Friends— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the comparison directly, then give one or two clear examples. Use the past tense for your earlier routine and a natural phrase such as “I prefer meeting” instead of “I incline to.” Correct the verb forms and say “share our experiences with each other.”

例: Yes, there’s a difference. I used to meet my friends at home or in the park, where we played video games or soccer. These days, I prefer meeting them in a coffee shop so we can relax and catch up on what’s been happening in our lives.

提案: Explain the difference using clear, relevant reasons: noise level, space, and whether talking is appropriate. Check word choice: “playing sports” is likely what you mean, and “not an ideal place” is more natural than “not an idiot spot.” Use a linking word such as “whereas” to contrast the examples.

例: Some places are suitable because they’re comfortable and give people space to talk or do activities. For example, a park is good for chatting or playing sports, whereas a cinema isn’t ideal because people are expected to stay quiet during a film.

提案: Make your preference explicit and complete the answer. The response currently shifts between one close friend and a group, and the final sentence is unfinished. Explain the difference without suggesting that you can’t share anything with a group.

例: I usually prefer spending time with one close friend because it’s easier to have a meaningful conversation and talk about personal things. I enjoy groups too, especially for social events, but one-to-one time feels more relaxed.

提案: Give a direct yes or no and describe a realistic activity or two. Avoid “all my friends” if you mean a few friends, and replace unclear phrases such as “play some events” with a specific activity. “Have a barbecue” or “play games in the backyard” would sound natural.

例: Yes, I’d be happy to invite a few friends over. We could have dinner together, and if the weather is nice, we could sit in the backyard and play some games. It would be a relaxed way to spend time together.

提案: Clarify your main point: friends can be important even if you also enjoy being alone. Use “an introvert” rather than “an introvert person,” and explain how friends contribute to your life. Replace “a socialized activity” with a natural expression such as “an important part of my social life.”

例: Friends are important to me, although I also enjoy spending time on my own. I’m quite introverted, so I focus on work, learning, and exercise during the week. Still, close friends give me support and make my life more enjoyable.

提案: State how often you go out, then give one or two examples. Avoid repeating “sometimes,” and use punctuation or linking phrases to separate your ideas. If this describes your current routine, use the present tense: “I occasionally hang out.”

例: I go out with my friends occasionally, usually once or twice a month. We might have dinner at a restaurant or take a walk in the park. Most of the time, though, I’m busy with work and personal goals.

提案: Answer with your usual places, then give a clear reason for each one. Avoid repeating “location” and use “play sports” if that is what you mean by “pray together.” Say “in a café, which is a quiet place where we can catch up and share personal experiences.”

例: We usually meet at a park or a café. The park has plenty of space, so we can walk or play sports, while a café is a quieter place to sit down and catch up on each other’s lives.

提案: Use the present tense for regular activities and correct the verb pattern: say “go to the park to walk our dog,” not “go to our park to petting our dog.” Add a linking phrase to make the list flow, and use “experiences” in the plural.

例: We usually have dinner at a restaurant and chat about what’s been happening in our lives. Sometimes we go to the park to walk my dog, which gives us a chance to relax and talk at the same time.

提案: This is a relevant story with a memorable detail, so keep that structure. Correct the grammar by saying “I’ve known my best friend since we were kids,” “at university,” and “we became good friends again.” Use “after many years” and avoid starting consecutive sentences with “but.”

例: Yes, I’ve known my best friend since we were children. We drifted apart when we went to university, but years later we unexpectedly ran into each other on a street in Canada, where he had moved. It was a wonderful coincidence, and we became close friends again.

× I used to meet my friend in the park or in my home.

✓ I used to meet my friends in the park or at home.

The question refers to meeting friends, so the plural friends is appropriate. At home is the usual expression for describing where you are in your own home.

× We can entertain together.

✓ We could spend time together.

This describes what you did in the past, so could is more suitable than can. Spend time together is also a natural way to express this idea.

× We can play video games and playing soccer.

✓ We could play video games and play soccer.

The two activities should use parallel verb forms. After could, use the base form of both verbs: play video games and play soccer.

× That's our favorite spot, but right now I incline to talk with my friend in a coffee shop and we can catch up with our experience to share to each other.

✓ That was our favorite spot, but now I prefer talking with my friends in a coffee shop, where we can catch up on our experiences and share them with each other.

Use prefer talking to express a current preference, catch up on experiences, and share something with someone. The original also shifts between past and present, so was fits the description of the former favorite spot.

× Some place is especially suitable for talking and praying like the public park.

✓ Some places are especially suitable for talking and praying, such as public parks.

Some refers to more than one place, so use the plural places and the plural verb are. Public parks is also plural to match the general meaning.

× We can pray in some sport activities and catch up the recent experience, but some place is not suitable to do so like a theater, watching a movie that not allows us to talk to each other.

✓ We can pray during some sports activities and catch up on recent experiences, but some places are not suitable for this, such as a theater, where a movie does not allow us to talk to each other.

Use during to describe something happening at the same time as an activity, and catch up on when referring to news or experiences. Use suitable for this to connect the place with the activity.

× We can pray in some sport activities and catch up the recent experience, but some place is not suitable to do so like a theater, watching a movie that not allows us to talk to each other.

✓ We can pray during some sports activities and catch up on recent experiences, but some places are not suitable for this, such as a theater, where a movie does not allow us to talk to each other.

