I went to my home town

2014-06-17 · 첨삭 강사 Nina

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I went to my hometown for my grand father's memorial day. I departed at 12:00pm on saturday. and arrived at 16:00 pm I was angry about spending 4 hours in my car. It is about 3 hours to get to my house. but My navigation was not good. It gave me a wrong direction and told me the way where Many traffic systems were existing, which is not suitable for me to get my destination fast. but I wasn't wasting time because I practiced listening English for almost 3 hours. While I was driving, There were some expression which I didn't understand well so I want to verify the expression. Anyway, I deeply took a rest in my home and went to my grand father's place. I cleaned around the his tomb. I picked some grasses except lawn. It wasn't hard task because I was doing with my father.

강사 첨삭

Good afternoon [이름]!

Thanks for sharing this story.

You are really a responsible person.

I am so proud of you because you didn\'t waste your time.

It is good that you are listening to my tips.

Work on your weaknesses more and keep on enhancing your strengths.

Kindly go over the corrections below, especially your verb tenses.

Talk to you in class.
Teacher Nina


I went to my hometown for my grand father\'s memorial day.

>> Correct! ( spelling check: grandfather ^^)
I departed at 12:00pm on saturday.

>> I departed at 12 noon last Saturday. ( The word Saturday should be capitalized ^^)

>> OR: I left at twelve noon.

and arrived at 16:00 pm I was angry about spending 4 hours in my car.

>> And arrived at my hometown at four o\'clock in the afternoon. I was mad because I spent four hours in my car.
It is about 3 hours to get to my house.

>> It takes about three hours to reach my house.

but My navigation was not good.

>> Correct!

>> OR: But I had some problems with the navigation.
It gave me a wrong direction and told me the way where Many traffic systems were existing, which is not suitable for me to get my destination fast.

>> It gave me the wrong direction and told me the way where is are traffic jam, which was not suitable for me to get to my destination quickly.
but I wasn\'t wasting time because I practiced listening English for almost 3 hours.

>> I didn\'t waste my time because I practiced listening to English for almost three hours.

>> OR: But I didn\'t waste my time because I listened to an English radio for almost three hours.
While I was driving, There were some expression which I didn\'t understand well so I want to verify the expression.

>> While I was driving, there were some expressions which I didn\'t understand well, so I want to verify it.
Anyway, I deeply took a rest in my home and went to my grand father\'s place.

>> Anyway, I took a rest at home and went to my grandfather\'s house.
I cleaned around the his tomb.

>> I cleaned his tomb.

>> OR: I removed the dirt around his tomb.

I picked some grasses except lawn.

>> I got rid or some grasses except the lawn.
It wasn\'t hard task because I was doing with my father.

>> It wasn\'t a hard task because I did it with my father.

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