Going out <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">at</s> during the weekend

We rarely go out <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">at</s> during the weekend <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">this time</s> nowadays because it is winter. It is very cold outside. However, today we went to a park to have a BBQ there. It was fun, but <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">that</s> this is why I cannot write a long enough notebook entry today. I hope <s style="background-color: rgb(250, 204, 204);">tomorrow</s> I will have more ideas tomorrow and have more time to write longer.

Hope someone would correct it for me.

Thank you!

Chinese pupil's score

Anna got into primary school in September,I am really happy that she adapted to the new environment easily, the only thing she has complained about is the <s>heavily</s> amount of homework. She finishes school at 5, and starts doing homework straight away after dinner, normally she wont be able to finish until between 8:00 & 10:00. So it means she doesn't have much time for doing the things she likes, for example; she likes drawing and playing Lego, or listening to stories etc. We reached an agreement that she has to go to bed before 9, so deduct the time for washing/ bathing , it only <s>left </s> leaves her with about 25 minutes for playing. I feel sorry for her. <s>,as</s> In my <s>educational theory </s>opinion, at Anna's age (she is 6 years old), children should spend more time on the things they like and less time on homework or to memorize something that we may not use in the future.

However, Anna had a few time exams in math and Chinese recently, 90% students got<s> the</s> scores that was above 90( the full score is 100), and the teacher would immediately talk to parents if your kid's score was under 80. I feel like we pursue high scores too much, and neglect something more important in kid's growth.

Pie chart description

The pie graph shows a survey about how children (boys and girls) spend their spare time on cultural and leisure activities.

It can be seen that both boys and girls spend more than half of their spare time on sports. Boys spend roughly a quarter of their time to play basketball and a sixth of their time to play soccer, whereas girls spend 27 percent and 15 percent of the time on dancing and netball, respectively. The proportion of the time spent on sport<s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">s</s> <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">are</s> is nearly the same between boys and girls, but they do different <s>sorts</s> kinds of sport. Boys <s style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">in</s>tend to participate in competitive sports such as basketball and soccer, while girls prefer those sports which require higher skills such as gymnastics and dancing.

<s>As same as</s> Likewise the sports times for, boys - and girls music <s>times</s> are exactly the same. As for the percentage of time spent on reading and computer games, there is a marked distinction between these two groups of respondents. Boys spend more than twice as much time as girls do on computer games and only <s>got</s> have a very small proportion <s>on</s> reading. It is far less than the girls reading time.

To summarize, the sports time and music time are approximately same for boys and girls. But compare with girls, boys play computer game more and read much less.

Note:

In making the statement: "whereas girls spend 27 percent and 15 percent of the time on dancing and netball"

There are 2 ways to fix this sentence:

a.) to define that the 27% goes with dancing and the 15% with Netball, we have to highlight or match /link them. this can be done by adding one word to the sentence. "Respectively"

it would read as suggested above.

or

b.) you can restructure it like this: "whereas girls spend 27 percent of their time on dancing and 15 percent on netball".

"The proportion of the time spent on sport is : - Portion is singular.

if it was Portions, then:

The proportions of the time spent on sports are ..." would be correct

Great Job Tang

Teacher

Riaan K

Several Sentence with New Words : Here we go :)

1) He's an infrequent guest in my home. / He comes over infrequently, but I love him. He always brings / carries a good vibe<s style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">s</s> with him.

2) The riots were suppressed, but local authorities are trying to figure out who <s>were those</s> the people were <s>who</s> that initiated them.

3) You have to put together all your notes and try to create the first draft. Don't worry if something / it <s>will</s> looks naive or unclear - you'll simply see what the whole thing can be.

4) W<s>hen it gets to emigration</s>\ When<s> it comes</s> coming to emigration, my dad never agrees that leaving the country would be the best choice for our family.

5) The carrier / courier should pay you a <s>penalty\ </s>compensation for such a long delay, or compensate you <s>somehow in a differen</s>t in some way. I suggest to ask them <s>for</s> about that / for this.

6) His political stance has changed a lot since the last elections. He told me that he'd never vote for the democrats again.

7) Her ** flushed cheeks\blushed cheeks clearly showed me that she was <s>\she is</s> not indifferent to me. I felt happy.

8) When we were broke students life seemed to be <s>much</s> more easy. We often didn't have money, <s>but</s> yet we were easygoing and happy.

9) The distinctive features of his prose are: briefness, sharpness and humor. His characters always reminds me of someone who lives next door to you.

Notes:

* / just suggests an alternate option, that sound more fluent. the original is still correct.

** "Blush" and "flush" can both mean "red-faced." The difference is what caused the person's face to be red. ... Blushing is considered charming and a sign of love or modesty. A "flush" is a red face caused by other things including anger, nervousness, heat, illness, some medications, or physical effort.

Great job.

Riaan K

Exercise 1

1. It drives me mad when people a<s>re messing</s> mess around while I am working.

2. It gets on my nerves when I <s>should</s> have to repeat the same thing over and over again.

3. It drives me around the bend when friends make jokes at my expense.

4. It drives me up the wall when somebody shouts at me.

5. It makes me angry when my flatmates don't tidy their rooms and put away their clothes, books and papers <s>away</s>.

6.It's annoying when somebody doesn't keep their promise<s>s</s>.

Regards

Riaan K