Bike— Part 1 채점 보고서

제안: 질문에 직접 답한 점은 좋지만, 관사와 어순 오류가 있습니다. “the pink and small bike”보다는 “a small pink bike”가 자연스럽고, “I when I was young”는 문장 구조가 잘못되었으므로 “When I was young”으로 고쳐야 합니다. 또한 “rode with my mom”은 엄마가 자전거를 태워 주었다는 의미라면 “my mom gave me rides on her bike”처럼 더 정확하게 표현할 수 있습니다. 과거 경험을 설명할 때 문장을 연결해 자연스럽게 말해 보세요.

예시: Yes, I did. I had a small pink bike when I was young. However, I couldn’t ride it by myself, so my mom often gave me rides on her bike.

제안: 자전거가 인기 있다는 답변은 질문에 적절하지만, “Yes, pretty popular”와 반복되는 말더듬이 답변의 자연스러움을 떨어뜨립니다. “because of heavy traffic” 뒤에는 완전한 문장이 필요하며, “commute with the bike or this public transportation”은 “commute by bike or public transportation”으로 수정해야 합니다. 또한 한국에서는 대중교통이 더 일반적인 교통수단이라는 점을 덧붙이면 내용이 더 정확하고 구체적입니다. 의견과 이유를 연결어로 명확하게 이어 말해 보세요.

예시: Yes, bikes are fairly popular in Korea, especially in big cities. Since traffic can be very heavy, some people commute by bike, although public transportation is still more common. In addition, many cities have bike-sharing services, which makes cycling more convenient.

× I had the pink and small bike.

✓ I had a small pink bike.

When two adjectives describe a noun, size usually comes before color. Therefore, small should come before pink.

× I had the pink and small bike.

✓ I had a small pink bike.

Use the indefinite article a because the speaker is mentioning one nonspecific bike for the first time. The article the incorrectly suggests that the listener already knows which bike it was.

× I when I was young I couldn't ride a bike by myself so I actually rode with my mom.

✓ When I was young, I couldn't ride a bike by myself, so I actually rode with my mom.

The original sentence has an incorrectly placed subject and repeated structure. When I was young should be placed at the beginning as an introductory time clause, followed by the main clause I couldn't ride a bike by myself.

× Yes, pretty, uh, popular in my country because of heavy traffic, people may commute with or with the bike or this public transportation.

✓ Yes, they are pretty popular in my country because of heavy traffic. People may commute by bike or by public transportation.

The expression Yes, pretty popular does not contain a complete subject and verb. Add they are to make it a complete sentence. In spoken English, fillers such as uh can be omitted when giving a clear answer.

× Yes, pretty, uh, popular in my country because of heavy traffic, people may commute with or with the bike or this public transportation.

✓ Yes, they are pretty popular in my country because of heavy traffic. People may commute by bike or by public transportation.

Use by, not with, to describe the method of transportation. The natural expressions are commute by bike and commute by public transportation. Also, avoid repeating with and use parallel structures with by bike and by public transportation.

× So yeah, I, I would say very popular in Korea.

✓ So, yeah, I would say they are very popular in Korea.

The phrase very popular needs a subject and a linking verb. Add they are to complete the clause and make it clear that they refers to bikes.