I am on vacation!!
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Last thursday, I took my final exam so now I'm on vacation. It's incredible with this feeling of being in the summer and watching the football games with friends. However, I want to talk about my exam today.
First things first, I have to explain you what it is before telling you how it went. It's an oral exam. It boils down to an analysis of a text and a presentation of a book you choosed before taking the exam. First, the teacher give you one of the 18 texts you have to analyse. Then, you have 30 minutes of preparation when you try to write down the most possible analysis of the text. After those 30 minutes, you present the text to the teacher (in the format introduction/ analysis/ conclusion) during 10 minutes. Then you answer a grammar question and finally you switch to the second part of the exam. You are presenting a book of the program you liked and you have to give 3 reasons why you choosed this book instead of another one. Finally, for 5 minutes, the teacher asks you some question about your book.
Honestly, I think it went really well. First, I was stressed right before I started to talk but once I started, it feels like all the stress disappeared. I was very comfortable cause I was really well prepared (I trained myself with my parents in the exam format) and I turned this stressful moment into a joyful moment. The teacher approved several times what I said and she looked sincerly happy with my prestation. Another reason why I'm confident is that I'm almost 100% sure I saw her writing 12 out of 12 for the first part so it ensured me. For the second part it was a bit more difficult cause she asked very intricate questions but I was lucky cause I made some researches so I had the answers. There was just once when I started well and then I wanted to say too much so it was kinda messy.
Overall, the exam went flawlessly so I hope getting the best grade 20 out of 20. It would reward from the best possible way all my work so I would be exrremely happy. I get my results on next Wednesday.
I hope you enjoyed my text. Please tell me what you thought of my English!
I am on vacationVacation!!
Last thursdayThursday, I took my final exam, so now I'm (officially) on vacation.
Officially is a flavor word that is commonly used in this specific context. It's optional but very common.
It's incredible with thisThis feeling of being in the summer and watching the football games with friends is incredible.
You could use the original construction with minor changes if you wanted to, so I'll post the edit that preserves the original structure below. But, the sentence above is a little more comfortable. It's incredible, this feeling of summer and watching the football games with friends.
However, what I (actually) want to talk about today is my exam today.
This is a transitional sentence where you're informing us of what you're planning to talk about for the rest of the essay. Edited the sentence to match this intent. Actually is an optional flavor word here for more emphasis, and isn't required. It matches the same level emphasis that "however" implies though, which is why I added it.
First things first, I have tolet me explain (to you) what it is before telling you how it went.
The phrase "explain you" is not correct, usually we would put a preposition here: "explain to you." However, a more polite way to say this would be to use the construction "let me explain" instead. Many people drop the "to you" for convenience, to make the sentence shorter since it should be obvious in context. This isn't a rule, though, so you can leave the "to you" in place as well.
It boils down to an analysis of a text and a presentation of a book you choosedchose before taking the exam.
Correct (and excellent) use of the phrase "boils down to." Good job!
First, the teacher givegives you one of the 18 texts you have to analyse.
Then, you have 30 minutes of preparation whenwhere you try to write down the most possiblea succinct and thought-provoking analysis of the text.
"Most possible" isn't a valid descriptor for the word "analysis" here. Analysis isn't a value that something can be the most possible of. I tried to correct your sentence based on what I could infer from the writing.
After those 30 minutes are up, you present the textgive an oral presentation of your written analysis to the teacher (inwith the format introduction/analysis/conclusion) during the next 10 minutes.
When using /, we either use no spaces or spaces on both sides of the symbol. So, "introduction/analysis/conclusion" is valid, and "introduction / analysis / conclusion" is also valid. We don't typically put spaces on only 1 side of the symbol. Use of "the text" is ambiguous here. Are you talking about the original text you read, or the text you wrote? Edited to remove ambiguity.
Then, you answer a grammar question and finally you switch to the second part of the exam.
You can drop the second "you" here because you have 2 sentences with the same structure and the same subject connected by the conjunction "and." This means that you can share the subject ("you") between both of the predicates ("answer a..." and "switch to..."). You can think of this construction as 1 subject sharing 2 predicates connected by the conjunction "and" instead of 2 separate sentences connected by the conjunction "and." In general, we like to drop extra "you"s whenever possible lol.
You are presentingFor the second part, you have to give a bookpresentation on one of the books from the program that you liked, and in particular you have to give 3 reasons why you choosedchose this book instead of anothera different one.
The original construction of 2 sentences connected together by "and" is grammatically correct, however the meaning of the sentence doesn't quite match this structure. The second half is providing further detail of what you are presenting in the first part of the sentence, so the meaning of the second half is subordinate to the contents of the first half of the sentence. I edited it to try and provide further emphasis on this relationship.
Finally, for the last 5 minutes, the teacher asks you some question about your book.
First, I was stressed right before I started to talk but once I started, it feelsfelt like all the stress disappeared.
Feels is present tense, while the rest of this sentence is describing an event that happened in the past tense. Edited it to felt for tense agreement.
I was very comfortable causebecause I was really well prepared (I trained myself with my parents inon the exam format) and I turned this turned what could have been a stressful moment into a joyful moment.
