TRAVEL, TRIP and JOURNEY - What's different?

When we talk about Travelling topic, we're usually confused among travel, trip and journey. 

Here is the answer: 

TRAVEL: 

1. V (Verb) 

2. General: go to from this place to that place..., and act of travelling. 

3. Collocation: 

travel arrangements, travel agent, business travel, travel brochures

TRIP:

1.    N (Noun)

2.    can be short journey, returning

3.    Collocation:  + Verb: Take / Go on

Camping trips, business trip, a day trip, a boat trip (In some cities such as New York, Sidney, Venice… water-bus or water vehicle is popular),

JOURNEY:

1.    N (Noun)

2.    May longer (distance)

3.    Collocation:

Extremely tiring journey, return journey >< outward journey, long overnight journey, Safe journey!

I hope you now recognize the differences among them.

Enjoy!

I wish & I hope...

Wish is usually used in the past tense, though it can be used in present tense.  It often talks about regrets or wants.

Eg:

•    “I wish I hadn’t made that mistake.”

•    “I wish I had started sooner.”

•    “I wish I had a dog.”

Hope works more for future tense, though it can also be used for the present tense.  It often focuses on aspirations.

Eg:

•    “I hope to find love.”

•    “I hope I get a good IELTS score.”

•    “I hope you enjoyed the show.”

Habits

There are several ways to talk about the habit

IN THE PAST: would / used to +Infinitive

Eg: I used to play football when I was a kid.

My father would take me to the zoo every weekend when I was a kid.

IN THE PRESENT: will/ frequent adverbs: always/ often/ usually/ sometimes

Eg: I always get up early, people call me early riser.

I often go to school every morning.

Keep + V-ing: he keeps texting me.

What time is it? – Time expression

First, I’d like to share to you a funny story about my mother. Once day, I and she went back from Optical Hospital in Ba Trieu Street. My mother sat behind me on my motorbike. Everything seemed to be ok. While I was waiting for traffic light count down, suddently, my mother asked a man next to me: Hey boy, what time is it plz? (of course she speaked by Vietnamese: Cậu ơi, cho hỏi mấy giờ rồi?

I was quite shocked, and was wondering why she didn’t ask me but him? Turned out, he is so handsome and may be rich man, because he drove an expensive vehicle, PCX, and wore a luxurious watch, Rolex.

Okay, turn back our lesson today. We will study the way people talk about time.

1.    The easiest way but still formal:

Say the hours first then the minutes

Eg: 7:45 – seven forty five.

Exception: 8.02 – eight oh two. For ‘0’ you pronounce as oh

2.    More popular way

Say the minutes first and then the hours:

Past:             9:15 – fifteen past nine; 9: 23 – twenty three past nine

To:     9:45 –fifteen to ten;        9:50 – ten to ten

A quarter past:     9:15 – a quarter past nine

A quarter to:         9:45 – a quarter to ten

O’clock – use it only at the full hour: 6:00 – six o’clock.

3.    Other notes:

Eg:            17:20 – twenty past five

                        0:00 – midnight

                        12: 00 – midday / at noon.

            A.M (or am) – ante meridiem: before noon (0:00 - 12:00)

P.M (or pm) – post meridiem: after noon (12:00 – 24:00)

American English: 06:10 – ten past six / ten after six.

                                    05:50 – ten to six / ten before six.