Bike— Part 1 채점 보고서

제안: Answer the question directly and keep the tense consistent. Use “I actually had” instead of “actually have,” and say “I stopped riding” rather than “I stopped practicing it.” The final sentence, “They stopped riding bicycles,” is unclear because “they” seems to refer to the bicycles; explain that you stopped riding because your bikes were stolen. Avoid redundancy and provide one clear supporting detail.

예시: Yes, I actually had about three bicycles when I was a child. Unfortunately, they were all stolen, so I eventually stopped riding. It was disappointing because I really enjoyed cycling around my neighborhood.

제안: Start with a clear answer, such as “Yes, they have become more popular recently.” Use accurate grammar: say “over the past ten years they haven’t been very popular,” “because petrol prices have risen,” and “better ways to commute.” Avoid the incomplete phrase “commute to” and connect your ideas with a linking word such as “because” or “as a result.” Add a specific example, such as cycling to work or the growth of bike-sharing schemes.

예시: Yes, bikes have become more popular in my country in the last three years. Although they were not very common before, rising petrol prices have encouraged more people to cycle to work or use bike-sharing schemes. As a result, bicycles are now a more affordable and practical way to commute.

× Yeah, actually have a bunch of them, at least three, but all of them got stolen, so I stopped practicing it.

✓ Yeah, I actually had a bunch of them, at least three, but all of them got stolen, so I stopped riding bicycles.

The question asks about the student’s childhood, so the past-tense form had is needed. The original sentence also lacks the subject I before have. Use the past tense when describing possessions or habits in a finished period of the past.

× They stopped riding bicycles.

✓ I stopped riding bicycles.

The speaker is describing their own action, so the pronoun I is required. The pronoun they refers to other people and changes the intended meaning. Check that the pronoun agrees with the person who performed the action.

× I will say in the past 10 years they weren't

✓ I would say that bikes have not been popular in the past ten years

I would say is the natural expression for giving an opinion. Because the period began in the past and continues up to the present, the present perfect form have not been is more appropriate than the simple past weren't. Use the present perfect for situations continuing or relevant up to now.

× since, uh, the last three years

✓ over the last three years

Since normally introduces a starting point, such as since 2023 or since I was a child. A period of duration requires over or for. Here, over the last three years correctly describes the entire period.

× because of petrol prices rose

✓ because petrol prices have risen

Because must be followed by a clause containing a subject and a verb, while because of must be followed by a noun phrase. Since prices have increased over a period continuing to the present, use have risen. Risen is the past participle form required after have.

× people are trying to find better options to commute to.

✓ people are trying to find better ways to commute.

The verb commute does not need the final preposition to when no destination is stated. Use commute to work or commute to the city when specifying a destination, but use commute by itself when speaking generally.