I learned to ride a bike last summer.

Meaning: This means that you acquired the ability to operate a bicycle during the previous summer season.

Choice of Words: Learned means to gain knowledge or skill in something. Ride means to sit on and control a bicycle or other vehicle. Bike is short for bicycle, a vehicle with two wheels and pedals.

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I became a skilled cyclist over the summer.

Meaning: This means that the speaker can now ride a bicycle very well because they practiced and got better at it during the summer.

Choice of Words: Became means to change into something. Skilled means having or showing a special ability in something. Cyclist is someone who rides a bicycle. Over means during a period of time. Summer is the warmest season of the year. When you put them together, the sentence means that the speaker changed into someone who has a special ability in riding a bicycle during the most recent warm season.

During the summer, I mastered the art of cycling.

Meaning: This means that the speaker can now ride a bicycle very skillfully because they learned how to do it very well during the summer.

Choice of Words: During means at a particular time or period. Summer is the warmest season of the year. Mastered means to become very skilled at something. Art means a skill that is used to create something beautiful or useful. Cycling is the activity of riding a bicycle. When you put them together, the sentence means that the speaker became very skilled at the activity of riding a bicycle during the most recent warm season.

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