'cause is a slang shortened form of because in this context. It feels too informal compared to the language used in the rest of this essay, so I edited it to because. 'Cause is much more common in spoken English than in written English. Every sentence fragment in the original sentence had the same subject "I." This is grammatically correct, but it makes the sentence feel clunky. We typically either condense subjects and connect predicates with conjunctions (like we did earlier), or we make minor changes to vary the subject.
The teacher approvedshowed approval at several timesintervals based on what I said and she looked sincerlysincerely happy with my prestationpresentation.
Another reason why I'm confident is that I'm almost 100% sure I saw her writing 12 out of 12 for the first part so it ensuredwas reassuring to me.
For the second part it was a bit more difficult causebecause she asked very intricate questions but I was lucky causebecause I made some researchesstudied for this so I hadknew the answers.
There was just onceone instance when I started well, and but then I wanted to say too much so it wasended up kinda messy.
"and" simply links the two fragments together. "but" implies that there is a contrast between the first part of the sentence and the second part of the sentence, where the first part went well but the second part ended messy. This allows the sentence structure to align with the sentence content.
Overall, the exam went flawlessly so I hope gettingI get the best grade, 20 out of 20.
It would reward frombe the best possible wayreward for all my hard work, so I and would be exrremelymake me extremely happy.
I will get my results on next Wednesday.
Overall feedback
Very good practice! This was an extremely complex essay to write because it requires the writer to use a lot of precision within sentences and with prepositions to properly state the order of events and descriptions. Getting these wrong can completely change the meaning of a sentence, and it can be difficult for a native speaker to infer from context clues without prior knowledge. Considering this, you did a very good job and provided the reader with more than enough information to follow your story properly with only minor corrections needed. Good job!
Last thursdayThursday, I took my final exam so now I'm on vacation.
Don't forget to capitalise the names of the days of the week and months (Thursday, July, etc).
It's incredible with thisThis feeling of being in the summer and watching the football games with friends is incredible.
OR: "It's an incredible feeling to be in the summer and be watching football games with friends." I wouldn't use "the" before football games here as there is an implied "some" and a lack of specifity. THE games would refer to a specific set of games - eg. "I like watching the World Cup. I watch all of the games." As a rule of thumb, only use "the" when referring to SPECIFIC things that you have already introduced, and never use it if there is an implied "some". I like your use of "incredible" here.
It boils down to an analysis of a text and a presentation of a book you choosedchose before taking the exam.
Choose is an irregular verb, unfortunately. I choose, I am choosing, I chose, I have chosen, I will choose, etc.
First, the teacher give you one of the 18 texts you have to analyse.
No change suggested
Using the general "you" here DOES work, but I think it would sound better if you framed as your own experience, and used "we" and "us" for you and your classmates. Since this is not something your reader/listener can experience (on LangCorrect at least), it feels a little weird to make it so general like this. It makes it sound like you are explaining it to a student in the grade below you, so they know what to expect in the future - because it is something they will experience. If that makes sense.
Then, you have 30 minutes of preparation when you try to write down the most possible analysis of the text.
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"Most probable" or "most likely" might be better here
After those 30 minutes, you present the text to the teacher (in the format of introduction,/ analysis,/ then conclusion) during 10 minutes.
You are presenting a book of the program you liked and you have to give 3 reasons why you choosedchose this book instead of another one.
First,At the start I was stressed right before I started to talk but once I started, it feelsI felt like all the stress disappeared.
"I was stresed RIGHT BEFORE I started to talk" OR "At the start I was stressed before I started to talk" It feels is very general --> since you are talking about your own experience, this doesn't work
I was very comfortable cause I was really well prepared (I trained myself with my parents in the exam format) and I turned this stressful moment into a joyful moment.
No change suggested
Even better would be: "I practiced the exam with my parents beforehand" I think "I practiced" sounds a bit better than "I trained myself"
The teacher approvednodded several times at what I said and she looked sincerlysincerely happy with my prestationpresentation.
Approved is a bit vague - it would be better to say what she actually did, like "she nodded several times" or "she hummed in agreement a few times" or something like that
Another reason why I'm confident is that I'm almost 100% sure I saw her writing 12 out of 12 for the first part, so it ensuredthis reassured me.
Ensure = to make certain, or to guarantee an outcome Reassure = to remove doubts and restore confidence
For the second part it was a bit more difficult causebecause she asked very intricate questions, but I was lucky causebecause I madedid some researchesresearch so I had the answers.
Cause is just too casual for writing a paragraph like this - it is only good for texting or speaking out loud In English we "do some research" (singular)
There was just once when I started well and then I wanted to say too much so it was kinda messy.
No change suggested
Kinda is also very casual, but I think not as much as "cause"
Overall, the exam went flawlessly so I hope gettingI get the best grade - 20 out of 20.
It would reward frombe the best possible wayreward for all my work, so I would be exrremelyextremely happy.
Overall feedback
Fingers crossed you get top marks! Great writing :)
Thanks I’ll let you know if you want!
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