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Conversation training 2. Could you please check my text more naturally? Thank you for your help! In a language school.(Teacher=T, Student=S) T) How do you come here? S) I usually drive here, it takes about 30 minutes. T) Why don't you come by train? S) Because it takes more time, a little less than one hour. T) I see. T) Where do you live? S) I live in the next city. T) What is there famous for? S) It's famous for local japanese Sake! I recommend you it to drink. You can buy it near here.

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Conversation training 2.

[Not strictly conversation, but you'll have to write English at some point...]

Could you please check my text   more naturally for appropriate grammar and phrasing? Thank you for your help!

In a language school.(Teacher=T, Student=S)

T) How do you come here? get to school is probably better phrasing.

S) I usually drive here, it takes about 30 minutes. I usually drive here. It takes about 30 minutes. --- Use two sentences.  If you use a comma you'll have a "run-on sentence"  You could also use a semicolon instead of the comma, or an "and" following the comma.

T) Why don't you come by train? take the train is, also, probably better.

S) Because it takes more time, a little less than one hour.  --- "Because" needs a complete sentence to follow it, or it becomes a "sentence fragment."  Try I don't because it takes longer: a little less than an hour.  N.B. "a liitle less than one hour" is a dependent clause, so use a colon prior to it.

T) I see.


T) Where do you live?
S) I live in the next city. a neighboring city
T) What is there famous for?  either it or your city
S) It's famous for local japanese Sake! Japanese sake Japanese is a proper noun, so you should capitalize it. Sake is a common noun, so you should not capitalize it. (Although Scotch, as in Scottish whisky, is a proper noun.)
I recommend you it to drink. You can buy it near here. I'd recommend that you try some.  (or an idiom - I'd recommend that you check it out.) Near here or around here is acceptable, although nearby is probably better.

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Could you please check my text more naturally? Thank you for your help!

In a language school.(Teacher=T, Student=S)

T) How do you get to school?
S) I usually drive here, it takes about 30 minutes.
T) Why don't you take the train?
S) Because it takes longer, a little less than an hour.
T) I see.

T) Where do you live?
S) I live in the next city over.
T) What is it famous for?
S) It's famous for local Japanese sake!
I recommend it. You can buy it around here.

This is good! Most of my changes are not necessarily corrections but just make it sound more natural and conversational. Hope this helps :)
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Conversation training 2.

Could you please check my text more naturally? Thank you for your help!

In a language school.(Teacher=T, Student=S)

T) How do you come here?  OK, but usually we (native English, USA, speaker) say "How do you GET here"?
S) I usually drove here, it takes about 30 minutes. I usually DRIVE here.
T) Why don't you come by train? Good.
S) Because it takes more time, a little less than one hour. Very good.
T) I see. /

T) Where do you live?  Good.
S) I live in the next city.  If someone says "next city", it is not specific enough. The typical answer to the question would be to say the name of the city, even if it IS the "next" city (say, along a train or bus route).like Fussa and then Ushihama (Ome line)
T) What is there famous for? What is IT famous for? One COULD say, "Is it famous for anything?" 
S) It's famous for local japanese Sake!  That's very nice. That's something to be famous for!  :)

I recommend you it to drink. You can buy it near here.

I recommend that you try it. ("try" in this case means "drink"). the rest is good. Good job!


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