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Brazil flagRaphael Henrique
Is this sentence structure correct?: "Make my unproductive time becomes a productive time" For example: I'm going to make my unproductive time becomes a productive time, when I listen to audios in English while I clean my house. In Portuguese it would be: "transformar meu tempo improdutivo em tempo produtivo"

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You leave out the 'become' -- you've already used the verb 'make' so the phrase would be "...make my unproductive time productive." Unless this is a command (it would be a weird one!), it's not really a sentence. You might say "I hope to make my unproductive time productive by turning off my phone." or "This is how I will make my unproductive time productive."
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Although I understand what you mean...it just sounds like the words unproductive and productive are used too closely together. In English we try to avoid like-sounding words, even if they mean two different things. This is my suggestion: take out the word either 'unproductive' altogether and say something like: "I'm going to be more productive with my time by multitasking. I'm going to listen to audio books while I clean my house." (The reason I suggest this is because when you say that you plan to be more productive, it gives the listener the assumption that you have already been unproductive.)
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Sounds correct to me! You could also say: I"'m going to make my unproductive time productive" Or: "I'm going to make my unproductive time a productive one"

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