Bike— Part 1 Báo cáo

Gợi ý: Answer the question directly using the past tense: “No, I didn’t have a bike.” Avoid repeating the same idea about feeling nostalgic. The conditional sentence is unnecessary because the question asks about your real childhood experience. If you mention children nowadays, connect the idea clearly with a linking word such as “However” or “Although,” and use natural expressions such as “ride to the shops” instead of “riding themselves to shopping.”

Ví dụ: No, I didn’t have a bike when I was a child. However, I often watched other children ride their bikes to the shops with their friends. Although I missed that experience, I would like to learn to ride one someday.

Gợi ý: Begin with a clear answer: “Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country.” Then give one accurate, relevant reason instead of listing unclear statistics. Avoid incorrect or confusing words such as “populated states,” “desert states,” and “bankers”; you may mean “densely populated states” and “motorbikes.” Use correct grammar, including “people living in northern Nigeria” and “bikes are a major means of transportation.” Finish the sentence and explain why people use bikes, such as affordability or heavy traffic.

Ví dụ: Yes, bikes are quite popular in my country, especially in northern Nigeria. Many people use motorbikes as a major means of transportation because they are affordable and can move through busy roads easily. They are particularly common in densely populated areas, where public transport may not be convenient.

× No, I don't have a bike when I was a child.

✓ No, I didn't have a bike when I was a child.

The question refers to a past period, so the past-tense form did not have is required instead of the present-tense form do not have.

× if I had the opportunity to when I was still young, it would have been a memorable experience for me

✓ If I had had the opportunity to own one when I was still young, it would have been a memorable experience for me.

This is a past unreal conditional. The condition should use the past perfect form had had. The phrase opportunity to is incomplete, so it should be followed by a verb such as own.

× seeing children nowadays with bikes, riding themselves to shopping with friends

✓ Seeing children nowadays riding their bikes to the shops with their friends

The reflexive pronoun themselves is incorrect because the children are not riding themselves; they are riding their bikes. Use their bikes to show possession and the object of the action.

× because seeing children nowadays with bikes, riding themselves to shopping with friends, it gives me a nostalgic feeling

✓ Seeing children nowadays riding their bikes to the shops with their friends gives me a nostalgic feeling.

The original sentence has an unnecessary subject it after the introductory -ing phrase, creating an awkward structure. Make Seeing children the subject of the sentence and use gives as the main verb.

× It would have give me a nostalgic feeling.

✓ It would have given me a nostalgic feeling.

After would have, the main verb must be in the past participle form. The past participle of give is given, not give.

× Approximately out of the desert states, 80% of them has bankers.

✓ Approximately 80% of them have bankers.

The pronoun them is plural, so it requires the plural verb have, not has. In addition, the phrase approximately out of is unnecessarily repeated; use approximately 80% of them.

× Their major mode of transportation especially in the northern part.

✓ Bikes are their major mode of transportation, especially in the northern part.

The original sentence is missing a main verb. Add are to connect the subject Bikes with the complement their major mode of transportation.

× So people in living in the northern parts of the Nigeria has a lot of bikes.

✓ So people living in the northern parts of Nigeria have a lot of bikes.

The phrase people in living is incorrectly structured. Use the participial phrase people living. Also, the country name Nigeria does not normally take the definite article the.

× So people in living in the northern parts of the Nigeria has a lot of bikes.

✓ So people living in the northern parts of Nigeria have a lot of bikes.

The subject people is plural, so the verb must be have rather than has. Remember to identify the subject before choosing the verb form.

× The bikes is their mode of.

✓ Bikes are their mode of transportation.

The plural subject Bikes requires the plural verb are, not is. The sentence also needs the noun transportation to complete the phrase mode of transportation.