You recognise progress in a text. But when you need to describe your week, you hesitate. Knowing a translation does not give you a ready-made sentence. Try practising the expression you need for a particular situation.
Start with something you want to say
Imagine a colleague asks how your report is going. Your message is: the report is not finished, but two sections are ready.
We made progress on the report: the introduction and the results section are ready.
Now the phrase has a purpose. You are reporting a change, not displaying a difficult word.
Repair the pattern, not just the spelling
Suppose your first version is:
We did a big progress on the report.
Two useful corrections are did → made and removing a. A revised version is:
We made significant progress on the report.
The noun progress is uncountable in this use. Cambridge’s grammar guide confirms the common combination with make. Our example and revision are editorial teaching material, not a recorded product assessment.
Do not stop at copying the correction. Explain it to yourself: “I need make progress, and I am not counting one progress.”
Change the situation
Cover the model sentence. Write about learning a skill, improving transport or finishing a personal project. Keep the useful pattern, but choose a different message.
The town is making progress towards safer cycling routes.
The form has changed from made to is making. The situation now needs towards and a goal, rather than on and a report.
Check whether the sentence says enough
Compare these two ideas:
- We made progress on the application.
- We met the application deadline.
The first does not say the application was submitted. The second says the timing requirement was satisfied. Choose the expression that matches what actually happened.
Try this: the team has finished two of five sections, and the report is due next week. Write an update without claiming the whole report is finished.
One possible answer:
We have made progress on the report, but we still need to write three sections.
Bring it back in your next practice
Later, use the expression again without reading the example first. If the same error returns, practise that specific pattern in another sentence. There is no need to add ten new words before you can use this one.
LetsWords continues this kind of work with your own sentences, usage feedback and vocabulary repetition. The next step starts with questions about your learning goals; you do not need to choose an exam to work on general English.