Travelling— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Make your answer more natural and concise. Start with a clear topic sentence, then add one or two specific supporting details using linking words. Avoid repetition and correct simple grammar (use present perfect or simple present correctly).

Example: Yes, I usually look out of the window when I travel by bus or car. I’ve done this since I was about five because I enjoy watching changing landscapes, especially interesting buildings and parks. For example, I often notice how neighbourhoods change as we leave the city and enter the countryside.

Suggestion: Be more succinct and use a clear time reference. Use one linking phrase to explain why and give a short specific example. Avoid filler phrases like “bad or good habit.”

Example: Yes, I often take photos of the scenery from the car window. I started doing this when I got a better phone at 18 because I like capturing unusual light or interesting views; for instance, I recently photographed a dramatic sunset while driving along the coast.

Suggestion: Give a clear direct answer first, then add one or two specific reasons linked logically. Avoid repeating the same idea and improve cohesion with linking words (for example, “because” or “so”).

Example: I prefer the mountains because I enjoy hiking and snowy scenery. For example, I like spending weekends trekking on mountain trails and watching the sunrise over ridgelines, which feels more peaceful than the busy beaches.

× I have a childhood habit of looking out of the window at the scenery when I'm traveling through bus or a car.

✓ I have had a childhood habit of looking out of the window at the scenery when I'm traveling by bus or car.

The original uses present perfect incorrectly for a past-starting habit and incorrect preposition for transport. Use present perfect continuous or present perfect simple 'have had' to show a habit that started in childhood and continues. Also use the preposition 'by' with modes of transport and omit unnecessary articles before 'bus' and 'car'. Suggestion: say 'I have had a childhood habit of looking out of the window when I'm traveling by bus or car.'

× Yes I do.

✓ Yes, I do.

Missing comma after introductory 'Yes' and sentence is otherwise acceptable. Add comma for correct punctuation in speech transcription.

× I'm doing it since I was five years old.

✓ I have been doing it since I was five years old.

‘Since’ requires present perfect continuous (or present perfect) to link past start to present. 'I'm doing' (present continuous) is incorrect with 'since'. Use 'have been doing' to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to now.

× I'm just looking around the windows.

✓ I just look out the windows.

Present continuous 'I'm just looking' is odd for a general habit; use simple present 'I just look' to describe habitual action. Also use 'out the windows' or 'out of the windows' rather than 'around the windows'. Suggestion: 'I just look out of the windows.'

× Scenery through the window.

✓ I enjoy the scenery through the window.

This fragment lacks a verb and complete sentence structure. Add a verb and subject to form a full sentence. Example: 'I enjoy the scenery through the window.'

× Yes, I have a bad or good habit, whatever you like to say, of taking pictures of the scenery through the car window.

✓ Yes, I have a bad or good habit, whatever you like to say, of taking pictures of the scenery through the car window.

Sentence is grammatically acceptable in structure and verb forms; keeps 'taking' correctly as a gerund after 'habit of'. Only minor punctuation could be improved. No change necessary.

× And I'm doing it since I got a new phone when I was 18 years old.

✓ And I have been doing it since I got a new phone when I was 18 years old.

As before, 'since' requires present perfect continuous to indicate an action that began in the past and continues to the present. Replace 'I'm doing' with 'I have been doing'. Suggestion: or use 'I have done it since I got a new phone when I was 18.'

× I'm more of a mountain guy.

✓ I'm more of a mountain person.

'Mountain guy' is conversational but acceptable; this correction changes register to more neutral 'person'. Not a grammar error, so change is optional. If keeping original, it's acceptable.

× I prefer mountains or sea.

✓ I prefer mountains to the sea.

Use 'prefer A to B' to compare preferences. The original 'prefer mountains or sea' is ungrammatical. Use definite article 'the sea' with general references to the sea.

× I like to hike, I like to travel, I like to watch snow.

✓ I like to hike, I like to travel, and I like to watch snowfall.

Parallel structure is fine but 'watch snow' is unnatural; use 'watch snowfall' or 'see snow' to make it idiomatic. Also add 'and' before final item for correct conjunction.

× So I love mountains as compared to sea.

✓ So I love mountains more than the sea.

Use 'more than' to compare preferences and include the definite article 'the' before 'sea'. 'As compared to' is wordy and not natural in this context.

× I would always prefer mountains.

✓ I would always prefer mountains.

This sentence is grammatical; 'would always prefer' expresses habitual or hypothetical preference. No change needed.