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5) Lately Liza and her friends have been having a hen-party every month. They started
this tradition 5 years ago when they met together to celebrate her
housewarming and decided to meet every month. They talked, drank a wine and cooked something tasty or knitted. But recently they don’t meet so often because Kathy gave birth to a daughter and Margaret has enrolled [present perfect to show the effect in the present: now she is doing the degree course] in a master's degree course [or, maybe more naturally, 'Margaret is doing a master's degree'].
6) Lately he has been thinking about life a lot. I think that an [the?] accident severely affected to him and he has rethought a lot of things. He always talks about searching for [more natural: 'looking for'] a new job and moving.
[I hope this helps. Sorry it wouldn't all fit in one block of text.]
2) Last year we decided to do a renovation. Before this we had done a renovation 12 years ago and I was afraid that this time the renovation would be as difficult as the last time. However everything was good! The designer had helped us with a lot of questions and we finished the renovation at exactly the time we had planned. We thought about the design for about a year, and the renovation took about a month and half. And now I live in the flat of my dreams.
3) One of my friends is always embarking [we use 'always' and the present continuous to express typical or habitual behaviour] on extreme journeys. Last year he hitchhiked in Europe for some months. When he had told me about this, I answered that I thought this was very dangerous. But he said that it was untrue. Yesterday we met and he said that he was going to Nepal next month.
4) I don’t like the New Year Holidays and I prefer not to celebrate them. In my opinion, they are overemphasized. Every year people are bustling and preparing instead of having a good rest or travelling. But my husband likes a New Year a lot. When he was young, his parents always had a big beautiful celebration. He says that he associates a New Year with a family and a happiness. Last year we decided to compromise: we celebrated the New Year while travelling.
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