Bike— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Answer the question directly, then add one or two specific details. Avoid repeating “bike” too often, and use “I can’t remember what it looked like” rather than “I couldn’t remember what the bike was like.” Also, “I rode my bike a lot” is more natural than “I could ride my bike a lot” when describing a regular past activity.

Exemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. I can’t remember exactly what it looked like, but I remember riding it around my neighborhood quite often. My parents taught me how to ride it, and I really enjoyed cycling with my friends.

Sugestão: Give a clear answer first and organize your ideas with a linking word such as “However.” Correct the grammar and word choice: say “before the pandemic began,” “China was once known as a country of bicycles,” and “as the economy has developed.” You should also avoid unclear phrases such as “the definition of bicycle” and support your answer with a specific comparison between the past and the present.

Exemplo: Yes, bikes were once extremely popular in China, and the country was even known as a nation of bicycles. However, as the economy has developed, more families have been able to afford cars, so many people now use bicycles less often for commuting. That said, bikes are still popular for exercise and short trips in many cities.

× Bikes used to be very popular in China before pandemic brew.

✓ Bikes used to be very popular in China before the pandemic broke out.

The verb brew is incorrect here. Because the sentence refers to an event in the past, use the past-tense phrasal verb broke out. The noun pandemic also needs the definite article the because it refers to a specific pandemic.

× Bikes used to be very popular in China before pandemic brew.

✓ Bikes used to be very popular in China before the pandemic broke out.

Use the definite article the before pandemic when referring to a specific pandemic. The corrected verb phrase is broke out, which is the natural expression for the beginning of a pandemic.

× It is used to known for the bicycle the definition of bicycle, but as economics developed, more and more families own cars and people nowadays don't use bikes.

✓ China used to be known as the kingdom of bicycles, but as the economy developed, more and more families owned cars, and people nowadays do not use bikes as much.

The pronoun It is unclear because its reference is not immediately clear. Use China as the subject to make the meaning clear. The phrase the definition of bicycle does not express the intended meaning, so it has been replaced with the kingdom of bicycles.

× It is used to known for the bicycle the definition of bicycle, but as economics developed, more and more families own cars and people nowadays don't use bikes.

✓ China used to be known as the kingdom of bicycles, but as the economy developed, more and more families owned cars, and people nowadays do not use bikes as much.

After used to, use the base form be, and the passive structure is be known, not is used to known. The correct pattern is China used to be known as something.

× It is used to known for the bicycle the definition of bicycle, but as economics developed, more and more families own cars and people nowadays don't use bikes.

✓ China used to be known as the kingdom of bicycles, but as the economy developed, more and more families owned cars, and people nowadays do not use bikes as much.

Use the preposition as in the expression be known as. The phrase known as the kingdom of bicycles correctly describes the name or image associated with China.

× It is used to known for the bicycle the definition of bicycle, but as economics developed, more and more families own cars and people nowadays don't use bikes.

✓ China used to be known as the kingdom of bicycles, but as the economy developed, more and more families owned cars, and people nowadays do not use bikes as much.

The original sentence contains an unclear subject and an incorrectly organized phrase. A clear structure is subject plus used to be known as, followed by the contrast introduced by but. Use commas to separate the coordinated ideas.

× It is used to known for the bicycle the definition of bicycle, but as economics developed, more and more families own cars and people nowadays don't use bikes.

✓ China used to be known as the kingdom of bicycles, but as the economy developed, more and more families owned cars, and people nowadays do not use bikes as much.

The phrase as the economy developed refers to a past period, so owned should be used instead of own. The present-tense phrase people nowadays do not use is correct because it describes the current situation.