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Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42
Message de here4u posté le 31-10-2025 à 15:00:06 (S | E | F)
Hello dears,

Another easy exercice that everyone can do! Let's write together...

Comme l'Expression libre est la compétence la plus difficile à bien acquérir dans l'apprentissage d'une langue, il nous faut nous y entraîner, même si c'est notre langue maternelle, d'ailleurs...

Certains m’avaient dit être gênés d’exprimer des idées personnelles ( - ils avaient l’impression – souvent fausse – de les exprimer maladroitement ) Vous savez que je ne vous demande pas de " raconter votre vie " si vous ne le désirez pas... Je souhaite juste vous voir vous exprimer sur tout sujet aussi " librement " que possible.
De plus, je pense que vous aurez maintenant compris que pour moi, toute expression, même maladroite, est intéressante et a de la valeur. Elle nous stimule tous à " trouver mieux " !

Voici les questions auxquelles vous pourrez répondre :

1) Do you celebrate Halloween?

2) What do you have to be grateful for, recently?

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

4) What would your favourite Xmas present be this year?

Vous pouvez répondre à 1 ou 2 questions au choix – en notant bien les références - et développer celle(s) que vous voulez, jusqu’à atteindre en tout un maximum d’environ 150 mots.

Envoyez-moi vos réponses en mp et je publierai une première série que vous 'corrigerez' (en bleu d’abord pendant deux jours) puis en vert… Une fois le premier texte corrigé au mieux, je publierai ensuite la deuxième série... (sans changements donc ! ) Vous gagnez de la liberté (celle de ne pas parler de plusieurs sujets, ceux qui ne vous " inspirent pas "... Vous écrivez la longueur que vous voulez, vous pouvez choisir d'inventer, de plaisanter, ou de répondre avec sérieux... Nous vous suivrons !

Cet exercice sera pour vous un ou en fonction de la qualité de vos écrits et des difficultés (surmontées) dans la prestation...

Cet exercice sera corrigé le jeudi 13 novembre 2025 ! Go for it! with THE FORCE.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de here4u, postée le 02-11-2025 à 10:22:30 (S | E)
Hello dears,

here's the first ANSWER (the second one is already waiting in line...)

ANSWER A: please, indicate possible mistakes and underline what looks clumsy.

I have never been attracted by High-Sport nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

for your help.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de alouettelulu, postée le 02-11-2025 à 15:06:08 (S | E)
Hello dears!

Allez, je me lance ! Un récit que j'ai trouvé par ailleurs fort sympathique.

ANSWER A: please, indicate possible mistakes and underline what looks clumsy.

I have never been attracted by High-Sport (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de gerold, postée le 04-11-2025 à 11:11:42 (S | E)
Hello!

Allez, je me lance ! Un récit que j'ai trouvé par ailleurs fort sympathique.

ANSWER A: please, indicate possible mistakes and underline what looks clumsy.

I agree with alouettelulu's evaluation: a very nice text.

I have never been attracted by High-Sport (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de magie8, postée le 04-11-2025 à 12:16:25 (S | E)
correction hello

Than you for your help

I have never been attracted by (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either.( When i was younger I rode a small mare with whom I enjoyed long horse rides in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than ( steady sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: " (I swim for half an hour, do fitness half an hour too, and walk for one hour." (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de here4u, postée le 05-11-2025 à 17:15:28 (S | E)
Hello dears!

No more suggestions?

ANSWER B: please, indicate possible mistakes and underline what looks clumsy.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?
I love sport. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as, in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practice as regularly as possible, but, like many people, I may have obligations more essential. Regretfully, I give up on training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport gets me feeling better physically and mentally.

Thanks for your help!

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de gerold, postée le 05-11-2025 à 22:07:45 (S | E)
Hello!

ANSWER B: please, indicate possible mistakes and underline what looks clumsy.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sport. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming (punctuation). Training gets me as happy as, punctuation in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practice as regularly as possible, but, like many people, I may have obligations more essential. Regretfully, I give up on training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport gets me feeling better physically and mentally.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de alouettelulu, postée le 07-11-2025 à 07:24:29 (S | E)
ANSWER B: Merci à Gerold pour ces corrections.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more essential obligations. Regretfully, I give up* training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport makes me feeling better physically and mentally.

