A very general term I would use is "an outing." Example: "Every weekend, I go on an outing with my kid." It is a very general term though. It means anything where you make a plan and go out of the house to do an activity. It could be going to the park, having an adventure somewhere, going to a restaurant, etc... As Aishah said, if you want to be more specific about the type of activity, you will just need to list the activity, like you did in your original example.

Hi Jenna! "Tell of" is a phrasal verb. The verb + preposition go together and have a new meaning that is slightly different from just "tell." "Tell of..." implies that the speaker is telling a *story* about something, usually an important or epic story. The focus is on the story. If we just say "tell [someone] [something]," the focus is more on the act of telling than on what is being told. For example, we would just say, "tell me your name," and not "tell me of your name." That would sound weird because with "tell of," we are expecting some sort of story. In your second example, you are right: "but" is used is an adverb here. In this sentence it means something like "only." It is being used to emphasize the small number of Israelites. (Side note: I have two different translations of the Bible that both read "When they were few in number..." without the "but".)

Hello Luiz, This "has/have been" structure is generally used when you're talking about a situation that started in the past, and is still true now. It can also be used to talk about something that has always/never been true. Instead of a huge grammar lesson, I will give a few more examples that I hope will give you a feel for it. Examples: We have been married for four years. = The wedding was four years ago, and we are still married. My mother has been sick for six months. = Six months ago, my mother got sick, and she is still sick now. My sister has been in the bathroom for half an hour, and I need to use the bathroom! = Half an hour ago, my sister went into the bathroom, and she is still there. This land has never been farmed. = There were no farms on this land before, and there is no farm now. This land has not been farmed for a year. = The land was being farmed in the past. A year ago, farming stopped, and now the land is still not being farmed. (You can add "now" to the end of the sentence like in your examples, but it is not really required since the verb tense already indicates you are talking about the situation now.) To help with similar verb tenses, here is the same sentence but with different verb tenses, so you can see the difference: I have been in Germany for two years. = Two years ago, I moved to Germany, and I am still in Germany. I was in Germany for two years = I moved to Germany, then moved out of Germany two years later. I am not there now. I had been in Germany for two years. = I moved to Germany, then two years later, something happened. Usually this type of sentence would have another part, because we expect that something happened at that time. Example: "I had been in Germany for two years when I met George." = I moved to Germany, then two years later, I met George (while still living in Germany). I hope this helps!

An email

Dear Sunny,
How are you doing? Well mMy new school is very interesting and our uniforms are also very good. It is They are better than the uniforms in primary school. In addition, we need to go to different classrooms when we have different subjects. Also, there are some tests on each every Tuesday and Friday. The tests on Friday are very easy but I still made make one or two mistakes. [The first verb in the sentence is present tense so the second one should also be present tense unless you indicate a time change, like, "The tests on Friday are very easy, but last week I still made one or two mistakes."] Besides , We also have a lot of activities in Concord, some of which are in the at break time. I bet you don’t have as many activities in your middle school. ["Besides" would normally imply that this sentence continues on the same topic as the previous one. "Also" would be better here since you are switching topics.]
Furthermore, we have more than twenty kinds of activities in our school. All of them are very interesting and the teachers are very helpful. By the way, we have nine different choices for lunch. We always have some fruit after lunch. How about your school? I really want to know more about your school.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Love
Ariel

Good work on this! :-) All the corrections are minor and even before making the corrections, I could clearly understand what you mean. 

"Rounding error" is a specific term so I can't think of any suitable synonyms. It's usually only used when you are literally talking about rounding or decimals in math or science. However, with the sentence you gave, it looks like you want something else that means $10,000 is nothing to this very rich person. There are a couple of colloquial expressions I can think of that might be good in this sentence: 10 thousand dollars, for him, is just chump change. <- if you are talking about him spending $10,000 like it's nothing 10 thousand dollars, for him, is just a drop in the bucket. <- if you are talking about $10,000 being only a tiny part of his massive fortune. I would not use "oddment" though. I am a native English speaker and have never once heard anyone say that in any context, so it will sound weird if you use that.

Same as Su.Ki's answer above, except: 1- I would always call it a "banana peel" and have never heard "banana skin", but that might just be a regional thing. 5- The sun is setting. (we assume it is going down so we don't say "setting down". If it were going up we would say "the sun is rising.") 8- Do you want to climb the stairs? (again, "up" is assumed from the verb "climb." Both of Su.Ki's alternatives are things I might say as well.)

1. "I always go on horse" is not something we would say. What you say depends on what you mean. I always go on horseback = you always ride a horse wherever you go. I always ride a horse = same as above, but could imply you spend most of your time on a horse. I always go by horse = something you would say if you are emphasizing the horse as opposed to car, train, walking, etc. as a means of transportation. I would probably use one of the first two options. Probably "I always ride a horse" is simplest. 2. Great pains *have been* taken... is the correct one. This is because "great pains" is plural, so needs the matching plural "have been." "Has been" is singular.

It would mean small in this case. From the context it appears that she is also a young woman, but "little" meaning "young" only applies for children. We would never say a "little woman" to mean a young woman because it would get confused for a woman who is physically small. However, a "little girl" would mean a young girl because we already assume children are physically small.