Holidays— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Try to make your answer more concise and natural by avoiding redundancy and grammatical errors. Use linking words to connect ideas smoothly and provide specific details about your experience.

Exemplo: Last week, I had two to three days off from college, so I visited Saputara, a nearby hill station, with my parents and cousins. The weather was pleasant, and the scenery was beautiful, which made the trip very enjoyable.

Sugestão: Avoid redundancy and improve sentence structure for clarity. Use linking words to connect your ideas and provide specific examples of what you do during holidays.

Exemplo: I really like holidays because they give me a break from my daily routine. During my days off, I usually try to do something enjoyable and productive, such as cooking, baking, or visiting new places to refresh my mind.

Sugestão: Make your answer more fluent by avoiding repetition and using linking words. Provide more specific details about why you like Diwali vacation and what activities you do during that time.

Exemplo: My favourite public holiday is the Diwali vacation in India, which usually lasts for a week in November. Because of the long break, I can plan trips to distant places to relax and enjoy quality time with my family.

Sugestão: Your answer is good but can be improved by using linking words and correcting minor grammatical errors. Also, try to be more specific about the places you visit or activities you enjoy.

Exemplo: It depends on the length of my holiday. If I have one or two days off, I usually stay at home, watch movies, or do activities like cooking, baking, or gardening. However, if I get a longer break of 7 to 10 days, I prefer to travel with my friends and family to explore new places and enjoy our time together.

Sugestão: Improve sentence structure and grammar for clarity. Use linking words to connect ideas and avoid filler words like 'umm'. Provide specific reasons why spending time at home is beneficial.

Exemplo: Yes, I enjoy spending my day at home because it helps me relax and recharge both my body and mind. Additionally, I find it rewarding to engage in useful activities such as cooking, baking, or gardening.

Sugestão: Avoid filler words and improve sentence flow by using linking words. Clarify your ideas with better sentence structure and be more specific about what kind of busy activities you like or dislike.

Exemplo: I generally prefer a leisurely holiday. However, if I am busy spending time with my friends and family, I don't consider it tiring. On the other hand, I dislike being busy with work during holidays.

Sugestão: Your answer is clear but can be improved by using linking words to connect ideas smoothly and avoiding repetition. Provide more vivid descriptions of what makes the holiday exciting or peaceful.

Exemplo: If I have a long holiday of 7 to 10 days, I prefer an exciting holiday where I can visit new places like beaches or hill stations to recharge and enjoy myself. However, for shorter breaks of one or two days, I prefer a peaceful holiday to relax and unwind.

× I have got two to three days off from my college the last week so I have visited a hill station which is near my city known by the name Saputara.

✓ I got two to three days off from my college last week so I visited a hill station near my city known by the name Saputara.

The use of present perfect tense 'have got' and 'have visited' is incorrect here because the time reference 'last week' specifies a completed action in the past. In English, when a specific past time is mentioned, simple past tense should be used instead of present perfect.

× I have visited there with my cousins and my parents.

✓ I visited there with my cousins and my parents.

The verb 'visited' does not require the preposition 'there' after it. The correct form is simply 'I visited with my cousins and my parents' or 'I went there with my cousins and my parents.' Here, removing 'have' and 'there' makes the sentence grammatically correct.

× I really enjoyed there.

✓ I really enjoyed it there.

The verb 'enjoy' requires an object. The sentence lacks an object, so adding 'it' clarifies what was enjoyed. Also, placing 'there' at the end is appropriate to indicate the location.

× It was a nice weather and a beautiful scenery to watch.

✓ It was nice weather and beautiful scenery to watch.

'Weather' and 'scenery' are uncountable nouns and do not require the indefinite article 'a'. Using 'a' before uncountable nouns is incorrect. Removing 'a' makes the sentence grammatically correct.

× Well, I think everybody loves holidays because it is the time where we can relax ourselves from our daily routine and can do something new and enjoyable.

✓ Well, I think everybody loves holidays because they are the time when we can relax from our daily routine and do something new and enjoyable.

