Describe an activity you do that wastes your time

الدرجة 6

I would like to talk about watching short videos on my phone, which is an activity that wastes a lot of my timesخطأ في صيغة الجمع: كلمة «time» غير معدودة هنا، والصواب «a lot of my time». I’m a university student in Almaty, and I usually do it at night when I’m in bed, and also in the busخطأ في حرف الجر، والصواب «on the bus» on my way to classes. Normally I tell myself I will watch for only five minutes, but then I lose the track of timeخطأ في الأداة، والصواب «lose track of time» and one hour is gone, you knowعبارة حشو مستخدمة للدلالة على التردد. The videos are about everything, for example funny animals, cooking and music. I still do it because it is very easy and I don’t need to think. After a long day of studying my brain is tired, so I just look at the screen and relax. On Sundays it is even worse, because I have no lessons and I can stay in bed for the whole afternoon. I think it wastes my time because I don’t remember most of the videos the next day. It makeخطأ في التوافق بين الفاعل والفعل، والصواب «makes» me go to sleep more lateخطأ في صيغة التفضيل، والصواب «later», and in the morning I feel very tiredعبارة بسيطة، وهذا يحدّ من درجة الثروة اللغوية and I can’t concentrate inخطأ في حرف الجر، والصواب «concentrate on» my lessons. My friends sendsخطأ في التوافق بين الفاعل والفعل، والصواب «send» me videos every day, and I don’t want to be the only one who don’tخطأ في التوافق بين الفاعل والفعل، والصواب «doesn’t» know the joke. Last month I looked at the screen time on my phone and it showخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «showed» more than three hours every day, which surpriseخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «surprised» me. If I used this time, I could read English books or do exercise, but it is difficult to stopعبارة مبهمة، وهذا يحدّ من درجة الثروة اللغوية. I tried to delete the app once, but after two days I downloadخطأ عابر في الزمن، والصواب «downloaded» it again.

الدرجة 7

I’d like to talk about watching short videos on my phone, which is an activity that wastes a lot of my time. I’m a university student in Almaty, and I usually do it at night when I’m in bed, and also on the bus on my way to classes. I always tell myself I’ll watch for just five minutes, but before I know it, an hour has slipped byطريقة طبيعية ودقيقة لوصف الوقت الضائع. The videos cover everything: funny animals, cooking, music. I still do it because it’s so easy and it takes no effort. After a long day of studying my brain is tired, so I switch offفعل اصطلاحي يعبّر عن إراحة الذهن and scroll. On Sundays it’s even worse, because there are no lessons and a whole afternoon can disappear. What makes it a waste of time is that I can hardly remember any of the videos the next day. It keeps me up much later than I intend toبنية مقارنة مستخدمة بدقة, and in the morning I feel exhausted and can’t concentrate inخطأ في حرف الجر، والصواب «concentrate on» my lessons. My friends send me clips every day, and I don’t want to be the only one who doesn’t get the jokeعبارة واضحة وطبيعية تختم السبب. Last month I checked the screen-time report on my phone, and it showed more than three hours a day, which genuinely shocked me. I even set a daily limit, but I just ignore the warning when it appears. If I used that time, I could read English books or exercise, but it’s hardly to stopخطأ في صيغة الكلمة، والصواب «hard to stop». I once deleted the app, but I put it back on after two days.

الدرجة 8

I’d like to talk about watching short videos on my phone, which is probably my biggest time sinkمركب اسمي اصطلاحي، دقيق وطبيعي. I’m a university student in Almaty, and I usually do it at night when I’m in bed, and also on the bus on my way to classes. I always tell myself I’ll watch for just five minutes, but before I know it, an hour has slipped by. The videos cover everything: funny animals, cooking, music. I still do it because it’s effortless: after a long day of studying my brain is tired, so I switch off and scrollأفعال مركبة طبيعية تصف عادة تُمارس دون تفكير. On Sundays it’s even worse, because there are no lessons and a whole afternoon can vanish without traceصورة حية ودقيقة للوقت الضائع. What makes it a waste of time is that I can hardly remember any of the videos the next day. It keeps me up much later than I intend to, and in the morning I feel exhausted and struggle to concentrate on my lessons. My friends send me clips every day, and I don’t want to be the only one who doesn’t get the joke. Last month I checked the screen-time report on my phone, and it showed more than three hours a day, which genuinely shocked me. I even set a daily limit, but I simply ignore the warning when it appears. If I put that time into reading English books or exercising, I’d probably feel far betterجملة شرطية من النوع الثاني ببنية متوازية ونتيجة واضحة, yet it is surprisingly hard to break the habitرابط يفيد الإقرار بحجة مقابلة، مستخدم بطلاقة ويعترف بالتناقض. I once deleted the app, but I put it back on after two days, which tells me how firmly it has got its hooks into meصورة حية واصطلاحية، بمستوى لغوي دقيق.