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Why People Use Bicycles Less for Transport

Nowadays people use bicycles less as a form of transport.

Why is that? What can we do to encourage people to use bicycles more?

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Essay ideas: Why People Use Bicycles Less for Transport

WhyThis is aProblem and solution essay — it asks for causes or problems, and for ways to solve them.

SoWe split the ideas intoCauses & problems(what causes it or goes wrong)andSolutions(how to fix it).

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Essay · 276 words · 4 paragraphs · 17 comments

Score details

Response 01
Estimated band7.0/ 9

Overall assessment

The response addresses both questions in a clear four-paragraph structure and uses a wide range of vocabulary and complex sentence forms. Its main limitation is development: the convenience argument remains general, while the virtual-reality proposal does not explain how it would encourage bicycle journeys for transport. Agreement, punctuation and word-choice problems also need attention.

TR

Task Response

The response addresses both questions, but the convenience argument remains general and the virtual-reality proposal is not developed into a clear way to increase bicycle journeys for transport.

6.0
CC

Coherence and Cohesion

Ideas progress logically across clearly managed paragraphs with effective use of cohesive devices, though a few transitions are slightly mechanical or imprecise.

7.0
LR

Lexical Resource

Vocabulary is sufficiently wide and flexible for the topic, with some natural collocations and less common items, despite occasional awkward or imprecise word choices.

7.0
GRA

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

A variety of complex structures is used with generally good control, and while errors in agreement and phrasing recur, they rarely reduce clarity.

7.0

What to work on next

Explain how your proposed measure would lead to more bicycle journeys, using a concrete commuting example. Develop or replace the virtual-reality idea so that it directly addresses transport.

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