Thank you very much for your correction.
I just want to make sure of the following expressions.
1)We really had fun and not We had really fun.(the adverb goes between the subject and the verb)
It was a really boring day OR It was really a boring day?
2) I went to a party with some friends of mine
3) This year my Christmas holidays really flew by.(is the present perfect not possible because they are over now?)
4) In the afternoons I went shopping with my mum (the plural means that you did it every afternoon?)
5) After midnight I went bobsledding until the next (the following) morning
6) I returned home from the mountains on New Year's Eve.
7) I listened to music on my earphones on my walkman (can I use "on" twice in the same sentence?)
8) Our teachers always set us a lot of homework
9) I rested because long and tiring school days were approaching (can you tell me a synonym for approach?)
Thank you
1 the first is fine; the second is not.
2 period at the end
3 fine as is -- question is correct
4 fine as is, or you could say "Every afternoon,..." (notice the comma)
5 comma after "midnight" -- delete the words in parentheses -- period at the end
6 fine
7 delete "on my earphones" -- simply "on my Walkman" gets the message across.
8 "give" not "set"
9 "approaching" is fine -- or you could write "coming"
You're welcome! Here are the correct expressions and explanations:
1) The correct expression is "We really had fun." In English, adverbs (like "really") generally go before the main verb, not between the subject and the verb.
2) The expression "I went to a party with some friends of mine" is correct. It conveys that you accompanied some friends to a party.
3) "This year my Christmas holidays really flew by." The present perfect tense ("have flown by") is used when an action happened in the past and still has some connection to the present. In this case, the holidays are over, so we use the simple past tense ("really flew by").
4) "In the afternoons, I went shopping with my mom" suggests that you went shopping with your mom on multiple afternoons, not just once. The plural form implies a recurring action.
5) "After midnight, I went bobsledding until the next morning." This indicates that you engaged in the activity of bobsledding from after midnight until the morning of the following day.
6) The expression "I returned home from the mountains on New Year's Eve" is correct. It means you came back from the mountains on the evening of New Year's Eve.
7) "I listened to music on my earphones using my walkman." Instead of using "on" twice in the same sentence, you can rephrase it by replacing the second "on" with "using."
8) "Our teachers always assign us a lot of homework." The verb "assign" means to give or set a task or duty to someone, so it's more appropriate in this context than "set."
9) "I rested because long and tiring school days were approaching." As a synonym for "approach," you can use "draw near," "come closer," or "loom ahead." For example, "I rested because long and tiring school days were drawing near."