Friends— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Answer the comparison directly, and use the present perfect or present tense naturally to describe your current course. Say “people on my course” or “classmates,” and use “I usually met” for a past habit.

Exemplo: Yes, there is. These days, I usually meet people from my violin course, whereas I used to see my friends at school. We sometimes go for coffee after class.

Sugestão: Give a clear reason and explain what makes a place suitable. Replace “the place’s quality” with a more specific phrase such as “the atmosphere,” and say “prefer quiet places” rather than “prefer to quiet places.”

Exemplo: I think the atmosphere is important. Quiet cafés are suitable because people can hear each other and have a proper conversation. Noisy or crowded places can make it difficult to talk.

Sugestão: State clearly that your preference depends on the situation. Use “spend time with a group of friends” and “talk about personal things” instead of “talk some secrets.” Avoid restarting the same phrase, then add one brief example.

Exemplo: I enjoy both, depending on the situation. I prefer meeting one friend when I want to talk about something personal, but I like being in a group when we want to have fun. For example, we might go out for dinner together.

Sugestão: Answer directly, then describe what you do together at home. The phrase “are home” is unclear; use “come over to my home.” Say “spend time together,” and connect the activities with “and then.”

Exemplo: Yes, I would. I sometimes invite my close friends over to watch a series, and then we have coffee and chat. It’s a relaxed way to spend time together.

Sugestão: Complete your answer with a specific explanation of why your friends matter. Use “important to me” and “valuable to me,” and avoid repeating “because.” Mention something you share or how your friends support you.

Exemplo: My friends are very important to me. I have four or five close friends, and I can share my problems and good news with them. They also support me when I’m going through a difficult time.

Sugestão: Use “most of the time” and explain clearly what you do together. The part about holidays is difficult to understand; if you mean trips, say “go on trips together.” Avoid unclear phrases such as “visit it two or three times” and finish with a clear comment.

Exemplo: Yes, quite often. Most of the time, we meet at a café, but sometimes we go on short trips together. I really enjoy those outings because they give us a chance to relax and make good memories.

Sugestão: Your answer is relevant and gives a specific place. Remove “the” before “our favorite café,” and connect the activities with “where” or “and.” You could add one detail about why you like that café.

Exemplo: We often meet at our favorite café near my home. It’s a comfortable place where we can chat and share what’s happening in our lives. It’s also easy for everyone to get to.

Sugestão: Describe your usual activity more naturally: say “talk about what’s going on in our lives” and “share things that have happened to us.” Avoid the awkward phrase “my group of my friends,” and add a simple example of a topic.

Exemplo: We usually talk about what’s going on in our lives. Since everyone has different experiences, we often share stories about work, study, or family. We also give each other advice when someone has a problem.

Sugestão: Answer with “Yes” or “No” first, and use “for at least seven or eight years” to describe the length of the friendship. Do not add “old” after the number of years; it describes age, not duration.

Exemplo: Yes, I have a few friends I’ve known for a long time. I’ve known some of them for at least seven or eight years, since we were at school together. We’ve stayed close even though our lives have changed.

× I start a violin course, so now I meet with people on this course.

✓ I started taking a violin course, so now I meet people in this course.

Started describes the past action of beginning the course, while now I meet describes the present situation. Use the past tense for the completed action. You can also say in this course rather than on this course.

× I start a violin course, so now I meet with people on this course.

✓ I started taking a violin course, so now I meet people in this course.

Use in to refer to people who are members of a course. On is not the appropriate preposition in this context.

× I think it depends on the place's quality, uh, such as if the place is quiet, it's convenient for communication and people prefer to quiet places for meeting.

✓ I think it depends on the quality of the place. For example, if a place is quiet, it is convenient for communication, and people prefer quiet places for meeting.

Prefer is followed directly by a noun phrase in this sentence: prefer quiet places. Do not add to before the noun phrase.

× Uh, I think I do both of these situations. Um, sometimes I want to spend time with, uh, one friend because I talk some s- I want to talk some secrets and other times I spend time with my group friends.

✓ I think I do both. Sometimes I want to spend time with one friend because I want to talk about some secrets, and other times I spend time with my group of friends.

The verb talk needs about before the topic being discussed, as in talk about secrets. Also, use of in the phrase a group of friends to connect group with the people in it.

× Yes, especially my best friend Nissan and Tom are home and we spend quite time each other and also we watch series after that we drink coffee.

✓ Yes, especially my best friends, Nissan and Tom. They come to my home, and we spend quality time with each other. We also watch a series, and after that we drink coffee.

