Hobby— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Be more concise and natural: start with a clear topic sentence, then give two specific examples with brief details. Improve grammar and word order (e.g., "in the evenings on weekdays"). Use a linking phrase to connect ideas.

Example: Yes, I have several hobbies. For example, I play badminton with my friends every Saturday, which helps me stay social and active, and I usually go for a run with my partner in the evenings on weekdays to relax after work.

Suggestion: Improve natural phrasing and remove small grammatical errors. Use linking words to make it coherent (e.g., "so", "because"). Be specific about frequency and feelings to enrich the answer but keep it under five sentences.

Example: Yes, I used to enjoy swimming as a child. My friends and I swam almost every evening after school, usually in the river in front of our houses because there wasn't a swimming pool nearby.

Suggestion: This answer contains unnecessary personal detail and some awkward phrasing. Keep responses appropriate and concise: state the fact, give a brief reason (if relevant) without over-sharing, and finish with what you do now. Use linking words (e.g., "so", "now") and correct tense usage.

Example: I don't currently have a hobby I've kept since childhood. I stopped swimming for personal reasons, so nowadays I mainly play badminton instead.

Suggestion: Make the answer more natural and grammatically correct. Start with a direct response, then give a clear reason with linked clauses. Avoid awkward phrases like "I've been growing up" and use concise vocabulary.

Example: No, I don't share hobbies with my parents. I'm an only child and my parents are busy farmers, so they usually rest after work and don't have time for hobbies.

× For example I like playing badminton with my friends on Saturday and on evening of the weekday I usually go for a run with my partner.

✓ For example, I like playing badminton with my friends on Saturdays, and on weekday evenings I usually go for a run with my partner.

Errors: plural/singular time expressions and word order. 'Saturday' should be plural 'Saturdays' to show a habitual action. 'on evening of the weekday' is incorrect word order and article use; correct phrase is 'on weekday evenings'. Also need a comma after introductory phrase and before 'and' to separate clauses. Suggestion: use standard time expressions for habitual actions (Saturdays, weekday evenings) and place modifiers after 'on'.

× I used to have a hobby as swimming when I was a child.

✓ I used to have a hobby of swimming when I was a child.

Error: incorrect preposition and noun phrase formation after 'hobby'. The phrase 'hobby as swimming' is incorrect. Use 'a hobby of swimming' or simply 'I used to swim'. Suggestion: prefer 'I used to swim' or 'I had a hobby of swimming'. 'Used to' already indicates past habit.

× My friends and I went for swimming almost every evening after school.

✓ My friends and I went swimming almost every evening after school.

Error: incorrect use of 'go for' with 'swimming'. The correct collocation is 'go swimming' (go + -ing) without 'for'. Suggestion: use 'went swimming' for past habitual actions.

× We didn't have a swimming pool back then, so the only place that we could go for swimming was a river in front of our houses.

✓ We didn't have a swimming pool back then, so the only place we could go swimming was the river in front of our houses.

Errors: unnecessary 'for' before 'swimming' and article use. Use 'go swimming' not 'go for swimming'. 'a river in front of our houses' is better as 'the river in front of our houses' if referring to a specific river known to the speakers. Suggestion: use 'go swimming' and choose appropriate article ('the' for a specific river).

× Swimming was my hobby when I was a child, but after I started having my period I stopped swimming since then.

✓ Swimming was my hobby when I was a child, but after I started having my period I stopped swimming.

Errors: incorrect use of 'since then' with a simple past action. 'Since then' requires present perfect to indicate an action continuing to the present (e.g., 'I haven't swum since then'). Here the sentence already uses past tense 'stopped', so remove 'since then' or rephrase: 'I stopped swimming then' or 'I haven't swum since then'. Suggestion: match tense and adverbials: use either simple past ('I stopped swimming then') or present perfect for ongoing result ('I haven't swum since then').

× So right now I don't have any hobby that I have since childhood.

✓ So right now I don't have any hobby that I have had since childhood.

Error: tense mismatch. 'that I have since childhood' is ungrammatical; to express possession continuing from childhood to now use present perfect: 'have had since childhood'. Suggestion: use 'have had since childhood' to indicate continuous possession, or simpler: 'I don't have any hobbies that I've had since childhood'.

× I would say no. I'm the only child and I've been growing up, never seen my parents having any hobbies.

✓ I would say no. I'm an only child and I grew up never seeing my parents have any hobbies.

Errors: article and tense/structure. 'the only child' wrongly suggests a specific context; 'an only child' is standard to describe being without siblings. 'I've been growing up, never seen' mixes continuous present perfect with a non-finite clause; better to use simple past 'I grew up never seeing...' or present perfect 'I've never seen my parents have any hobbies'. Also 'having any hobbies' is less natural than 'have any hobbies'. Suggestion: choose consistent tense and use 'an only child' and 'never seeing' or 'I've never seen'.

× This is mainly because they work really hard as farmers so they don't have much time left to do any hobbies rather than rest.

✓ This is mainly because they work really hard as farmers, so they don't have much time left to do any hobbies other than rest.

Errors: conjunction punctuation and word choice. Need a comma before 'so' linking independent clauses. 'rather than rest' is incorrect collocation here; use 'other than rest' to mean except for resting. Suggestion: use 'other than' for exclusions and include comma before coordinating conjunction linking two independent clauses.