A diary entry records your own day.

The idea

Date the entry, describe finished activities in order and add how you felt.

Examples

  • This morning I walked to the market.
  • I bought some oranges for lunch.
  • After lunch I called my cousin.
  • We talked about our plans.
  • In the evening I cooked soup.
  • I felt happy after our conversation.

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Watch out

Do not use a present form for an activity that finished yesterday.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the suitable sentence: an activity finished yesterday. I visited the library yesterday. / I visit the library tomorrow.

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    I visited the library yesterday.

    I visited the library yesterday. The past form records a completed activity.

  2. Choose the suitable sentence: an event later in the day. Later I made dinner. / Earlier I made breakfast.

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    Later I made dinner.

    Later I made dinner. The time phrase places the event later.

  3. Choose the suitable sentence: a feeling. I felt nervous. / The book is green.

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    I felt nervous.

    I felt nervous. The sentence names a feeling.

Use it today

Write about two things you did today and one feeling.