Friends— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the comparison directly and complete your thought. Use the correct past and present forms (“used to meet” and “meet now”), and explain briefly how the location or method has changed. Avoid repeating the question’s wording and do not leave the answer unfinished.

例: Yes, there is a difference. I used to meet my friends in person at school, but these days we often catch up through video calls because we have busy schedules. We still meet in person when we have more free time.

提案: Give a clear reason, such as location, noise, cost, or availability. The current answer repeats “schedule” and has an unclear contrast. Use a simple structure: suitable places are convenient; unsuitable places may be difficult to reach or too noisy.

例: Places are suitable for meeting when they are easy for everyone to get to and have a comfortable atmosphere. For example, a café near a train station is convenient. A crowded or remote place may not work well because it can be noisy or difficult to reach.

提案: Your answer gives a relevant preference and a reason, but some phrases are unclear or repetitive. Say “spend time with one friend” and explain that you prefer a one-to-one conversation for personal topics, while groups are fun for social activities. Avoid repeating “big group.”

例: It depends on my mood. I prefer spending time with one close friend when I want to talk about personal things. However, I enjoy meeting a group of friends when we want to play games or have a lively conversation.

提案: Answer directly, and use “invite my friends over” or “invite them to my home.” Explain what you enjoy doing together, but avoid repeating that you love inviting them or saying they accompany you in several ways.

例: Yes, I enjoy inviting my friends over. It’s nice to have company, and we can chat, watch a film, or cook something together. My home is also a comfortable place for us to relax.

提案: The answer shows that friends matter to you, but “feeble pleaser” and “keep me being alive” are unclear in this context. Use natural expressions such as “they accept me for who I am,” “they support me,” and “I feel at home with them.” Make sure subject–verb agreement is correct (“they are the ones”).

例: Friends are very important to me because they support me and accept me for who I am. I can talk to them when I have a problem, and I feel comfortable and at home when I’m with them.

提案: You answer the question and give examples, but several expressions are unclear, including “give me a life,” “carny,” and “Danny’s.” Use clear, specific activities and avoid repeating “a lot of things.” Say “play badminton” rather than “do badmintons.”

例: Yes, I go out with my friends quite often. We enjoy playing badminton and sometimes go for a run together. We also joke around, and they usually laugh at my silly jokes.

提案: State the usual meeting place clearly and explain why you choose it. Use the present tense (“we meet”) for a regular habit. “For the inconvenience” seems to mean “for convenience,” and the answer would be clearer without repeated references to schedules, distance, and accessibility.

例: We usually meet in a park or at a café halfway between our homes. That way, the journey is convenient for everyone, especially when we have different schedules. Once we meet, we can relax and spend time together.

提案: You provide relevant activities, but correct the opening to “My friends and I usually…” and use “play” with sports. The phrase “make fun of the wrongdoings that we think” is unclear; explain more naturally what you talk or joke about.

例: My friends and I usually play sports like basketball, badminton, or tennis. After that, we sometimes go to a restaurant for a meal. We also chat and joke about funny things that have happened to us.

提案: You answer directly and describe a close friendship, but use the present perfect (“I have known her for a long time”) and clarify the unclear phrase “sealo things.” Add one specific example of something you have shared or done together, and avoid claiming to know literally everything about each other.

例: Yes, I have known my best friend since we were at school. We know each other very well and often share personal things. We also enjoy going for walks and trying new cafés together.

× Yes, I think there is a difference between how I met my friends now and the way I used to met them in the past.

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

The word now refers to a present habit, so use meet rather than the past-tense met. Use meet after used to because this construction is followed by the base form of the verb.

× Yes, I think there is a difference between how I met my friends now and the way I used to met them in the past.

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

After used to, use the base form meet, not the past-tense form met. Remember that used to already indicates a past habit.

× Um, met my friends now via call and not usually getting together because of busy schedules, but

✓ Um, I meet my friends by phone now and do not usually get together with them because of our busy schedules.

The original is an incomplete sentence because it has no stated subject before met and ends with an unfinished but clause. Include a subject and a complete verb phrase, and finish the thought.

× As for me, I think some places are suitable for meeting because it is more convenient for me or by scheduling or for schedule by schedule and there are not places that are not suitable for others because they are not really convenient to go or their schedules are busy.

✓ As for me, some places are suitable for meeting because they are more convenient to arrange, while others are unsuitable because they are inconvenient to get to or because our schedules are busy.

The original uses disconnected and repetitive phrases, which make the sentence structure unclear. Organize the reasons into complete clauses and use a clear contrast between suitable and unsuitable places.

× As for me, I think some places are suitable for meeting because it is more convenient for me or by scheduling or for schedule by schedule and there are not places that are not suitable for others because they are not really convenient to go or their schedules are busy.

