Friends— Part 1 Báo cáo

Gợi ý: You answer the comparison directly, but repetition and fillers make the response difficult to follow. Use the past tense for your former routine and the present tense for your current routine, then add one clear detail explaining the change.

Ví dụ: Yes, there is. I used to meet my friends at school, but these days I usually see them at work or at the gym. Those places fit better with our routines now.

Gợi ý: Your café example is relevant, but the answer trails off before explaining which places are unsuitable or why. Give a direct general reason, then contrast a suitable place with an unsuitable one. Use the correct structure “suitable for meeting” and avoid “if … so.”

Ví dụ: It depends on how comfortable and quiet the place is. A café is suitable because friends can sit, talk, and have something to eat. In contrast, a very noisy or crowded place can make conversation difficult.

Gợi ý: You state your preference and begin to explain it, but the answer is incomplete and contains repeated, unclear phrasing. Finish your thought with one specific benefit, and use a simple contrast if you also enjoy group gatherings.

Ví dụ: I prefer spending time with one friend because we can talk more privately and have a deeper conversation. I also enjoy meeting a group occasionally, but it can be harder to catch up with everyone.

Gợi ý: You answer positively and give relevant reasons, but “invite my friends at home” should be “invite my friends over,” and the final idea is unfinished. Complete the answer with a clear benefit of meeting at home and avoid repeating words.

Ví dụ: Absolutely. I enjoy inviting my friends over because my home is relaxed and cosy. I can prepare homemade food and drinks, and we can spend time together without feeling rushed.

Gợi ý: You give a relevant reason, but the example is incomplete and the phrasing needs correction: say “important to me,” “some advice,” and “having difficulty with.” Finish the example by explaining how a friend helps you.

Ví dụ: Friends are very important to me because I can depend on them when I need support. For example, if I’m having difficulty with a problem, I can ask a friend for advice and talk it through.

Gợi ý: You make a clear comparison between the past and present, but keep the verb tenses consistent: use “used to go” for the past and “don’t often go” for your current routine. A brief example of how you stay in touch would make the answer more complete.

Ví dụ: I used to go out with my friends quite often when I was younger. Now that I have children, I don’t see them as frequently. We still keep in touch through messages and meet when we have time.

Gợi ý: You answer the question and give a suitable reason, but the phrasing “with them with in a setting” is unclear. Use the plural “friends” if you mean more than one person, and describe the café setting more naturally.

Ví dụ: I often meet my friends at a café. It’s a comfortable place where we can enjoy some food and drinks while catching up. I also like that it gives us a relaxed setting for conversation.

Gợi ý: You mention relaxing and chatting, but repeat the idea of a cosy, relaxing place and use “want” where “like” would be more natural. Focus on the activities you do together and add one specific example.

Ví dụ: We usually meet at a café, where we can chat and enjoy some food and drinks. Sometimes we talk about what has been happening in our lives, and other times we just relax and catch up.

Gợi ý: You answer directly and include useful details about staying in touch, but correct the tense and phrasing: say “I have had my best friend since primary school” or “I have known my best friend since primary school.” Reduce repetition and fillers.

Ví dụ: Yes, I’ve known my best friend since primary school. We still catch up whenever we have time, and we often talk or message each other online. Even though we’re both busy, we’ve stayed close over the years.

× Yes, in the past I met my friends in school, bec uh and in school and uh but now uh I met my friends uh at work and also in the gym.

✓ Yes, in the past I met my friends at school, but now I meet my friends at work and also at the gym.

Use the present simple meet for a current or usual situation. Met is past tense and is appropriate for the past part of your answer. A useful pattern is: In the past, I met them at X, but now I meet them at Y.

× Like for example, if the place is a cafe, so it's uh suitable for, uh, to meet friends and uh hanging out with them.

✓ For example, if the place is a cafe, it's suitable for meeting friends and hanging out with them.

Do not use so immediately after an if-clause in this sentence. The if-clause already sets up the condition, and the main clause gives the result. Use the pattern: If X, Y.

× Like for example, if the place is a cafe, so it's uh suitable for, uh, to meet friends and uh hanging out with them.

✓ For example, if the place is a cafe, it's suitable for meeting friends and hanging out with them.

After the preposition for, use a gerund (verb + -ing), not an infinitive with to. Keep the two activities parallel: meeting friends and hanging out with them.

× Absolutely. I love inviting my friends at home because it's it's relaxed and cosy and I can prepare food and drinks uh for them, uh, which is homemade and it's it's safer to to

✓ Absolutely. I love inviting my friends to my home because it's relaxed and cosy, and I can prepare homemade food and drinks for them.

Use invite someone to a place, or invite someone over to your home. At home describes where you are, but it does not fit after inviting my friends in this sentence.

× Absolutely. I love inviting my friends at home because it's it's relaxed and cosy and I can prepare food and drinks uh for them, uh, which is homemade and it's it's safer to to

✓ Absolutely. I love inviting my friends to my home because it's relaxed and cosy, and I can prepare food and drinks for them, which are homemade.

The relative clause refers to food and drinks, a plural subject, so use are rather than is. Make sure the verb in a relative clause agrees with the noun it describes.

× Friends are important for me because you can uh depend on them, like for example, you need a uh uh advice on something that you you are having having difficult

✓ Friends are important to me because you can depend on them. For example, you may need advice about something you are having difficulty with.

Advice is an uncountable noun, so it does not take a or an. Say need advice, not need an advice. Check whether a noun is countable before using an article.

× Friends are important for me because you can uh depend on them, like for example, you need a uh uh advice on something that you you are having having difficult

✓ Friends are important to me because you can depend on them. For example, you may need advice about something you are having difficulty with.

Difficult is an adjective, but this expression needs the noun difficulty after having. Use have difficulty doing something or have difficulty with something.

× When I was, uh, in my younger years, I often go out with my friends, but now that I'm in my adult life and I have, uh my children I I didn't often see them or go out with them.

✓ When I was younger, I often went out with my friends, but now that I'm an adult and have children, I don't often see them or go out with them.

The phrase when I was younger refers to the past, so use the past-tense form went. For a repeated past activity, use often went, not often go.

× When I was, uh, in my younger years, I often go out with my friends, but now that I'm in my adult life and I have, uh my children I I didn't often see them or go out with them.

✓ When I was younger, I often went out with my friends, but now that I'm an adult and have children, I don't often see them or go out with them.

The answer describes your current routine, so use the present simple negative don't often see rather than the past-tense didn't often see. Use the present tense when talking about what is generally true now.

× We usually hang out in a cafe where we can relax and enjoy the food and drinks and we also want a cozy, relaxing place and where we can chat and spend time with others.

✓ We usually hang out in a cafe where we can relax, enjoy the food and drinks, and chat. We like places where we can spend time together.

The original sentence joins several ideas with and and does not connect the final where-clause smoothly. Separate the ideas or use parallel items in a list. This makes the sentence easier to follow.

× Yes, actually I have a my best friend since I'm in my primary grade.

✓ Yes, I've had my best friend since primary school.

Do not use a before the possessive determiner my. A possessive determiner already identifies the noun, so say my best friend, not a my best friend.

× Yes, actually I have a my best friend since I'm in my primary grade.

✓ Yes, I've had my best friend since primary school.

The clause after since identifies a period that began in the past. Use the past tense for that starting point, or use the present perfect to describe a relationship continuing to the present. Here, I've had expresses that the friendship continues.