Some thing about my day in Simple Present

[hubi]

Hey every one. I wrote something about my day in Simple Present.
Could someone please correct it for me.. Thank you very much for helping!!

I slept over at my girlfriends house yesterday. I wokeup at 6 o'clock.
But i didn't go to work at first. We lay very long in bed and spoke about
everything and nothing. So about 9 o'clock I drove to work. I had a meeting
at 8 o'clock but I missed it because I was late. I didn't have a lot to do at
work. I lernd a lot for my school. After work I went to meet some frends.
We sat together, drank beer and talked about school an so on. After a couple
of hours I drove home and that was about my day.

[Duckduck]

Hey everybody. I wrote some things about my day in Simple Past.
Could someone please correct it for me. Thank you very much for helping!!

I slept over at my girlfriend's (house) yesterday. I woke up at 6 o'clock.
But I didn't go to work at first/straight away. We stayed in bed for quite a while and talked about
this and that/all and sundry. So about 9 o'clock I drove to work. I would have had a meeting
at 8 o'clock but I missed it because I was late. (naughty, naughty, naughty!!) I didn't have a lot to do at
work. I studied a lot for my school. After work I went to meet some friends.
We sat together, drank beer and talked about school and stuff (colloquial!). After a couple
of hours I drove home and that was about it/that was my day.

Wow, sounds like that was quite the ordeal, ey?! Poor hubi!

Welcome to the forum!

Duckduck

[hubi]

hehe I think you now what I'm talking about

Thank you for correcting my text. I have a question!
"I would have had a meeting.." this isn't Simple Past. Isn't it?

[Duckduck]

hehe I think you know what I'm talking about

Thank you for correcting my text. I have a question!
"I would have had a meeting.." this isn't Simple Past, is it?

Hi hubi,

nein, das ist nicht das Simple Past, richtig. Vielmehr ist es das Conditional Perfect oder Conditional II.

Dein Satz wäre, denke ich, auf deutsch gewesen:

"Ich hätte um 8.00 ein Meeting gehabt, aber ich verpasste es, weil ich zu spät war."

Das ist schönerer Stil als die Variante:

"Ich hatte um 8.00 ein Meeting, verpasste es aber, weil ich zu spät war."

Wenn Du aber unbedingt nur Simple Past verwenden willst, dann ändere es natürlich wieder um. Stil ist auch Geschmackssache und ich weiß ja nicht, wofür Du den Text brauchst.

Ach ja, oben habe ich Dein Question Tag verbessert. Die Idee von den Dingern ist, dass man eine Aussage mit ihnen zu einer Frage machen kann, aber das passiert in der Regel so, dass man

- an eine positive Aussage ein verneintes Gegenstück dranhängt und
- an eine verneinte Aussage ein positives.

You're my friend, aren't you?

You're not my friend, are you?

Grüße
Duckduck

[hubi]

Ok super. Danke für die Tipps.

Ich brauche den Text eigentlich nicht. Ich wollte nur mal Simple Past üben und habe das wegen den Text so geschrieben.
Aber dein Vorschlag hört sich auf jeden fall besser an. Ich werde mir das merken.

Viel Grüsse