Friends— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer directly with a clear comparison. Avoid repetition such as “now today” and incorrect phrases such as “in the school” and “in the my workplace.” Use a linking word such as “whereas” and clarify when you meet your friends at work.

例: Yes, there is a big difference. I used to meet my friends mainly at school or university, whereas nowadays I usually meet them at work, especially during our lunch break or in the morning.

提案: Give a clear reason and use accurate grammar: say “places that are suitable” rather than “places to suitable.” Replace “it’s open space” with “they are relatively quiet and comfortable,” and use a contrast linker such as “whereas.”

例: Cafés and restaurants are suitable because they are comfortable and quiet enough for people to talk. In contrast, nightclubs are not ideal because the music is too loud, so it is difficult to have a proper conversation.

提案: Your preference is clear, but “I’m kind of into work” and “exalted” do not express the intended meaning. Say that you are busy or introverted and that large groups can be tiring. Use the conditional accurately: “If I were in a large group, I would feel…”

例: I prefer spending time with one close friend because I am quite introverted and I find one-to-one conversations more comfortable. If I were in a large group, I would probably feel overwhelmed because socialising with many people can be tiring.

提案: State the reason more naturally and avoid repeating “because.” “Chair house” is probably “a shared house,” and “go in the café” should be “go to a café.” Explain that you lack privacy at home and give your preferred alternative.

例: Not usually. I live in a shared house, so I do not have much privacy or space to entertain guests. Instead, I usually invite my friends to a café or a restaurant, where we can relax and chat.

提案: The main idea is understandable, but “important for me” should be “important to me,” and “I’m very into work” is unnatural here. Avoid repeating “myself” and “by myself”; say that you value independence while still appreciating occasional social contact.

例: Friends are fairly important to me, although I am also very independent. I often enjoy activities such as reading or exercising on my own, but I still appreciate meeting close friends occasionally and sharing important experiences with them.

提案: Give the frequency clearly and correct the likely errors “sometime” to “sometimes,” “words” to “work,” and “lifeline” to “life.” Use “nowadays” and make the final sentence grammatically accurate: “Everyone has their own busy life.”

例: Not really. I go out with my friends about once a month, or sometimes only once every two months. Nowadays, I am busy with work, and most of my friends are busy as well, so everyone has their own schedule.

提案: This answer has specific details and a clear sequence, but it repeats “church” and “together.” Use “at church,” add the article in “for a few hours,” and connect the activities more smoothly with “afterwards.”

例: We usually meet at church because we go there every Sunday. After the service, we often have lunch together, and afterwards we may walk in a nearby park for a few hours before going home.

提案: Organise the activities in a logical order and avoid repetition of “together” and “eat.” Use natural phrases such as “catch up on each other’s lives,” “chat,” and “share our problems.”

例: When we get together, we usually cook a meal and eat together. While we are eating, we chat and catch up on each other’s lives. We also share our problems and give each other advice.

提案: Use the present perfect correctly: “I have known her since primary school.” Improve the timeline with “at that time” and “later,” and finish with a complete sentence such as “We have been best friends for many years.”

例: Yes, I have known one of my best friends since primary school. She used to live next door to me, and we were classmates both in primary school and later in high school. We have been close friends for many years.

× Yes, absolutely, totally different.

✓ Yes, absolutely. They are totally different.

The original response is a sentence fragment because totally different has no verb. Add are to form a complete sentence.

× In the past I met my friends mostly in the school or in the university but now today I meet my friends in the my workplace the morning.

✓ In the past, I met my friends mostly at school or at university, but nowadays I meet my friends at my workplace in the morning.

Use at with school, university, and workplace when referring to locations where activities happen. Use in before a part of the day, such as in the morning.

× In the past I met my friends mostly in the school or in the university but now today I meet my friends in the my workplace the morning.

✓ In the past, I met my friends mostly at school or at university, but nowadays I meet my friends at my workplace in the morning.

School and university usually do not need the definite article when referring to their general purpose. Also, do not use the before my because possessive adjectives already determine the noun.

× There are so many places to suitable to meet friends such as cafes or restaurants because it's open space and we can communicate, but there are some places that not suitable to meet friends such as a nightclub because we can't talk.

✓ There are many suitable places to meet friends, such as cafés or restaurants, because they are open spaces where we can communicate. However, some places are not suitable for meeting friends, such as nightclubs, because we cannot talk easily.

The structure places to suitable is incorrect. Use suitable places to meet. The clause some places that not suitable is also incomplete because it needs the verb are.

