Friends— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the question about meeting places directly, rather than shifting to the qualities of friendship. Use a clear past-versus-present comparison and avoid repeated or unclear phrases such as “some kind of a person” and “vibe with.”

例: Yes, there is a slight difference. I used to meet friends at college, but now we usually meet at cafés because it’s easier to find a convenient time and place.

提案: Explain what makes a place suitable, using natural expressions such as “a quiet space” and “fewer distractions.” Clarify why public places can be difficult, and avoid the awkward phrase “for people to attend it.”

例: Quiet places like cafés are suitable because people can hear each other and talk comfortably. By contrast, crowded public areas can be noisy and distracting, which makes conversation difficult.

提案: State your preference clearly, then give one specific reason. Check grammar and avoid the unclear description of what members of a group do; “spend quality time” and “have a genuine bond” are more natural phrases.

例: I prefer spending time with one close friend because we can have a more meaningful conversation. In a large group, it can be harder to give everyone my attention.

提案: Give a direct yes-or-no answer and use “invite my friends to my home,” not “invite my friends at home.” Avoid using both “for example” and “for instance,” and say “celebrate my birthday” rather than “enjoy with my friends.”

例: Yes, I’d love to invite my friends to my home, especially for special occasions. For instance, I could celebrate my birthday there because we’d have more privacy and feel comfortable.

提案: Explain the importance of friends with a clear reason, then use your college friend as a specific example. Improve the phrasing to “an important part of my life” and “we have stayed in touch for four years”; the final clause is unclear and repetitive.

例: Friends are very important to me because they support me and make life more enjoyable. One of my closest friends is from college, and we’ve stayed in touch for four years, even though we’re both busy.

提案: Answer directly with “Yes, quite often” and use a linking word to connect your usual routine to the example. Say “on weekends” and describe the activity naturally as “a murder-mystery event” or “a murder-mystery game.”

例: Yes, I often go out with my friends on weekends. We like visiting cafés and trying new activities; last weekend, for example, we took part in a murder-mystery game.

提案: Use “at a local café” and give one clear reason you meet there. Avoid repeating “over there” and “for example,” and replace the unclear phrase “recreate the memories” with a specific activity or feeling.

例: We often meet at a local café in our neighbourhood because it’s convenient and has a relaxed atmosphere. We’ve made a lot of good memories there, and last weekend we had a great time chatting.

提案: Describe your usual activities clearly, then give one example. Check the name of the event and place, and use natural phrases such as “we really enjoyed it” and “it was a new experience for us.”

例: We usually visit cafés and try different activities together. Last weekend, for instance, we went to a murder-mystery event at a local café, and we really enjoyed solving the clues as a team.

提案: Answer “yes” directly and use the present perfect correctly: “I’ve known her for four years.” Avoid repeating “friend” and “college,” and replace “enjoy our past memories” with a natural phrase such as “reminisce about our time in college.”

例: Yes, I’ve known one of my closest friends for four years. We met in college, have stayed in touch ever since, and often meet on weekends to catch up and reminisce about our time there.

× From my perspective, I don't find any difference between the friends now and before because friends are something some kind of a person that we find are vibe with and then only we connect them as a friend so I don't really feel any change between my friends.

✓ From my perspective, I don't find any difference between the friends I have now and the friends I had before because a friend is someone whose vibe we connect with, and only then do we become friends. So I don't really feel that my friendships have changed.

The original sentence combines several incomplete and incorrectly connected clauses. Use a complete clause such as a friend is someone, and use whose to link the person to the vibe. Separating the final thought into a new sentence also makes the structure clearer.

× Some places have a quite space over there and there is no kind of distraction.

✓ Some places have a quiet space, and there are no distractions.

Quiet is an adjective meaning peaceful; quite is an adverb meaning fairly or completely. Use quiet to describe space. The plural distractions is more natural when referring generally to distractions in a place.

× Regardless, meeting in an open or public area can be a little difficult or quite disturbing for people to attend it.

✓ Regardless, meeting in an open or public area can be a little difficult or quite disturbing for people.

The pronoun it does not have a clear grammatical role after attend in this sentence. Remove it, or express the intended activity directly, such as saying that it can be difficult for people to meet there.

× I would prefer spending my quality time with only the friend I share a genuine bond with not a group of friends where some of Some of our interested in me and some are just sitting and gathering a space over there.

✓ I would prefer to spend quality time with a friend with whom I share a genuine bond rather than with a group of friends, some of whom are interested in me while others are just sitting around.

The original sentence has an incomplete and repeated clause: some of Some of our interested in me. Use a complete clause, such as some of whom are interested in me. Use rather than to clearly contrast the two choices, and avoid the incomplete phrase gathering a space.

× I would personally love to invite my friends at home to make any occasion feel much better.

✓ I would personally love to invite my friends to my home to make any occasion feel much better.

Use invite someone to a place, not invite someone at a place. The preposition to indicates the destination.

× For example, for instance, if I have my birthday I would love to enjoy with my friends at my own private space.

✓ For example, if it's my birthday, I would love to spend time with my friends in my own home.

The original repeats the same introductory phrase and uses the awkward clause if I have my birthday. Use if it's my birthday to form a complete conditional clause. Spend time with is a complete and natural verb phrase here.

× They are a special part in my life for example, one of my closest friends from my college.

✓ They are a special part of my life. For example, one of my closest friends is from college.

The established expression is a part of my life, not a part in my life. The example also needs a verb to make it a complete sentence.

× They are a special part in my life for example, one of my closest friends from my college.

✓ They are a special part of my life. For example, one of my closest friends is from college.

One of my closest friends from my college is a fragment because it has no main verb. Add is to make it a complete sentence.

× For the past four years we are in contact and since now we share the same bond.

✓ We have been in contact for the past four years, and we still share the same bond.

Use the present perfect continuous, have been in contact, for a situation that began in the past and continues now. Still is the appropriate word for an ongoing situation; since now is not correct in this context.

× I particularly spend my time with my friends during weekends we explore several cafes and try exploring new things.

✓ I particularly spend time with my friends on weekends, when we explore several cafes and try new things.

Use on weekends for a recurring time period. The original also joins two clauses without punctuation or a linking word; when connects them correctly.

× For example, last weekend we went for murder mystery solving.

✓ For example, last weekend we went to a murder mystery-solving event.

Use went to when describing attendance at an event. The article a is needed before the singular countable noun event.

× We often meet on a local cafe in our area.

✓ We often meet at a local cafe in our area.

Use at to identify the place where people meet. On is not the appropriate preposition for a cafe in this sentence.

× We meet over there to recreate the memories we already created over there and for example example the last weekend we went to the that cafe we had a lot of fun over there.

✓ We meet there to recreate the memories we have already made. For example, last weekend we went to that cafe, and we had a lot of fun there.

Do not use the before that; that already identifies the cafe. Also, say last weekend without the. The revised sentence separates the ideas and removes repeated words that interrupt the sentence structure.

× The friend I have been knowing for a long time is a friend of mine from the college.

✓ The friend I have known for a long time is a friend of mine from college.

Know is generally a stative verb and is not normally used in the continuous form. Use have known to describe a state that began in the past and continues now.

× I know her since for the past four years.

✓ I have known her for the past four years.

Use the present perfect, have known, for a relationship that began in the past and continues in the present. Use for with a duration such as the past four years; do not use since and for together.

× I know her since for the past four years.

✓ I have known her for the past four years.

For introduces a length of time, such as four years. Since introduces a starting point, such as 2020, so since and for should not be combined in this phrase.