Friends— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Make the response direct and grammatically correct. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one specific detail (how long and who). Avoid redundant words and relative pronoun errors.

Example: Yes. I have several friends I have known for about 15 years, especially friends from secondary school. We have stayed in touch since graduation.

Suggestion: Give a clear topic sentence and add one or two specific activities using linking words (for example, because/so). Remove hesitations and repetition.

Example: We usually meet up once a year. During these reunions we catch up on family and work news, share memories, and sometimes go out for dinner together.

Suggestion: Answer directly and use clear reasons. Mention specific places and explain why those places are chosen, avoiding filler words.

Example: We usually meet at coffee shops or at a friend's small restaurant because those venues are quiet and give us private space to talk.

Suggestion: Use a correct negative structure and provide specific examples with linking words. Keep it concise and fix tense consistency.

Example: I don't go out with friends very often because work keeps me busy. I usually meet them for special occasions, such as birthdays or weddings.

Suggestion: Start with a clear opinion statement and support it with two specific reasons. Avoid repetition and incorrect pronouns.

Example: Friends are very important to me because they provide emotional support and companionship. I rely on them to share both good news and difficult times.

Suggestion: Give a clear preference sentence and one specific reason or example. Fix vocabulary (e.g. 'private' or 'reserved' instead of 'security') and tense errors.

Example: I prefer spending time with one or two close friends because I'm more reserved. For example, I have a close Vietnamese friend I've known for about ten years, and I always visit her when I go back to Vietnam.

Suggestion: Use a direct topic sentence and clarify frequency and reasons. Correct collocations (e.g. 'not many friends' rather than 'not all friends') and avoid awkward phrasing.

Example: I usually only invite one or two very close friends to my home because I prefer small, private gatherings rather than large groups.

Suggestion: Focus on a clear comparison with specific examples and avoid broad unsupported claims about honesty. Use linking words (e.g. 'in the past' vs 'now') and reduce repetition.

Example: Yes. In the past we met mostly in person at school or local cafes, while now many people connect through social media or messaging apps. For example, I used to see friends weekly at school, but today we often chat online and meet less frequently.

Suggestion: Answer directly naming suitable places and give clear reasons why (privacy, quiet, comfort). Use linking words and avoid filler and repetition.

Example: Places like coffee shops, restaurants, or homes are suitable because they are comfortable and allow private conversation. In contrast, busy public shops or markets are noisy and make it hard to relax and talk.

× Yes, I have some friends that I know for a long time, especially my secondary school friends who whom that I know them for 15 years.

✓ Yes, I have some friends who I have known for a long time, especially my secondary school friends whom I have known for 15 years.

The sentence uses multiple redundant and incorrect relative pronouns ('that', 'who whom that') and an unnecessary object pronoun ('them'). Use 'who' for people as subject and 'whom' for object; here 'I have known' requires an object, so 'whom I have known' or simply 'who I have known' is acceptable in spoken English. Also use present perfect 'have known' for an action extending to the present and include the period 'for 15 years' after the verb phrase. Suggestion: simplify relative clauses and use correct pronoun or remove redundant ones.

× With my secondary schools that are, we normally meet up every year.

✓ With my secondary school friends, we normally meet up every year.

The phrase 'secondary schools that are' is ungrammatical and confused. The intended meaning is 'my secondary school friends.' Reorder to place the prepositional phrase before the clause and use a comma. Keep subject-verb structure clear: 'we normally meet up every year.'

× So we all, we often do, uh, meet up and reminds and catch up so many things in our life.

✓ So we often meet up and remind each other and catch up on many things in our lives.

'Reminds' is incorrect because the subject is plural and reflexive action; use 'remind each other.' 'Catch up on' is the correct phrasal verb. 'So many things in our life' should be plural 'in our lives.' Remove filler repetitions and unnecessary 'do'.

× We normally, uh, meet each other at a coffee shop or as, uh, my friend's restaurant.

✓ We normally meet each other at a coffee shop or at my friend's restaurant.

Use the preposition 'at' for both locations. 'As' is incorrect here. Also use possessive 'my friend's restaurant.' Remove filler words for clarity.

× So we have, uh, because we have one have the private time.

✓ We do that because we have some private time.

The original has redundancy and ungrammatical structure ('we have one have'). Rewrite to a clear clause: 'We do that because we have some private time.' Use 'some' to indicate unspecified amount.

× So we normally share, uh, something, just our own space.

✓ So we normally share something, just our own space.

