Friends— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the comparison directly and avoid repeating “used to meet.” Use the past simple for past habits and the present simple for current habits. Also, use natural phrases such as “at school,” “in the library,” “in a park,” and “at cafés.” Organize the answer with a clear contrast using “whereas” or “nowadays.”

例: Yes, there is quite a difference. In the past, we met almost every day at school, in the library, or in a nearby park. Nowadays, we meet less often because we are busier, and we usually get together at a café or another quiet place.

提案: Give a direct reason first, then add one or two specific details. Correct the tense and collocations: say “when we meet,” “prefer to sit in a café,” “concentrate on our conversation,” and “talk comfortably.” Avoid the unclear ending “which is chair.”

例: Some places are suitable because they are comfortable and quiet. My friends and I usually choose cafés because we can sit for a long time and have a relaxed conversation. Noisy or crowded places are less suitable because it is difficult to hear one another.

提案: State your preference clearly at the beginning and avoid unnecessary repetition. Replace “I’m not group type of person” with “I’m not really a group-oriented person,” and use “open” or “comfortable being myself” instead of “transparent.” Explain the preference with one concise reason.

例: I prefer spending time with one close friend, especially my best friend. She knows me very well, so I feel comfortable being myself around her. I’m not really a group-oriented person because large groups can be noisy and I find it harder to have a meaningful conversation.

提案: Use a clear conditional answer and avoid repeating “at home” and “weekends.” Say “especially at weekends,” “during the week,” and “either at my house or hers.” Explain that you sometimes meet at home because you are busy during the week, then contrast this with your general preference for cafés.

例: Yes, I sometimes invite my friends over, especially at weekends. We are usually busy during the week, so meeting at home is convenient and relaxed. However, we generally prefer going to cafés because we enjoy having coffee outside.

提案: Use a simple structure: importance, reason, and example. Correct “low phase” and “high phase,” and use “through thick and thin.” Keep the subject consistent: use “they” for friends or “she” for one best friend, not both. Avoid repeating the same conclusion several times.

例: Friends are extremely important to me because they support me in both good and difficult times. They have stayed by my side through thick and thin, and I can share my problems and achievements with them. Their encouragement makes me feel less stressed and more confident.

提案: Use the present simple for a current routine instead of mixing “often” with “used to.” Say “our favorite café is called Costa Coffee,” “on weekends,” and “after five o’clock on weekdays.” Avoid repeating “go there” and finish with a natural result or activity.

例: Yes, I often go out with my friends. We usually visit our favorite café, Costa Coffee, on weekends or after five o’clock on weekdays. We order cappuccinos and chat about what has been happening in our lives.

提案: Do not refer to the previous question; answer independently and directly. Use “We usually meet at Costa Coffee, which is located in…” and give only one or two natural details. Correct “cappuccino coffee” to “cappuccinos” and avoid the unclear phrase “a pizza with café with coffee.”

例: We often meet at Costa Coffee in the F7 shopping center. It is convenient for both of us, and it has a relaxed atmosphere. We usually order cappuccinos and sometimes share a pizza while we catch up.

提案: Use the present simple consistently for regular activities: “When I meet my friend, we usually talk…” Replace “get update” with “catch up” or “update each other.” Give a clear list of topics and avoid repeating the idea of talking about each other’s lives.

例: We usually sit in our favorite café and catch up on our lives. We talk about recent experiences, our current activities, and our plans for the future. Sometimes we also discuss work or watch people passing by, which makes the time enjoyable.

提案: Use the present perfect with “since”: “I have known her since 2018.” Say “we met for the first time at university,” “we became friends,” and “we have stayed in touch.” Present the timeline in a logical order and avoid repeating “stay in touch.”

例: Yes, I have known my best friend since 2018, when we first met at university. We became friends on the first day and have stayed close ever since. Although we do not meet every week, we keep in touch regularly through messages and calls.

× Yes, there is a difference when I used to meet my friends now in the past.

✓ Yes, there is a difference between where I meet my friends now and where I used to meet them in the past.

Used to describes a past habit, so it should refer only to the past. Use the present simple for current habits and used to for past habits.

× In the past we used to meet every day like we used to meet in schools, in library or or in park event.

✓ In the past, we used to meet every day, for example, at school, in the library, or in a park.

Common places need appropriate articles or fixed expressions. Say at school, in the library, and in a park. Also, avoid repeating or.

× Nowadays we occasionally meet and we prefer to meet in somewhere outside especially in cafes or in any meeting hall or in an hotel.

✓ Nowadays, we occasionally meet, and we prefer to meet somewhere outside, especially in cafés, a meeting hall, or a hotel.

Somewhere already functions as an adverb, so it is not preceded by in. Also, say in a hotel, not in an hotel, because hotel begins with a consonant sound.

× When I met with my friends, we prefer to sit somewhere in cafe which is more comfortable and quiet.

✓ When I meet my friends, we prefer to sit somewhere in a café that is comfortable and quiet.

This describes a current preference and a regular activity, so use the present simple: meet and prefer. The singular countable noun café also needs the article a.

× So we can concentrate with each other or we can talk effectively.

