Words / A2

RYD/raɪd/

To ride is to travel on a bicycle, horse, or motorcycle: ride a bike, ride a horse, ride to school. Drive is for a car; you do not “ride a car” in standard English. Ride is also a noun: go for a ride, a bus ride. Catch or take a bus is more common than ride a bus in British English, though ride the bus appears. Do not mix ride with drive.

Meaning

To travel on a bicycle, horse, or motorcycle.

Examples

• “He rides his bike to school every day.”
• “She rides her bicycle to college.”
• “We went for a ride along the canal.”

Good to know

ride a bike / horse / motorbike. drive a car. Noun: a ride / go for a ride.

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