Some places is plural, so the noun should be places. Sports activities and experiences are also plural when referring to activities and experiences in general.

× We can pray in some sport activities and catch up the recent experience, but some place is not suitable to do so like a theater, watching a movie that not allows us to talk to each other.

✓ We can pray during some sports activities and catch up on recent experiences, but some places are not suitable for this, such as a theater, where a movie does not allow us to talk to each other.

With the singular subject a movie, use does not followed by the base verb allow. The original form not allows incorrectly combines not directly with the third-person singular verb.

× In other words, just one friend around them a group because you know that the close friend you can share the most intimate and private things, but with a group of friends, you could not share anything. These purely socialized activities rather

✓ In other words, I prefer being with just one close friend rather than with a group. With a close friend, you can share the most intimate and private things, but with a group of friends, you may not feel able to share as much. Group activities are usually more social.

The original contains incomplete and disorganized clauses, including the fragment These purely socialized activities rather. Use complete sentences with a clear subject and verb, and connect the comparison using rather than.

× Yes, why not? I'd like to invite all my friends to my house and we can have a party together and I'd like to have a dinner with them.

✓ Yes, why not? I'd like to invite all my friends to my house so we can have a party together, and I'd like to have dinner with them.

Dinner is generally an uncountable noun when referring to a meal, so it does not need the article a in have dinner.

× I'm an introvert person.

✓ I'm an introverted person.

Use the adjective introverted to describe the noun person. Introvert is usually a noun, as in I'm an introvert.

× I like to improve my career and also learning and doing exercise every day.

✓ I like to improve my career and also learn and exercise every day.

The verbs in this list should be in parallel forms. After like to, use the base form improve, learn, and exercise.

× I also will entertain myself.

✓ I will also entertain myself.

Also normally comes after the first auxiliary verb. In this sentence, it should follow will.

× I occasionally hung out with my friends sometimes we go to a restaurant for dinner and sometimes we go to a park other than that I spend most of my time working lessons and focusing on personal development

✓ I occasionally hang out with my friends. Sometimes we go to a restaurant for dinner, and sometimes we go to a park. Other than that, I spend most of my time working on lessons and focusing on personal development.

The question asks about a usual or repeated activity, so use the present-tense hang out rather than the past-tense hung out. The sentence also needs punctuation to separate its different ideas.

× In a cafe is a very quiet location location that we can catch up and exchange the personal experience.

✓ A cafe is a very quiet place where we can catch up and exchange personal experiences.

The original sentence begins with a prepositional phrase but has no clear subject. Start with A cafe as the subject, and use where to introduce the place in which the activities happen. Removing the repeated word and unnecessary the also makes the sentence clear.

× I usually hung out with my friends in a restaurant for our dinner and sometimes we also will go to our park to petting our dog and also to catch up on our recent experience.

✓ I usually hang out with my friends at a restaurant for dinner, and sometimes we also go to the park to pet our dog and catch up on our recent experiences.

Use the present tense hang out for a usual activity. Also go is appropriate for a repeated activity, rather than will go, which usually indicates a future action.

× I usually hung out with my friends in a restaurant for our dinner and sometimes we also will go to our park to petting our dog and also to catch up on our recent experience.

✓ I usually hang out with my friends at a restaurant for dinner, and sometimes we also go to the park to pet our dog and catch up on our recent experiences.

After the infinitive marker to, use the base form of the verb. Therefore, say to pet, not to petting.

× I usually hung out with my friends in a restaurant for our dinner and sometimes we also will go to our park to petting our dog and also to catch up on our recent experience.

✓ I usually hang out with my friends at a restaurant for dinner, and sometimes we also go to the park to pet our dog and catch up on our recent experiences.

Use at a restaurant when referring to dining there, and say go to the park rather than go to our park unless it is a specific park that belongs to the speaker.

× Yes, I have a best friend who I knew each other for a long time since we were kids, but we then drifted apart in the university.

✓ Yes, I have a best friend whom I have known for a long time. We have known each other since we were kids, but we drifted apart at university.

The original mixes the pronouns who and I with each other, making the subject and object unclear. Use whom I have known to describe the friend, and we have known each other to describe the mutual relationship.

× Yes, I have a best friend who I knew each other for a long time since we were kids, but we then drifted apart in the university.

✓ Yes, I have a best friend whom I have known for a long time. We have known each other since we were kids, but we drifted apart at university.

For an experience that began in the past and continues to the present, use the present perfect have known. The present perfect is formed with have plus the past participle known, not the simple past knew.

× Yes, I have a best friend who I knew each other for a long time since we were kids, but we then drifted apart in the university.

✓ Yes, I have a best friend whom I have known for a long time. We have known each other since we were kids, but we drifted apart at university.

Use at university to describe the period or setting in which the friends drifted apart. In university is not the natural preposition in this context.

× But after a lot of years, we happened to see each other in the street of Canada.

✓ But after many years, we happened to see each other on a street in Canada.

Use on a street for the location where the meeting happened, and in Canada for the country. Many years is a more natural expression than a lot of years in this sentence.

× What a coincidence, then we became a good friends again.

✓ What a coincidence! Then we became good friends again.

Friends is plural, so it cannot be used with the singular article a. Remove a to make the subject complement agree in number.