✓ As for me, some places are suitable for meeting because they are more convenient to arrange, while others are unsuitable because they are inconvenient to get to or because our schedules are busy.

When describing a place as convenient to visit, say convenient to get to or convenient to go to. The preposition to is needed to connect go with the destination.

× It depends on my mood actually. So sometimes I want to spend with one friend to talk about some things about personal life and sometimes I want to um spend my time with a big group or big group of friends because I want to love and yeah, I enjoy time with a group of friends sometimes.

✓ It actually depends on my mood. Sometimes I want to spend time with one friend and talk about personal matters, while at other times I want to spend time with a big group of friends. I enjoy spending time with a group of friends.

In spend time with someone, time is needed as the object of spend. The original also links several ideas in an unclear way; use complete clauses to make the contrast easier to follow.

× I really love to invite my friends at home because sometimes I really don't have someone with me at my home and my friends are there to accompany me, so I really want or I really love to invite them with me at home and do fun things and or activities.

✓ I really love inviting my friends to my home because sometimes I do not have anyone with me there, and my friends can keep me company. I love inviting them over to do fun activities.

Use invite someone to a home or invite someone over, not invite someone at home. The preposition to indicates the destination.

× I really love to invite my friends at home because sometimes I really don't have someone with me at my home and my friends are there to accompany me, so I really want or I really love to invite them with me at home and do fun things and or activities.

✓ I really love inviting my friends to my home because sometimes I do not have anyone with me there, and my friends can keep me company. I love inviting them over to do fun activities.

The combination and or is not appropriate here. Use one conjunction or simply say fun activities; do not join and with or in this phrase.

× I am a feeble pleaser and I really love my friends because they keep me being me and they keep me being alive and they are the one who supported me and I feel home with them.

✓ I really love my friends because they keep me being myself and alive, and they are the ones who supported me. I feel at home with them.

The plural subject they must match the plural noun ones, not the singular one. Use ones when referring to multiple friends.

× I am a feeble pleaser and I really love my friends because they keep me being me and they keep me being alive and they are the one who supported me and I feel home with them.

✓ I really love my friends because they keep me being myself and alive, and they are the ones who supported me. I feel at home with them.

The fixed expression is feel at home, with the preposition at. Do not omit the preposition in this expression.

× I really love to go out with my friends. They give me a life and they loved how carny my jokes are. They laugh about it and we do a lot of things.

✓ I really love to go out with my friends. They give me a life and they love how corny my jokes are. They laugh about them and we do a lot of things.

The sentence describes what the friends generally think, so use the present-tense love rather than loved. Use the present tense consistently for a continuing situation.

× We do badmintons, Danny's, and sometimes we run together and do a lot of fun things to do.

✓ We play badminton, and sometimes we run together and do a lot of fun things.

Badminton is the name of a sport and is not normally made plural. Use play badminton rather than do badmintons.

× We met at the parks or I mean halfway for the inconvenience of each others because of the time and the schedules and of course for the for the distance and then to make it accessible and then we do a lot of fun of things when we work together.

✓ We meet at parks, or halfway, for the convenience of each other, considering our schedules and the distance. Then we do a lot of fun things together.

The question asks where the friends often meet, so the answer should describe a regular present habit. Use meet rather than met.

× We met at the parks or I mean halfway for the inconvenience of each others because of the time and the schedules and of course for the for the distance and then to make it accessible and then we do a lot of fun of things when we work together.

✓ We meet at parks, or halfway, for the convenience of each other, considering our schedules and the distance. Then we do a lot of fun things together.

The reciprocal pronoun is each other, not each others. It does not take a plural s in this construction.

× We met at the parks or I mean halfway for the inconvenience of each others because of the time and the schedules and of course for the for the distance and then to make it accessible and then we do a lot of fun of things when we work together.

✓ We meet at parks, or halfway, for the convenience of each other, considering our schedules and the distance. Then we do a lot of fun things together.

The original repeats words and combines several ideas without clear connections. Use shorter, complete clauses and say a lot of fun things rather than a lot of fun of things.

× My friends and I usually do is play basketball, badminton and tennis, and then we eat at some restaurants and yeah we make fun of the wrongdoings that we think.

✓ My friends and I usually play basketball, badminton, and tennis. Then we eat at restaurants and make fun of things we think are wrong.

The phrase My friends and I usually do is does not form a complete grammatical structure. Remove do is and use play as the main verb of the sentence.

× Yes, I have a friend that I really know for a long time now and she's my best friend.

✓ Yes, I have a friend whom I have known for a long time, and she is my best friend.

The friendship began in the past and continues now, so use the present perfect have known rather than the simple present know.

× Yes, I have a friend that I really know for a long time now and she's my best friend.

✓ Yes, I have a friend whom I have known for a long time, and she is my best friend.

Use for before a period of time, as in for a long time. The correction includes this preposition to clearly express the duration.