First Weekend In The States

After I woke up in the next day, I realized that U.S. university is designed for holding parties to entertain! The pop songs, the dorm rooms, the dances, the games, the lifestyles...etc.
I really enjoyed their party, and I wish to go again soon, thanks to my roommates who invite me. I hope that they won't get sick every morning after the party night.

Nice job, Umas. I'm glad you're making friends and enjoying the party life at your college! Keep practicing English, and if you have any questions, ask me! :) 

Practice Number 25

These are both correct. I'm just reminding you that these words mean to beat someone very badly, and it makes it sound like the other team didn't have a chance of winning. So, if the teams were evenly matched, "annihilated" shouldn't be used. 

・ratchet up
The expectations for that genius kid were ratcheted up.
He ratcheted up the speed.

I've never heard this expression before. It may be used in other regions, but I've never heard of it before. 

・dead set
He is dead set on passing the exam.
She is completely against that marriage.

"Dead set" is used when describing a goal or something that can be achieved. So the first sentence is correct because his goal is to pass the exam. The second sentence is incorrect because being against a marriage is not really a goal. 

・jeer
He made fun of her for failing the exam.
People made fun of his speech.

These are correct, but just a little bit uncommon. "Made fun of" is a more common phrase. Even though "to make fun" sounds like a good thing, it means the same thing as to jeer. 

・set off
His mistake set off the entire loss of the company.

・transaction
There are a lot of commercial transactions.

・proportion
There is a proper proportion in a Japanese society.

Hmm... there's something about this sentence that I don't understand. I think you might be using a wrong word, but I'm not sure. Could you try explaining it? 

・hemorrhage
He suffered from a brain hemorrhage.

Very nice job! Please, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me. :) 

There are actually a few more places where you would put a comma. 

Using comma in English

There are a few rules that I always use when using commas

1. If there are two clauses, then there needs to be a comma in between them. In other words, if a sentence can be broken down into two (or more) separate sentences, there needs to be a comma. For example, "The rules are a bit different than Portuguese and I guess you have less rules than us." This could be written as two sentences, so a comma is needed between the words "Portuguese" and "and."

2. The first comma you mentioned is called the Oxford comma, and it's optional. So, you could just use the Portuguese rule :)

3. Commas actually don't come before direct quotes unless after a conjunction like "for example" in the underlined sentence. So, the underlined sentence would need a comma, but the italicized one would not. 

Also, periods and commas always come inside the quotation marks. "In that case, a quote would look like this." 

I'm sorry if this is a lot, but your English seems to be very good. Commas rules can be very simple or very, very difficult, so just keep practicing! Eventually, it will become easier. And if you misplace a comma here or there, that's also completely fine. Native speakers struggle with commas all the time haha. I hope you are able to understand. If you have any questions, please ask!

Are these sentences common use in daily conversations? Can you help me make them more natural?

Everything is so expensive in Norway! Personally, I think they are all overpriced. 

2.You think to put yourself in foreigners' perspective, although we all know Norway is a wealthy country. But as a foreigner myself, I wouldn't consider to live in a place where had a cold climate all year long.

We all know that Norway is a wealthy country, but as a foreigner, I wouldn't consider living in a place where it's cold all year long. 

3.I am not trying to be conceited, I have made tremendous progress in my English.

I'm not trying to brag, but I have made tremendous progress with my English. 

or

I'm not trying to sound conceited, but I have made tremendous progress with my English. 

4.He has always been terrified of Spiders, but we all think he is being making a big deal out of nothing.

* "Petrified" means that a person is so scared that they can't move at all. It happens because someone is terrified of something. You become petrified because you have alreadybeen terrified. 

5 Her attitudes were atrocious, that's why she always makes teachers indignant.

Her attitude is atrocious. That's why she always annoys teachers. or That's why she always gets on teachers' nerves. 

6 He does not want to go out today, because he knew there will be cramped in the mall since the national holiday has began yesterday.

He didn't want to go out today. He knew the mall would be cramped because it is a national holiday.

Can you guys please make the sentences sound more idiomatic when it comes to spoken English. Thank you all.

Do you have any questions? 

Responding to Survey Questions

* "Than" is used when comparing things. "Then" is used when talking about time. Ex: Once we leave, then we will go to the car

Nice job, your English is very good~ Do you have any questions?