The sentence names two friends, so use the plural best friends rather than best friend. Make sure the noun agrees with the number of people.

× Yes, especially my best friend Nissan and Tom are home and we spend quite time each other and also we watch series after that we drink coffee.

✓ Yes, especially my best friends, Nissan and Tom. They come to my home, and we spend quality time with each other. We also watch a series, and after that we drink coffee.

Quite is an adverb and does not correctly describe time here. Use the adjective quality in the expression quality time.

× Yes, especially my best friend Nissan and Tom are home and we spend quite time each other and also we watch series after that we drink coffee.

✓ Yes, especially my best friends, Nissan and Tom. They come to my home, and we spend quality time with each other. We also watch a series, and after that we drink coffee.

Use with each other after spend time to show that the people spend time together. The preposition with is needed.

× Yes, especially my best friend Nissan and Tom are home and we spend quite time each other and also we watch series after that we drink coffee.

✓ Yes, especially my best friends, Nissan and Tom. They come to my home, and we spend quality time with each other. We also watch a series, and after that we drink coffee.

Series is a singular countable noun in this sentence, so it needs an article: watch a series. If you mean television programs in general, you could say watch series, but a series is suitable for one program or show.

× Yes, especially my best friend Nissan and Tom are home and we spend quite time each other and also we watch series after that we drink coffee.

✓ Yes, especially my best friends, Nissan and Tom. They come to my home, and we spend quality time with each other. We also watch a series, and after that we drink coffee.

The original joins several complete ideas without clear punctuation or sentence boundaries. Separate the ideas into sentences, or connect them with appropriate punctuation and conjunctions.

× My friends are very important for me because I have four or five close friends just and they are valuable for me because I share um something with um

✓ My friends are very important to me because I have only four or five close friends, and they are valuable to me because I share things with them.

Use important to me and valuable to me. The preposition to is used to indicate the person who considers something important or valuable.

× My friends are very important for me because I have four or five close friends just and they are valuable for me because I share um something with um

✓ My friends are very important to me because I have only four or five close friends, and they are valuable to me because I share things with them.

Just is placed awkwardly after close friends. Put only before the quantity it limits: only four or five close friends.

× Yeah, most of time we meet at the cafes, um, but sometimes we go out to holidays each other., uh, so actually visit it two or three times and it's very entertaining memory for me.

✓ Yeah, most of the time we meet at cafes, but sometimes we go on holiday together. We actually do this two or three times, and each trip is a very entertaining memory for me.

The fixed expression is most of the time, with the before time. In the final clause, memory is a singular countable noun, so it needs an article: a very entertaining memory.

× Yeah, most of time we meet at the cafes, um, but sometimes we go out to holidays each other., uh, so actually visit it two or three times and it's very entertaining memory for me.

✓ Yeah, most of the time we meet at cafes, but sometimes we go on holiday together. We actually do this two or three times, and each trip is a very entertaining memory for me.

Use go on holiday to describe taking a holiday, and together to indicate that the friends go as a group. Go out to holidays each other uses incorrect prepositions.

× Yeah, most of time we meet at the cafes, um, but sometimes we go out to holidays each other., uh, so actually visit it two or three times and it's very entertaining memory for me.

✓ Yeah, most of the time we meet at cafes, but sometimes we go on holiday together. We actually do this two or three times, and each trip is a very entertaining memory for me.

The clause so actually visit it has no stated subject. Include the subject we, and separate the connected ideas into complete sentences.

× We often meet at the our favorite cafe that is near my home and we spend time together, we talk and we share our daily life.

✓ We often meet at our favorite cafe, which is near my home. We spend time together, talk, and share our daily life.

Do not use the before a possessive determiner such as our. Say our favorite cafe, not the our favorite cafe.

× We often meet at the our favorite cafe that is near my home and we spend time together, we talk and we share our daily life.

✓ We often meet at our favorite cafe, which is near my home. We spend time together, talk, and share our daily life.

The original uses a comma to join complete clauses, creating a comma splice. Use a period or an appropriate conjunction to connect complete ideas.

× I've known my old friends for around minimum seven or eight years old.

✓ I've known some of my friends for at least seven or eight years.

Around and minimum express conflicting approximations, so do not use them together. Use at least to give a minimum duration. Also, omit old after years because old describes a person's age, not how long you have known someone.

× I've known my old friends for around minimum seven or eight years old.

✓ I've known some of my friends for at least seven or eight years.

Old describes a person's age, as in seven years old. To describe the duration of knowing someone, say for seven or eight years without old.