'Everybody' is singular but often takes plural pronouns like 'they' to avoid awkwardness. Also, 'holidays' is plural, so 'they are' is correct. 'Relax ourselves' is incorrect; 'relax' is intransitive and does not take a reflexive pronoun here. 'Where' should be 'when' to refer to time.

× I really love holidays and I try to make it useful whenever I get my day off by doing some cooking, baking or going somewhere to pleasant my mind.

✓ I really love holidays and I try to make them useful whenever I get my days off by doing some cooking, baking or going somewhere to please my mind.

'Holidays' is plural, so 'it' should be 'them'. 'Day off' should be plural 'days off' to match 'holidays'. The verb 'pleasant' is incorrect here; the correct verb is 'please' to express making the mind happy or relaxed.

× Every November we got one week off because of Diwali.

✓ Every November we get one week off because of Diwali.

The sentence talks about a habitual action occurring every November, so the simple present tense 'get' is appropriate instead of the past tense 'got'.

× So it is a quite long vacation.

✓ So it is quite a long vacation.

The adverb 'quite' should come before the article 'a' and adjective 'long' to form the correct phrase 'quite a long vacation'.

× So we can plan to go somewhere distant to enjoy ourselves, to relax ourself and to make a vacation useful so.

✓ So we can plan to go somewhere distant to enjoy ourselves, to relax ourselves and to make the vacation useful.

The reflexive pronoun should agree with the plural subject 'we', so 'ourselves' is correct instead of 'ourself'. Also, 'a vacation' should be 'the vacation' to refer to the specific vacation mentioned. The word 'so' at the end is unnecessary and removed.

× If I'm getting one or two day off, I usually prefer to stay at home and watch a movie or do something like a cooking, baking or gardening.

✓ If I get one or two days off, I usually prefer to stay at home and watch a movie or do something like cooking, baking or gardening.

The phrase 'If I'm getting' is incorrect for habitual or conditional situations; simple present 'If I get' is appropriate. 'Day' should be plural 'days' to match 'one or two'. The article 'a' before 'cooking' is unnecessary because these are activities.

× But if I'm getting more days off, like 7 to 10 days, then I prefer to go somewhere to visit some new place with my friends and family to enjoy so.

✓ But if I get more days off, like 7 to 10 days, then I prefer to go somewhere to visit some new places with my friends and family to enjoy.

Again, 'If I'm getting' should be 'If I get' for habitual conditional. 'Place' should be plural 'places' to match 'some'. The word 'so' at the end is unnecessary and removed.

× Yes, I really like to spend my day at home because it kept ourselves relaxed from our daily routine.

✓ Yes, I really like to spend my day at home because it keeps us relaxed from our daily routine.

The verb 'kept' is past tense but the sentence is about a general truth, so present tense 'keeps' is correct. 'Ourselves' is incorrect here; 'us' is appropriate as the object pronoun.

× It helps us to recharge our body and our mind, and it is also rewardable if we do something useful like umm, cooking or baking or gardening.

✓ It helps us to recharge our body and mind, and it is also rewarding if we do something useful like cooking, baking or gardening.

'Rewardable' is not a correct adjective in this context; 'rewarding' is the correct word to express something that gives satisfaction. Also, 'our body and our mind' can be simplified to 'our body and mind'.

× Uh, well, I prefer a leisurely holiday than a busy holiday.

✓ Uh, well, I prefer a leisurely holiday to a busy holiday.

The verb 'prefer' is followed by 'to' when comparing two things, not 'than'. So, 'prefer... to...' is the correct structure.

× Because if I am busy, engaging with my friends and family or cousins or going somewhere with them is not at all busy for me.

✓ Because if I am busy, engaging with my friends, family or cousins or going somewhere with them is not at all busy for me.

The phrase 'friends and family or cousins' is better expressed as 'friends, family or cousins' to correctly list the groups. Also, 'family' is treated as a singular or plural noun depending on context; here, it is grouped with plural nouns.

× I would prefer an exciting holiday if the holidays are like 7 to 10 days long.

✓ I would prefer an exciting holiday if the holiday is like 7 to 10 days long.

The subject 'holiday' is singular, so the verb should be 'is' not 'are'. Also, 'the holidays' should be 'the holiday' to match the singular 'an exciting holiday'.