Grammar fix
long journey
extended trip
A trip or travel experience that takes a lot of time or covers a great distance.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
- After a long journey, we finally arrived at the hotel, exhausted but excited.travel
- I once took a long journey by bus across the country to visit my grandparents. It took almost twelve hours, but I enjoyed seeing the different landscapes along the way.IELTS speaking
Fix the pattern
Pattern: a long journey (noun phrase)
WrongWe did a long journey.
RightWe had a long journey. / It was a long journey.
You HAVE a journey (BrE) — 'do a journey' sounds off; 'make a journey' is fine in formal use.
Patterna long journey (noun phrase)
Use it right
Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.
'A long journey' is natural; 'protracted voyage' is archaic.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
a long journeyhaveaheadtiringmake
Don't confuse it
Compare with 'short journey', which means a trip that does not take much time.