× There are so many places to suitable to meet friends such as cafes or restaurants because it's open space and we can communicate.

✓ There are many suitable places to meet friends, such as cafés or restaurants, because they are open spaces where we can communicate.

Cafés and restaurants refer to plural places, so use the plural pronoun they and the plural noun spaces instead of it and space.

× There are so many places to suitable to meet friends such as cafes or restaurants because it's open space and we can communicate.

✓ There are many suitable places to meet friends, such as cafés or restaurants, because they are open spaces where we can communicate.

The plural subject cafés or restaurants requires the plural verb are, not the singular contraction it's, which means it is.

× There are some places that not suitable to meet friends such as a nightclub.

✓ There are some places that are not suitable for meeting friends, such as nightclubs.

The relative clause needs the verb are because the subject places is plural.

× If I was in the group of friends, I'm kind of exalted and need a lot of energy.

✓ If I were in a group of friends, I would feel exhausted and would need a lot of energy.

Exalted means very happy or honored, but exhausted means extremely tired. In this hypothetical situation, use were and would to show the unreal condition and its result.

× If I was in the group of friends, I'm kind of exalted and need a lot of energy.

✓ If I were in a group of friends, I would feel exhausted and would need a lot of energy.

For a hypothetical or unlikely situation, use would in the result clause. The pattern is If + past form, would + base verb.

× I will invite them to go in the cafe or restaurants.

✓ I would invite them to go to a café or a restaurant.

Use go to when describing movement toward a place. Go in usually emphasizes entering a place and is not the natural choice here.

× I will invite them to go in the cafe or restaurants.

✓ I would invite them to go to a café or a restaurant.

Use a before a singular countable noun when mentioning one café or one restaurant for the first time.

× Friends are not really important for me.

✓ Friends are not really important to me.

The natural preposition used with important when expressing personal value or significance is to, not for.

× Most of the activities that I enjoy I don't need anyone to participate or to join.

✓ For most of the activities that I enjoy, I do not need anyone to participate or join me.

The original sentence needs clearer structure around most of the activities. Placing For at the beginning makes the relationship between the activities and the main clause clear.

× So I can do by myself.

✓ So I can do them by myself.

The verb do needs an object in this sentence. Use them to refer back to the activities, and by myself correctly expresses that you do them alone.

× I go out with my friends just once a month or sometime once in two months.

✓ I go out with my friends just once a month or sometimes once every two months.

Use every two months to express a repeated frequency. Sometimes is the correct adverb, not sometime, when referring to occasional occasions.

× Most of my friends also busy with their words.

✓ Most of my friends are also busy with their work.

The plural subject most of my friends requires the plural verb are. The phrase with their work is also the appropriate grammatical expression.

× Everyone is separate and have their own lifeline now.

✓ Everyone is separate and has their own life now.

Everyone is grammatically singular, so it must be followed by has, not have. The singular noun life is appropriate when referring to each person's individual life.

× Usually I meet my friends in church the most because every Sunday we go to church.

✓ I usually meet my friends at church because we go there every Sunday.

The phrase in church the most places the frequency expression awkwardly. Put usually before the main verb, and use at church for the location of a regular activity.

× We might walk in the park for few hours and then we finish the day.

✓ We might walk in the park for a few hours, and then we finish the day.

The plural countable noun hours needs the article a in the fixed expression a few hours.

× Every time we gather in with friends together we just eat in, we cook in together and then we eat in.

✓ Every time we gather with our friends, we cook and eat together.

Use gather with someone, not gather in with someone. The verbs cook and eat do not need the preposition in in this context.

× We update the current life each other and we share the problem or any life situation.

✓ We update each other about our lives and share our problems or other life situations.

Use update someone about something. The possessive form our is needed before lives and problems because the speaker is referring to the lives and problems of the friends.

× I know her since when I was primary school.

✓ I have known her since I was in primary school.

Use the present perfect have known for an action or relationship that began in the past and continues now. Use since I was in primary school to introduce the starting point.

× She lived next to my house and we are in the same class.

✓ She lived next to my house, and we were in the same class.

Use in the same class, but because the surrounding story describes the past, use the past form were for the earlier period.

× When we were in high school we also in the same class.

✓ When we were in high school, we were also in the same class.

The clause needs the verb were. The subject we is plural, so were is the correct form.

× So we best friend long time.

✓ So we have been best friends for a long time.

The original sentence is missing a verb and an article or plural form. Use the present perfect have been because the friendship started in the past and continues now. Use for a long time to describe duration.