1. You would literally say, 'I'm about to drink a coffee.' or 'I'm going to drink coffee.' 2. Your daughter, 'rips it off the branch.' 3. She, 'throw some dough.' 4. You would say, 'Don't throw it on the floor.' For 2, 3 and 4 you are using present tense. However for speaking in the third person i.e. she/he/it you need to add an -s. So instead of, 'I throw the dough' it becomes, 'She throws the dough.' Hope that helps :)

Please, correct these <font style="background-color: yellow;">sentences</font>

1. Ann was <font style="background-color: yellow;">yawning throughout the</font> whole lecture, because a <font style="background-color: yellow;">nerdy</font> teacher gave them a boring <font style="background-color: yellow;">lesson.</font>
2. A dolphin is a kind of <font style="background-color: yellow;">whale</font>.
3. You need a scarlet ribbon for your braid to <font style="background-color: yellow;">refresh</font> your look.
4. Ann has a mind blowing gait, so she lures all guys in neighborhood. (?)
5. Don't slouch! Your posture is spoiled already!
6. I met Tom <strike>during my</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">when I was</font> jogging, it was surprising encounter.
7. Ann bought a striped dress. Now she looks like a zebra.
8. Tom was staring <strike>on</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">at</font> Ann with <font style="background-color: yellow;">a dropped jaw</font>, because she was eye popping.
9. The sky encompasses billions of stars which are twinkling in the darkness.
10. Ann attends a choir three times a week.

 

Hi, these are good! Although I'm not sure what you meant by (4).

In (6) you could also say, 'It was a <font style="background-color: yellow;">surprise</font> encounter.'  Both make sense :)

小年——"The beginning of the new-year season"

Today is February first, also the beginning of the new-year season in the lunar year. in the <strike>ancient</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">past</font>, this day <font style="background-color: yellow;">has </font>always been treated as offer sacrifices day(谢灶). Nowadays, In my country, we usually do some cleaning at home, stick couplets and prepare some foods and commodities for the coming new year. Young people<font style="background-color: yellow;"> who work</font> <strike>work in the place which</strike> far away from home will pack up their luggage for the <strike>coming</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">next </font>train<font style="background-color: yellow;"> to return</font> home for a family reunion.

E-mail: I am going to visit <font style="background-color: yellow;">my</font> friend Alex to his country.

Dear Alex,

Thank you for your e-mail asking me for my preferences during my stay <strike>there</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">in</font><font style="background-color: yellow;"><font style="background-color: yellow;"> </font>your country</font>. I am very glad to hear<strike><font style="background-color: yellow;">ing</font></strike> from you and I can´t wait to go there and spend such a fantastic week with you and your family.

First of all, I dont know where we should go as this will be the first time <font style="background-color: yellow;">I'll have visited your country</font> <strike>I´m going to be there</strike> and I don´t know what are the best places to visit. You <strike>could</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">can</font> suggest the best<strike> ones</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">places to go</font>, I trust you. Secondly, <strike>for sure</strike> I would <font style="background-color: yellow;">definitely</font> like to visit downtown; I want to know<strike> how is</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">what </font>the city center <font style="background-color: yellow;">is like</font> and you could also introduce me<font style="background-color: yellow;"> to</font> your friends. We could all go <strike>together</strike> to <font style="background-color: yellow;">a </font> typical pub and have a good time, it would be fantastic.

About hiring a couple of bikes; I would suggest <font style="background-color: yellow;">we</font> use public transport as<font style="background-color: yellow;"> I am only staying</font> <strike>my staying there is just</strike> for a week and I believe that it´s a cheap and<font style="background-color: yellow;"> fast</font> way to go all over the city.

I am looking forward to seeing you again my friend.

best wishes.

Antonio

About my job

I work as a quality agent in a call center, I <font style="background-color: yellow;">have</font> <font style="background-color: yellow;">worked</font> there since February 2010, so I have a<strike> pretty good</strike> a lot of experience. In the beginning I made cold calls, I called people to offer them Internet services. It was very difficult and stressful, but I got used to it <strike>that</strike>. Nowadays I feel more comfortable than before because all I do is listen to my colleagues calls and evaluate<font style="background-color: yellow;"> those</font> calls. I talk to them in order to improve their speeches and write reports about that. Comfortable? Yes but I'm still thinking about<strike> resignation</strike> <font style="background-color: yellow;">resigning</font>. :)

Learn Present simple tense

I usually get up early in the morning to brush my teeth and wash my face. It makes me feel comfortable and I get back to bed easier <font style="background-color: yellow;">because</font> there is still a lot of time before work.
I usually do some exercise on Monday and skip the rest of the other days <font style="background-color: yellow;">because</font> I only go to bed early on sunday nights. In the week nights I always stay up late to play games with my friends.
I usually go to work at 7:45 and begin my work at 8:00. I rent a small apartment which is next to my office.
I walk to work every morning and that <font style="background-color: yellow;">is</font> why I skip doing <strike>the</strike> exercise<strike> part</strike>. My boss is a monster, he can manage to do a lot of things at the same time.
<strike>But</strike> I prefer doing one thing at a time because my brain always shuts down at the moment I step into the office. My main activity at work is staring at the computer screen and <font style="background-color: yellow;">letting</font> my hands do the typing. Sometimes I help with some IT problems.
" You shut down your laptop and then turn it on, the problem will be solved" that is the common way to fix some IT issues.

My <font style="background-color: yellow;">colleague</font> leav<font style="background-color: yellow;">es</font> at 5:30 pm. However, I usually stay behind until 6 o'clock to download some movies to watch in the evening.
My evenings are beyond awesome. There are three things that I have to complete before going to bed. First, I read a few pages of a book which I bought last year. I hope to finish it next year.
Reading is hard and this activity just hurts my brain. Then, I hang out with my friends. Finally, I play games with my friends which is one of my favorite activities.

I use both 'young' and 'little' to say the same thing. However I am more likely to say, 'When I was younger' rather than when 'I was young.' But that could be because I'm still quite young now! Hope that helps :)