Remove filler and commas; keep simple structure. 'Something' is vague but acceptable in speech; better: 'we just enjoy our own space.'

× I don't often to go out with my friends because I'm so busy at my work, so I normally, uh, go out when I have the birthday party or I went to the wedding ceremony.

✓ I don't often go out with my friends because I'm very busy at work, so I normally go out only for birthday parties or when I go to wedding ceremonies.

Remove the infinitival 'to' after 'don't often.' Use 'busy at work' or 'busy with work.' Maintain tense consistency: use present simple 'go out' for habitual actions; change 'the birthday party' to plural/general 'birthday parties' and change 'I went' to 'when I go' for consistency. Use 'only for' to clarify frequency.

× With me friend is a friends, so it's important that you have the friends in your life who that you can hang out with, who that you can catch up things with and sharing everything up and down your life.

✓ For me, friends are important, so it's important to have people in your life you can hang out with, catch up with, and share the ups and downs with.

Original misuses singular/plural and pronouns ('me friend is a friends', 'who that'). Use 'For me, friends are important.' Remove redundant 'the' before 'friends.' Use parallel verb forms: 'hang out with, catch up with, and share.' Use 'ups and downs' for idiomatic expression.

× So I think it quite important.

✓ So I think it's quite important.

Missing auxiliary 'is' in the clause 'it quite important.' Use 'it's' to form a complete predicate in present simple.

× I am quite security person, so I refer spend time with one friend or two friends.

✓ I am quite a security-conscious person, so I prefer to spend time with one or two friends.

'Security person' is incorrect; use 'security-conscious' or 'a private person.' 'Refer' is wrong verb; should be 'prefer.' Include indefinite article 'a' and use infinitive 'to spend.'

× Umm, I have a one good friend who is Vietnamese, so we note each other almost 10 years.

✓ I have one good friend who is Vietnamese, and we have known each other for almost 10 years.

Remove extra article 'a' before 'one.' Use present perfect 'have known' for duration up to present and correct reflexive 'each other.'

× So I would uh, spend time, uh, when I back to Vietnam with her.

✓ So I would spend time with her when I go back to Vietnam.

Correct word order and verb form: 'when I go back to Vietnam' (present simple for planned future in subordinate clause). Place 'with her' next to 'spend time.' Remove fillers.

× I don't normally invite friends to my home, just only one or two good friends that I know. Very long time I will invite them, not all friends.

✓ I don't normally invite friends to my home, only one or two good friends that I have known a long time; I will invite them, not all my friends.

'Just only' is redundant; use 'only.' 'That I know. Very long time I will invite them' is ungrammatical; use 'that I have known a long time.' Clarify 'not all my friends.'

× Yes, it's really, really different between where I meet friend right now and in the past, because in the past that you don't people, they don't use too much technology, so they're more honest.

✓ Yes, it's really different between where I meet friends now and where I met them in the past, because in the past people didn't use so much technology, so they were more honest.

Use 'meet friends now' and past 'met them in the past.' Replace awkward 'that you don't people' with 'people didn't.' Match tense consistency: past simple 'didn't use' and 'were' for past state.

× But nowadays a lot of people use the social media.

✓ But nowadays a lot of people use social media.

Omit the definite article 'the' before 'social media' when speaking generally.

× So I don't think that people are honest.

✓ So I don't think people are honest anymore.

Add 'anymore' to express change from past to present; remove unnecessary 'that.'

× So this is really hard to find good friend of the day.

✓ So it's really hard to find a good friend these days.

Use idiomatic 'these days' for current times and include the article 'a good friend.' 'Of the day' is not idiomatic here.

× Some places is suitable for meeting lie as the coffee shop or at home or, uh, at the restaurant.

✓ Some places are suitable for meeting, like coffee shops, at home, or at restaurants.

Subject-verb agreement: 'places' requires 'are.' Use 'like' instead of 'lie.' Make nouns plural for general reference: 'coffee shops' and 'restaurants.'

× I think those place that you easy to make a deal at work or you share or you go with your friend to meet up.

✓ I think those places make it easy to discuss work matters, share things, or meet up with friends.

Correct noun plurality 'places.' Use a clear verb structure: 'make it easy to...' and parallel verbs 'discuss, share, or meet up.' Avoid awkward 'you' repetitions.

× It's really, uh, why another like public shop or something? It's really hard to, to, to relax.

✓ But in other public places, like shops, it's really hard to relax.

Rewrite for clarity and grammar. Remove filler and repeated words. Use 'other public places' and correct word order: 'it's really hard to relax.'