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[hela]

Dear teachers,

Would you please have a look at this text and tell me if there are any changes to make and if the use of tenses is correct ?

I have 4 classes in the morning. At 8.30 (1) I WILL BE SITTING my History class. My teacher likes the French Revolution very much and knows the subject inside out! By 8.55, my history class (2) WILL HAVE FINISHED. I don't like Algebra and lucky for me, I've got a 15-minute break right after. At 10.30, I (3) WON'T BE DISSECTING frogs, for this I (4) WILL HAVE TO WAIT until the afternoon Biology class. No, at about 10.30, I (5) WILL BE DOING English exercises. We (6) WILL probably WORK on the future tense. I wish we could skip ahead to another lesson, but teacher said that it is important that we should master this tense. By 11:20 my physical education class (7) WILL HAVE STARTED. The afternoon workload isn't too bad. I only have 2 classes, including the Arts class. Drawing is a lot of fun, my teacher is funny too and my classmates are very quiet in the afternoon... this class ( IS GOING TO BE the most relaxing moment of the day! After school, I usually ride my bike home. But this time is different I (9) AM MEETING Dan at 3 o'clock. Yesterday, we talked about how we (10) WOULD BE SPENDING the afternoon but didn't have any idea and we still haven't made (up ?) our mind. I guess we (11) WILL JUST SEE how it goes.

Kind regards,
Hela

[pugachevV]

Near the end of your exercise I suggest; But this time will be different. (It is still in the future).
We still haven't made up our minds.
Also, I find myself expecting, in the last sentence, I guess we will just have to see how it goes.

Just one query in this sentence:
I wish we could skip ahead to another lesson, but teacher said that it is important that we should master this tense.

I think teacher when used as a title, as it is here, requires a capital T. I am not absolutely certain what current practice is, but you might want to check it out.

Otherwise this is very good work. I congratulate you Hela.

[hela]

Thanks Pugachev for your advice. I have forgotten the article "the" in front of "teacher", would it be fine like that?

All the best,
Hela

[LucentShade]

[pugachevV]

Hi Hela - "the teacher, or my teacher", would be fine and as Lucent suggests, more common.

[hela]

Thanks to both of you!