Hi, I'm coming up with some things I can say for my oral exam and I'm wondering if this makes sense:
がんばって勉強するべきなんだが、必ずしも楽しいこと をしないというわけではない。

I'm trying to say, "You should study hard but it doesn't mean you shouldn't have fun."


PS. Am I using casual form correctly? (ではない)

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がんばって勉強するべきなんだが、必ずしも楽しいこと をするなというわけではありません。

You have altered all together the addressee of the sentence in question by using するな. Besides that, you made it sound even less casual when the questioner is specifically requesting the casual.

It's me again :D , I have 5 sentences that needed to be translated into japanese using the xはy です framework. I was wondering if anyone could check my work, I want to be able to do this good without second guessing myself all the time.

Ms.ogawa is Japanese. オガワさんはにほんじんです
Mr.takeda is a teacher. タケダさんはせんせいです
I am a international student. わたしはりゅうがくせいです
Michiko is a first year student. ミチコさんはいちねんせいです
Ms.Yamamoto is 25 years old. ヤマモトさんはにじゅうごさいです
My major is Japanese. せんもんはにほんごです

Why are you writing their names in katakana instead of hiragana or kanji? These sentences are grammatically correct, though.

You wrote "exchange student," not "international student." They are not the same thing. An exchange student comes to a university temporarily from another; an international student comes from a foreign country to study at that university and graduates from that university. I'd say you want 外国人学生（がいこくじんがくせい） instead.

せんもん is "specialty." You want せんこう for "major."

Maybe if I change it to this, would it be correct?:
がんばって勉強するべきなんだが、たまに楽しく遊ぶこ とが必要ね。

You should study hard but it's important to have fun once in a while.

That is much better.

To make it sound more natural:
たまに　＞　たまには
ことが　＞　ことも

がんばって勉強するべきなんだが、たまには楽しく遊ぶ ことも必要ね。

Thanks a bunch for all the help! :D ありがとうございました！

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