Bike— Part 1 채점 보고서

제안: Answer the yes-or-no question directly, then add a brief detail. Use the natural phrase “ride a bike” rather than “have a biking” or “practice riding the bicycles.” Also clarify the timeline: high school is not usually considered childhood. Check article use and tense, such as “in high school” and “learned to ride.”

예시: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. I learned to ride one in high school, though, and I enjoyed practicing with my friends.

제안: Give a clear overall answer first, then compare rural and urban areas. Use “are popular” rather than “usually being popular,” and replace “scooter cars to translate transport” with a natural phrase such as “scooters for getting around.” Add a specific reason or example if you can, and avoid repeating “in the cities.”

예시: Yes, bikes are fairly popular in my country, especially in the countryside. In cities like mine, though, people tend to take buses or ride scooters because they’re convenient for getting around.

× I don't really have a biking in my childhood, but I practiced riding the bicycles in the high school.

✓ I didn't really have a bike in my childhood, but I practiced riding bicycles in high school.

Biking refers to the activity and is not used as a countable noun after a. Use a bike to refer to one bicycle. The definite article the is not normally used before bicycles when speaking generally or before high school in this expression.

× In my country bikes usually being popular in the countryside, but I live in the city so it's not really common. In the cities we usually use the bus or scooter cars to translate transport.

✓ In my country, bikes are usually popular in the countryside, but I live in the city, so they are not really common. In the cities, we usually use the bus or scooter cars to translate transport.

Being is a present participle and cannot serve as the main verb in this statement. Use the present-tense verb are before usually popular. Because the sentence refers to plural bikes, use they are rather than it's. For statements about general habits or facts, use the present simple.

× In my country bikes usually being popular in the countryside, but I live in the city so it's not really common. In the cities we usually use the bus or scooter cars to translate transport.

✓ In my country, bikes are usually popular in the countryside, but I live in the city, so they are not really common. In the cities, we usually use the bus or scooter cars to translate transport.

The pronoun refers to bikes, which is plural, so use they rather than it. Match pronouns in number with the nouns they refer to.