Handlebars control direction.

Meaning: The handlebars of a bicycle allow the rider to control the direction the bike is moving.

Choice of Words: Handlebars are the bars on a bicycle that the rider holds to steer. Control means to have the power or ability to direct or manage something. Direction means the path or course that something takes.

Alternative Expressions

The handlebars control the direction of the bike.

Meaning: This sentence is telling us that the handlebars are what we use to make the bike turn left or right.

Choice of Words: **Handlebars** are the part of a bicycle that you hold onto to steer. **Control** means to have power over something. **Direction** means the way in which something is moving or pointing. So, the handlebars control the direction of the bike means that you can use the handlebars to make the bike go where you want it to go.

The handlebars of the bike determine which way it will go.

Meaning: This sentence is also telling us that the handlebars are what we use to make the bike turn left or right.

Choice of Words: **Handlebars** are the part of a bicycle that you hold onto to steer. **Determine** means to decide or choose. **Which way** means in what direction. So, the handlebars of the bike determine which way it will go means that you can use the handlebars to choose which direction the bike will go in.

By turning the handlebars, you can make the bike go in the direction you want.

Meaning: This sentence is telling us that we can use the handlebars to make the bike turn left or right.

Choice of Words: **By turning** means to move something around in a circle. **Handlebars** are the part of a bicycle that you hold onto to steer. **Make** means to cause something to happen. **Direction** means the way in which something is moving or pointing. So, by turning the handlebars, you can make the bike go in the direction you want means that you can use the handlebars to make the bike go where you want it to go.

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