Bike— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Answer the question directly, then describe the bike and explain how you used it. Avoid the incorrect and unclear final sentence. Use the past tense consistently: “I learned,” “I enjoyed,” and “I used to ride.” Also, say “nearby places” rather than “a nearby places,” and use a natural expression such as “ride my bike to nearby places.” Linking the ideas with “After that” or “I usually” will make the answer more coherent.

Exemplo: Yes, I had a bike when I was a child. My dad gave it to me as a birthday present when I was seven. After I learned how to ride it, I often cycled to nearby parks, and I always wore a helmet for safety.

Sugestão: State your opinion clearly and support it with a specific explanation. Use the plural form “Bikes are quite popular,” and replace “as free as possible” with “freely” or “safely.” “Within a five-kilometre radius” is more natural than “within 5 kilometers diameter.” Also, correct “there’s a condominium or apartment complexes” to “there are condominium and apartment complexes.” Reduce fillers such as “umm” and “uh,” and connect the contrast more smoothly with “However.”

Exemplo: Yes, bikes are quite popular in South Korea, although cycling is more common in some areas than in others. I grew up in Seoul, where there are not many safe places to ride on busy streets. However, many apartment complexes have spacious paths, so residents can cycle safely and conveniently.

× Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle and I enjoyed riding a bike and I used to wear a helmet and went to a nearby places reducing the bicycle.

✓ Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle, I have enjoyed riding my bike. I used to wear a helmet and go to nearby places by bicycle.

The phrase ever since introduces an action that began in the past and continues to the present, so the present perfect have enjoyed is needed. Use have or has plus the past participle after ever since when describing an ongoing experience.

× Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle and I enjoyed riding a bike and I used to wear a helmet and went to a nearby places reducing the bicycle.

✓ Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle, I have enjoyed riding my bike. I used to wear a helmet and go to nearby places by bicycle.

After used to, use the base form of the verb. Therefore, went should be go. The structure used to wear and go keeps the two verbs parallel.

× Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle and I enjoyed riding a bike and I used to wear a helmet and went to a nearby places reducing the bicycle.

✓ Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle, I have enjoyed riding my bike. I used to wear a helmet and go to nearby places by bicycle.

Places is plural, so it cannot be preceded by the singular article a. Use nearby places or a nearby place, depending on the intended meaning.

× Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle and I enjoyed riding a bike and I used to wear a helmet and went to a nearby places reducing the bicycle.

✓ Ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle, I have enjoyed riding my bike. I used to wear a helmet and go to nearby places by bicycle.

The article a cannot be used before the plural noun places. Use nearby places without an article, or use a nearby place if you mean one place.

× It's quite popular in my home country, umm, South Korea. I grew up in Seoul and there are not many safe places to, uh, ride a bicycle as free as possible.

✓ Bikes are quite popular in my home country, South Korea. I grew up in Seoul, and there are not many safe places to ride a bicycle as freely as possible.

Freely is an adverb because it describes the verb ride. The adjective free cannot correctly modify the way in which someone rides.

× However, I could go to a lot of places within 5 kilometers diameter, and there's a condominium or apartment complexes that I can ride a bicycle safely.

✓ However, I could go to many places within a 5-kilometer radius, and there are condominium or apartment complexes where I can ride my bicycle safely.

The natural expression is within a 5-kilometer radius, not within 5 kilometers diameter. Radius is used to describe the distance from a central point.

× However, I could go to a lot of places within 5 kilometers diameter, and there's a condominium or apartment complexes that I can ride a bicycle safely.

✓ However, I could go to many places within a 5-kilometer radius, and there are condominium or apartment complexes where I can ride my bicycle safely.

Use there are before a plural noun phrase. Because condominium or apartment complexes refers to more than one complex, there are is required instead of there is.

× However, I could go to a lot of places within 5 kilometers diameter, and there's a condominium or apartment complexes that I can ride a bicycle safely.

✓ However, I could go to many places within a 5-kilometer radius, and there are condominium or apartment complexes where I can ride my bicycle safely.

The plural subject condominium or apartment complexes requires the plural verb are. The singular form is is used only with a singular subject.