* Je pensais que "give up on" suivi d'un verbe se terminant par "ing", était juste. Dans word reference, je trouve l'exemple "I had to give up on going on vacation."

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de gerold, postée le 07-11-2025 à 13:56:15 (S | E)
Hello!

ANSWER B:

alouettelulu !

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports, all of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more essential (important*) obligations. Regretfully, I often give up* training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport makes me feel better physically and mentally.

* In French, "plus essentiel" is considered incorrect because something can be "essentiel" or not, but not "plus ou moins essentiel". I don't know whether it's the same in English.
** Je pensais que "give up on" suivi d'un verbe se terminant par "ing", était juste. Dans word reference, je trouve l'exemple "I had to give up on going on vacation." Il semble que "on" ajoute une nuance de découragement : j'arrête parce que je n'y crois plus. D'après la suite du texte, il s'agit plutôt ici d'un manque d'occasions. Je pense qu'une précision de temps (often, par exemple) est nécessaire.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de alouettelulu, postée le 08-11-2025 à 07:25:02 (S | E)
Answer B

Thank you for these precisions, Gerold.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports, all of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more important obligations. Regretfully, I often give up training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport makes me feel better physically and mentally.

Réponse : Let's suggest 96/ Taking it easy 42 de here4u, postée le 14-11-2025 à 11:27:51 (S | E)
Hello dears,

Here are the corrections of your ANSWERS and a reminder that you can always change what you don't appreciate in them. As usual, you can also write your Follow Up Work if you want to.

ANSWER A: initial text and my indications.

I have never been attracted by High-Sport nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

Quite a pleasant and well-written text.

ANSWER A: alouettelulu's indications: Allez, je me lance ! Un récit que j'ai trouvé par ailleurs fort sympathique.
It is!
I have never been attracted by High-Sport (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

ANSWER A: Gerold's indications

I agree with alouettelulu's evaluation: a very nice text.

I have never been attracted by High-Sport (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either. During my adolescence I rode a small mare with whom I took great pleasure in taking long hikes in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction than diligent sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: "half an hour of swimming, one hour of walking, and half an hour of fitness." I work especially with breath (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me healthy.

Magie reacted : Thank you for your help

I have never been attracted by (high-level sport) nor competition. I have always hated running behind a ball. I can't stand violent sports either.( When i (I) was younger I rode a small mare with whom I enjoyed long horse rides in the countryside. With my sisters, we had fun canoeing on the river. I have always loved riding a bike. All this was more distraction/ entertainment than ( steady/ regular sport.
But still I have been maintaining my body with physical exercise. Currently, every day I have my routine: " (I swim for half an hour, do fitness half an hour too, and walk for one hour." (I work especially on breathing) and flexibility. I do not go beyond my strength, and do not seek performance; it suits me well like that. Sport is just in order to keep me/ myself healthy.

Voilà ! Vous avez bien amélioré ce qui, au départ, était que maladresse d'expression. Bravo à notre rédactrice et à nos correcteurs! You all did a good job!

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ANSWER B: initial text and my preliminary indications:

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?
I love sport. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as, in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground (construction à revoir). I try to practice as regularly as possible, but, like many people, I may have obligations more essential. Regretfully, I give up on training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport gets me feeling better physically and mentally.

Un assez bon texte. J'ai quelques problèmes avec la dernière phrase... Je suis certaine que ça va s'arranger...

ANSWER B: gerold's indications:

3) Do you practise a sport regularly? I love sport. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming (punctuation). Training gets me as happy as, punctuation in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practice as regularly as possible, but, like many people, I may have obligations more essential. Regretfully, I give up on training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport gets me feeling better physically and mentally.

ANSWER B: Merci à Gerold pour ces corrections. Alouettelulu's suggestions.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports. All of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more essential obligations. Regretfully, I give up* training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport makes me feeling better physically and mentally.

* Je pensais que "give up on" suivi d'un verbe se terminant par "ing", était juste. Dans word reference, je trouve l'exemple "I had to give up on going on vacation."

