Like everybody else I have had scary dreams in my life many
times. I usually don’t remember them and what happens is that
I wake up startled with a bad feeling, and it takes me a while
to go back to sleep again.
One time I had a dream where I was in a house and everything
was covered by mold. I walked through the rooms looking around
and I noticed how green everything was. The taps in the kitchen
and in the bathroom were running, and there was water on the
floor. I guess that it was the reason for all that mold.
I went outside and it was pouring rain. I started running
and I saw a very small island. It wasn’t raining there. Quite
the contrary, it was sunny and pleasant. On the island I could
make out a monkey with a cane, a bird in a cage and a tree.
All I had to do to escape from the mold and the rain was to
make off to that island.
I was ready to run when I woke up. I wished I had been able
to sleep a little longer to have been able to escape to the
island.
Victoria G.
Explanations:
"As
everybody else I..." - "Like
everybody else" is the best phrase although you will
find plenty of examples like the "incorrect" one.
"Like" compares two or more objects, people or ideas,
for example, "I work like a slave." "As"
tells you what a person, idea or object is actually used for,
for example, "I work as a teacher." Also, another
problem with "as" is that it also means "since"
or "because" so you have to pay attention to any
confusion that this may cause.
"Usually
I don’t remember them..." - " I usually
don’t remember them..." Adverbs of frequency are better positioned
before a main verb or after the verb "to be." Of
course, they can frequently also be postioned at the end or
beginning of the sentence. However, it is better for English
students to practice putting them in the best place for exams,
etc.
"and
what happens is that I woke
up..." - "and what happens is that I wake
up..." In this sentence you should use the present simple
to speak about habits or routines.
"I
guess that it was the reason of
all that mold." -"I guess that it was the reason
for all that
mold." The combination of words "reason for"
can be found 96,000,000 times in Google while "reason
of" can be found 1,780,000 times. It sounds much more
natural for what you want to say.
"In
the island..." - "On
the island..." You are "on" the surface of
an island, not "in" a cave or "in" a three-dimensional
space. We usually say "on the island."
"All
I had to do to escape from the mold and the rain was made
off to that island" - "All I had to do to escape
from the mold and the rain was to
make off to that island". Compare "I
had to make off ..." to "I had made off ..."
In your sentence it sounds like the rain was taken to the
island by somebody.
"I
wished I had been slept
a little longer to have been able to escape to the island."
- "I wished I had been
able to sleep a little longer to have been
able to escape to the island." The first sentence is
incorrect because nobody had put you to sleep. It's a passive
sentence meaning you had been slept by somebody. This is clearly
not what you had meant to say. The second sentence expresses
it better. On the other hand, you could also have said, "I
wished I had stayed asleep
a little longer..." Maybe you meant to say "asleep,"
which is an adjective, rather than "slept," which
is a verb. However, "been" is rather static in this
case and "stay" would express it better.
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