✓ So we can concentrate on each other and talk effectively.

The correct preposition after concentrate is on, not with. The second can is unnecessary because both verbs share the same subject.

× So we prefer to go in coffee shop, which is chair.

✓ So we prefer to go to a coffee shop, where there are comfortable chairs.

Use go to a place, not go in a place. The original relative clause lacks a meaningful verb structure; where there are comfortable chairs clearly expresses the intended meaning.

× I don't feel like to have so many friends around me.

✓ I don't feel like having so many friends around me.

The expression feel like is followed by a gerund, or verb plus -ing, not an infinitive. Therefore, use having instead of to have.

× But I have their own friend with whom I am more comfortable and more transparent.

✓ But I have one friend with whom I am more comfortable and open.

Their is a plural possessive determiner, but the speaker is referring to one friend. Use one friend. The phrase open is also the natural adjective for describing honesty in a relationship.

× Yes, I usually invite my friends to my home when specially in weekends is in weekdays we don't get time enough to meet up.

✓ Yes, I usually invite my friends to my home, especially on weekends, because we do not have enough time to meet during the weekdays.

The original sentence combines several clauses without a clear conjunction or structure. Use because to show the reason and place especially on weekends and during the weekdays correctly.

× We don't get time enough to meet up.

✓ We do not have enough time to meet up.

Enough comes before a noun phrase when it modifies a noun: enough time. The natural verb with time in this context is have, not get.

× We usually meet in our home in weekends either at my home or either in her home as well.

✓ We usually meet at home on weekends, either at my home or at hers.

Use either once before the first alternative and or before the second. The fixed expressions are at home and on weekends. At hers is the correct possessive pronoun phrase.

× But we more prefer to meet outside in cafes.

✓ But we prefer to meet outside in cafés.

Prefer is already a comparative verb and does not normally take more. Use prefer by itself.

× Whenever I'm at my loaf is not just low, whenever I'm I in my high phase as well, they are always, she's always there.

✓ Whenever I am feeling low or going through a difficult period, or whenever I am in a good phase, my friends are always there for me.

The original sentence contains incomplete and repeated clauses. Use complete clauses with clear subjects and verbs, and keep the plural subject my friends consistent with they.

× They are always, she's always there.

✓ They are always there for me.

They refers to plural friends, whereas she refers to one female friend. Do not switch pronouns in the same clause unless the subject changes.

× They were they stayed with me through every thicks and thin.

✓ They have stayed with me through thick and thin.

The present perfect have stayed is appropriate because the friendship began in the past and continues now. The fixed expression is through thick and thin, not through every thicks and thin.

× I often go out with my friends especially we used to go out to one of our favorite cafe that's name is Costa Coffee.

✓ I often go out with my friends, especially to one of our favorite cafés, whose name is Costa Coffee.

The sentence needs a preposition before the destination and a relative clause with a possessive meaning. Use especially to and whose name is. Café must be plural after one of our.

× One of our favorite cafe that's name is Costa Coffee.

✓ One of our favorite cafés, whose name is Costa Coffee.

Use whose to show possession in a relative clause. The noun after one of our must be plural: cafés.

× We went go there usually in weekends and or in weekdays after five.

✓ We usually went there on weekends or on weekdays after five.

Do not use two finite verbs together in went go. Since this describes a past routine, use the past simple went. The correct preposition is on for weekends and weekdays.

× When I met with my friend, we usually talk about our life.

✓ When I meet my friend, we usually talk about our lives.

Usually indicates a regular present activity, so use meet, not met. Because the topic concerns both people, lives should be plural.

× We usually talk about each other's life, what's going on in, get update of each other in that particular time.

✓ We usually talk about each other's lives, what is going on in our lives, and get updates from each other.

The original sentence does not coordinate its verb phrases clearly. Use and to connect the activities. Lives and updates are plural, and the natural preposition is updates from each other.

× When we sit in our favorite cafe, we used to talk about each other's life.

✓ When we sit in our favorite café, we talk about each other's lives.

This describes what the friends normally do now, so use the present simple talk instead of the past habitual form used to talk.

× Yes, I have a friend. I know her since 2018 when we met first time in our university.

✓ Yes, I have a friend. I have known her since 2018, when we first met at university.

Use the present perfect have known with since to describe a situation that started in the past and continues now. Say first met and at university for the correct word order and preposition.

× We become friends since the first day.

✓ We became friends on the first day.

The event of becoming friends happened in the past, so use the past tense became. Use on the first day for a specific day.

× Till now we are a best friend.

✓ We are still best friends.

The subject we refers to two people, so the noun must be plural: friends. Do not use a before the plural phrase best friends.

× We are stay, stay in touch.

✓ We still stay in touch.

The original sentence incorrectly combines are with the base verb stay. Use the present simple stay because the subject we agrees with the plural verb form.

× We are still in stay in touch.

✓ We are still in touch.

In touch is a complete fixed expression and does not require the extra word stay. The sentence should be We are still in touch.

× If you don't meet we are always get updated.

✓ Even when we do not meet, we always keep each other updated.

The original clause incorrectly combines are with the base verb get. Keep each other updated is the natural structure for describing regular communication.