(in cooperation with BBC UK, Learning English - Learn it Program and Roger Woodham)

When I return from my place of work on a automotive two-wheeler (like a scooter or a motorbike), do I drive back or ride back?

 drive or ride?



Anything with four or more wheels (like a car, a bus, a lorry or a train) we drive; anything with two wheels or that we straddle (like a horse, a bike, motorbike or scooter) we ride, (even though you need a driving licence to ride a motorbike. In a recent court case, a judge in Britain has ruled that riders of go-peds – those tiny scooters which have a very small engine at the back – will also need to have a driving licence to ride them on the roads.)

Consider the following:



    * 'I had never driven such a powerful car before.'


    * 'I hadn’t ridden a bike for over twenty years and wondered if I would remember how to.' 



Note that when we are passengers rather than drivers, we ride in cars and trains, but we tend to ride on buses.

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