Bike— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Answer the question directly by saying whether you personally had a bike. Use the plural form “bikes” when speaking generally, and say “popular in my country,” not “popular for my country.” Add a brief reason or detail to make your answer more complete.

Exemplo: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. Bikes weren’t very popular in my country, and most children in my neighborhood walked to school.

Sugestão: Give a clear opinion at the beginning and avoid fillers such as “uh.” Use “bikes” rather than “phone,” and say “popular in my country.” Support your opinion with a specific reason or example.

Exemplo: I don’t think bikes are very popular in my country. Many people prefer to travel by car or public transport, especially in large cities.

× No bike is not a popular for my country.

✓ No, bikes are not popular in my country.

When speaking generally about bikes, use the plural noun bikes with the plural verb are. The original uses the singular bike with is, and the corrected plural form expresses the intended general meaning more naturally.

× No bike is not a popular for my country.

✓ No, bikes are not popular in my country.

The article a cannot be used before the adjective popular unless it is followed by a singular noun, as in a popular choice. Here, popular describes bikes directly, so omit a.

× No bike is not a popular for my country.

✓ No, bikes are not popular in my country.

Use in to describe whether something is popular within a country. For is not the appropriate preposition in this context.

× I think by uh, it's not a popular phone for my country.

✓ I think, uh, it's not a popular phone in my country.

Use in, rather than for, to describe popularity within a country. The filler uh can be set off with commas; by appears to be a disfluency and is omitted from the corrected sentence.