ANSWER B: Gerold's suggestions and explanations !

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports, all of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little bit boring like swimming. Training gets me as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground. I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more essential (important*) obligations. Regretfully, I often give up* training. I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up, sometimes much later, because sport makes me feel better physically and mentally.

* In French, "plus essentiel" is considered incorrect because something can be "essentiel" or not, but not "plus ou moins essentiel". I don't know whether it's the same in English. It is!
** Je pensais que "give up on" suivi d'un verbe se terminant par "ing", était juste.(Il l'est !) Dans word reference, je trouve l'exemple "I had to give up on going on vacation." Il semble que "on" ajoute une nuance de découragement : j'arrête parce que je n'y crois plus. D'après la suite du texte, il s'agit plutôt ici d'un manque d'occasions. Je pense qu'une précision de temps (often, par exemple) est nécessaire.

Answer B: alouettelulu's answer and my added comments! :Thank you for these precisions, Gerold.

3) Do you practise a sport regularly?

I love sports, all of them, except dangerous ones and some sports that I find a little (bit) boring like swimming. Training gets me (as happy as in my childhood, when I was playing in the school playground)(1). I try to practise as regularly as possible but, like many people, I may have more important obligations.(bon ordre des mots) Regretfully, I often give up training.(2) I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up,(3) sometimes much later, because sport makes me feel better physically and mentally.

(1) Sorry, but I find this sentence clumsy (though grammatically correct!)… : as happy as I used to be, as a child, when playing…

(2)‘…I give up on training. C’est un présent simple d’habitude. Alors je me pose des questions sur ‘Regretfully’ … Est-ce vraiment ce que tu voulais dire ? Avec ton présent simple, j’aurais bien lu ‘Regularly, I give up on training.’ qui voudrait dire qu’au départ, tu avais de bonnes intentions, tu voulais t’entraîner avec régularité, mais que tu ne parviens pas à le faire. Tu « craques » - on le fait tous de temps en temps… et dans tous les cas, avec ou sans tes bonnes intentions, tu regrettes de ne pas les tenir ! (normal, on le fait tous aussi… )

(3) [sometimes much later, because sport gets me feeling better physically and mentally.] - Je ne comprends pas la dernière phrase. Elle n’a de sens que si tu appliques ‘I happily’… comme sujet de cette dernière partie.
‘Tu pratiques un sport régulièrement – résultats : ton corps et ton esprit se sentent mieux. Conséquence : tu es heureuse. C’est ça ? J’ai compris ? Avec les différentes inclusions ("ton organisation s’allège" – "ça peut être long"?( prendre du temps?) ), on se perd dans la phrase…

- To practise : verbe = S mais la pratique de : the practice of… ne fait pas cette distinction importantte.
- To practise a regular sport/ a regular sporting activity/ a regular activity/ regular exercising/
- Si tu parles des sports en général : sports.
- Essential obligations : OK; encore plus fort : compelling obligations
Difference between "Give up" and "Give up on" ' Give up on carries the definite implication that you stopped doing something because you found it too difficult or stressful.'
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- «Regretfully, I often give up training, (yet I happily get back into the habit as soon as my schedule opens up », (Là, point !)
- une phrase incluse: sometimes much later, because sport makes me feel better physically and mentally.
- sometimes much later, :. Resuming exercising may take a little time/ quite a long time (c’est toi qui vois). It’s a pity, because «practising sports on a regular basis makes me feel better physically and mentally."

A la fin de ton texte, on sent (et on essaie de suivre) la complexité (mais presque la confusion ) de ta pensée... N'hésite pas à mettre des points, à changer de phrases, pour être plus facile à comprendre à la lecture. J'espère que mes suggestions t'aideront. Sinon, n'hésite pas à
revenir vers moi. [C'est très facile d'expliquer oralement, mais l'écrit complique la démarche de correction, obligeant à être, ou sembler, plus
péremptoire... Je n'aime pas ça ! ] N'hésite pas à expliquer ce que tu veux dire pour réussir à le dire plus clairement.

Un grand bravo à vous tous pour tout ce très bon travail.

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