It was the first time ...
Jack is driving a car but he is very nervous and not sure what to do.
- Have you driven a car before?
- No this is the first time I have driven a car.
Can I say this? It was a first time on Monday when he drove a car.
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Hi Antonie
Do you want to check if you can say "It was a first time on Monday when he drove a car."?
If so the answer is that you need to change a few things. Firstly you need to use the definite article 'the' with the phrase 'first time' unless you replace it with a pronoun or you are talking about more than one first time. Secondly, what is the 'it' in your sentence? 'it' (in this case) is the time when this event took place...in other words 'Monday', so you don't need both 'it' and 'Monday' in the same sentence. And you don't need 'when' because you have the answer 'Monday'. So here are some possible examples:
Monday was the first time he drove a car. (when you want to focus on confirming the time/day)
It was the first time he drove a car. (when the time/day is less important)
There is always a first time for everything. (more then one first time because there is more than one thing)
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- Have you driven a car before?
- No this is the first time I have driven a car.
It's natural. Most would shorten "I have" to "I've".
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Thank you
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He drove a car for the first time on Monday.
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Jack was driving a car. He was very nervous and not sure about what to do.(Since it all happened on Monday, past tense should be used to describe the event.)
-Have you driven a car before?(No grammar mistakes.)
-No, this is my first time driving a car.(This sound more natural and more like a native.)
Overall, it's pretty good!
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