Ashraful Haque
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I'm currently preparing for my IELTS test. I've downloaded a question list and there are a lot of questions about weekends/weekdays/free time and I want to be as honest as possible since it'll be easier for me to answer any follow up questions.
I was practicing talking about my weekends and weekdays and I came across the following problems:
- I am very serious when it comes to my fitness. I love working out and keeping fit. And that's why I'm on a strict diet on the weekdays.
- I only get to eat my favorite food on the weekends. I enjoy eating all my favorite food throughout the day on the weekends.
Questions:
1. a) Do I say 'on the weekdays' or 'during the weekdays?'
b) Do we always pluralize weekdays?
2. a) My questions says 'what do you enjoy doing on weekends.' But I've always said 'on the weekends.' I just want to know if they both mean the same thing. That is, weekends in general and not any specific weekend.
b) Does 'on the weekend' (without pluralizing) mean a specific weekend?
c) I'm not sure about the sentence 'throughout the day on the weekends.' As far as I know 'on (the) weekends' means weekends in general and not a specific one. But 'throughout the day' sounds like a single day to me. How do I say it?
I was practicing talking about my weekends and weekdays and I came across the following problems:
- I am very serious when it comes to my fitness. I love working out and keeping fit. And that's why I'm on a strict diet on the weekdays.
- I only get to eat my favorite food on the weekends. I enjoy eating all my favorite food throughout the day on the weekends.
Questions:
1. a) Do I say 'on the weekdays' or 'during the weekdays?'
b) Do we always pluralize weekdays?
2. a) My questions says 'what do you enjoy doing on weekends.' But I've always said 'on the weekends.' I just want to know if they both mean the same thing. That is, weekends in general and not any specific weekend.
b) Does 'on the weekend' (without pluralizing) mean a specific weekend?
c) I'm not sure about the sentence 'throughout the day on the weekends.' As far as I know 'on (the) weekends' means weekends in general and not a specific one. But 'throughout the day' sounds like a single day to me. How do I say it?