Your overall essay is great! You’ve got an intro, three main paragraphs, and a conclusion. You have a lot of short, simple sentences, but I always think it’s better to have short sentences than try to create complicated sentences that end up just being confusing, you know?

There’s a few grammatical errors here and there. Like, at the beginning, you said, “Honest comes first, followed by loyalty and lastly but not the least humor.” You want those three words to be the same type of word. By that, I mean that they should all be able to replace each other in the same sentence. So, you could say, “A person needs humor” or “A person needs loyalty” but could you say, “A person needs honest?” That’s not right, ’cause honest is an adverb. It should be “A person needs honesty.” So I’d rewrite that “Honesty comes first, followed by loyalty, and last but not least, humor.” (I also changed it to “last” but not “least” to make those words match too, do you see? And I put commas around them, ’cause they’re an extra part of the sentence).

Ultimately, you did a great job at providing content and examples! I’d do some studying on commas, and just make sure to give yourself extra time to go over your essay a few times. I think you know some things, like you put “Honesty is very important for me.” in paragraph 2, but then “Not as important as honest, though, but close.” in the 3rd paragraph, where it should have been “honesty” again. That sentence also a fragment. “It’s not as important as honesty…” would be better.

Give you essay a second and third look, and see if you can find some mistakes yourself.

There are many qualities that I value in a friend. Honest comes first, followed by loyalty and lastly but not the least humor. A person has to have those three qualities, if not, then we can’t be friends at all. Simple as that. 

Honesty is very important for me. My friend Joe is always honest. He has the courage to tell me if I am wrong for my own good, instead of sympathizing with me. One day, he asked me to lend him my credit card so he could pay his bills on time. I gave it to him. He forgot to give it back to me. The next day I flew to Australia and came back after a year. He kept it the whole year & never used it. Besides, he paid off whatever he had used the day I lend him. 

Loyalty is the second important quality I value in a friend. Not as important as honest, though, but close. Friends can be honest at all times, but not loyal. They may switch sides if it’s in their best interest. Like, my friend Darrel, he’s very honest, but once he sees a friend with lots of cool stuff: cars, clothes & money. He will just ditch you without even thinking about losing a friend. It will took him months to understand what he did was wrong; nevertheless, he will come to you (me in this case) and apologize. 

Last but not the least is humor. A friend has to have a sense of humor. He/she has to make me laugh and cheer me up when I am in a bad mood or such. Out of all my friends, I like GK the most. He is so funny at all times. You will never see him in bad mood and without jokes. He has a joke for every situation. Last week, his car broke down on his way to work. Luckily, he got a ride from a cop. He asked the cop if he could prank me. The cop agreed…so they came over to the reception (we work for the same company) and asked for me. The receptionist directed them to my office. They came and knocked my door. I let them in. As soon as they came in, the officer said, “Mr. Jay, you are under arrest for stolen property and have the right to remain silent and call a lawyer.” I was shocked but before I burst out…they started laughing. Anyway, that was one of his least funny jokes. 

In conclusion, everyone value a friend differently but those  quality in values share a common ground which is honest. All friends have to have at least a honest if not the least. 

NOTE: Instead of 200 words, I wrote almost 450. Is that allowed?

In scale of 1 to 10, how will you rate what I just wrote? Thanks again.