My a little essay about my morning's way to work
I woke up as usually enough heavily. My mood wasn't good because weather forecaster said the weather is bad today. I lied in bed and drank a cup of my coffee and was thinking about I didn't want to get up at all. But I must. And went out to the street I was wondering. Sun was shining and there wasn't the wind at all. I started the engine of my car and have been standing for a few minutes having pleasure from a calm. I looked at the growing grass, covering the ground. I looked at trees and spring's sun. I sat in my car a went to work. I switched on my lovely music, this is Epica. I've been listening for whole my way and thinking the world is marvelous.
Sorry for my English and enough poor description.
I would be happy if someone would correct me.
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My little essay about my morning's commute to work
It was hard for me to wake up this morning (I was groggy). My mood wasn't good because the weather forecaster said the weather is going to be bad today. I lay in bed and drank a cup of my coffee and was thinking about how I didn't want to get up at all. But I knew I had to. And so I went out to the street and looked around. The sun was shining and there wasn't any wind at all. I started the engine of my car and just stood for a few minutes taking pleasure in the calm. I looked at the growing grass, covering the ground. I looked at the trees and the Spring sun. Finally, I sat in my car a went to work. I switched on my lovely music, Epica. I listened to it the whole way there and thought about how the world is marvelous.***
Hi Edward,
I really liked your writing. The changes I made were in articles and in some verb tenses. English likes to use articles unless you're talking about something in general (so it's 'the weather forecaster', 'the sun', etc).
In some sentences you used the Present Perfect Continuous, like in 'I've been listening'. The story happened in the past: you woke up, got dressed, and went to work. These are completed actions. With your music, though you listened to it for a long time, it is a completed action that ended before the next action (you arrived at work). So we can use, instead of the Present Perfect Continuous, the Past Simple: 'I listened.'
'It was hard for me to wake up this morning (I was groggy).' This was a hard sentence. I understand that heavy feeling you talk about when you say 'I woke up as usually enough heavily.' In English, if you wake up and don't have a lot of energy, or if you still feel very sleepy, we say we are 'groggy'. We are disoriented and tired (and usually in a bad mood!). If it happens often, you could say, 'I woke up this morning and, as usual, I was groggy.'
'Lie' (to lie down) is an irregular verb: First person singular Present tense is 'lie'; Past tense, 'lay'; Past Participle, 'lain'.
The British Council website has good examples of the Present Perfect Continuous here (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/present-perfect-simple-and-present-perfect-continuous) and the Past Simple here (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/past-continuous-and-past-simple).
You can find more about when to use definite and indefinite articles here (earnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/articles-1).
And there's a good list of irregular verbs here (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/irregular-verbs).
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
All the best,
Julie
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My a little essay about my morning's way to work
I woke up as usual. My mood wasn't good because weather forecaster said the weather is bad today. I lay in bed and drank a cup of my coffee. I was thinking and I didn't want to get up at all, but I had to. I went out on to the street. The sun was shining and there wasn't any wind at all. I started the engine of my car and stood for a few minutes enjoying the calm. I looked at the growing grass, covering the ground, I looked at trees and Spring sunshine. I sat in my car a went to work. I switched on some lovely music : "Epica". I listened the entire way, thinking the world is marvellous.Sorry for my English and enough poor description.
I would be happy if someone would correct me.
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