations of the gears. These prepositional phrases are grammatically appropriate for indicating position.

× I like that cycle very much as I have travelled through the cycle for 10 years itself.

✓ I liked that cycle very much, as I rode it for ten years.

The sentence refers to a bicycle used during childhood and a completed ten-year period, so use the past-tense verbs liked and rode rather than the present-tense like and present-perfect have travelled.

× I like that cycle very much as I have travelled through the cycle for 10 years itself.

✓ I liked that cycle very much, as I rode it for ten years.

Through the cycle is not the appropriate prepositional phrase for describing use of a bicycle. To express this meaning, say that you rode it; no preposition is needed before the bicycle pronoun it.

× I like that cycle very much as I have travelled through the cycle for 10 years itself.

✓ I liked that cycle very much, as I rode it for ten years.

Itself is a reflexive pronoun and does not correctly emphasize the duration in this sentence. Omit it and use for ten years to express the length of time.

× I generally think bikes are not really much popular in my countryside, as uh I live in the southwest side of India where the temperature is whether hot or cold.

✓ I generally think bikes are not very popular in my countryside, as I live in the southwest side of India, where the temperature is either hot or cold.

Popular is an adjective, and very is the appropriate adverb to modify it in this context. Much does not naturally modify popular here; use not very popular.

× I generally think bikes are not really much popular in my countryside, as uh I live in the southwest side of India where the temperature is whether hot or cold.

✓ I generally think bikes are not very popular in my countryside, as I live in the southwestern part of India, where the temperature is either hot or cold.

The natural prepositional phrase is in the southwestern part of India. Use in to identify the area where someone lives, and use part of to describe a region within a country.

× I generally think bikes are not really much popular in my countryside, as uh I live in the southwest side of India where the temperature is whether hot or cold.

✓ I generally think bikes are not very popular in my countryside, as I live in the southwest side of India, where the temperature is either hot or cold.

Either and or form the appropriate pair when presenting two alternatives. Whether is not correctly used in the phrase the temperature is whether hot or cold.

× It depends on the season it's going on.

✓ It depends on the season.

The original combines It depends on the season with the incomplete and unclear clause it's going on. Since the intended meaning is that the answer changes with the season, the complete and clear sentence is It depends on the season.