Name— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Answer directly and use a natural phrase such as “when I first meet someone.” Avoid “the people's names,” which sounds too specific here. Add a brief reason or example to develop your answer.

Example: No, I’m not very good at remembering people’s names when I first meet them. I usually need to hear a name a few times before it sticks.

Suggestion: Clarify the method you use to remember names rather than saying that you forget them and ask again. Use the present tense for a usual habit, and connect your details with a linking phrase such as “so” or “for example.”

Example: I try to repeat a person’s name soon after I hear it, so I’m more likely to remember it. If I forget, I politely ask them to remind me.

Suggestion: Use a gerund in the phrase “forgetting names” and describe your feelings with a natural expression, such as “I don’t take it personally.” Explain briefly why you feel that way.

Example: I don’t take it personally because forgetting names is quite common. As long as the person is polite, it doesn’t bother me much.

Suggestion: Use the present tense to describe a regular habit, and say “when I meet someone new” rather than “if I met new.” Add a short detail to explain when it happens.

Example: Yes, I occasionally forget people’s names, especially when I meet several new people at once. I usually remember them after I’ve spoken to them a few more times.

× No, I forget the people's names at first meetings.

✓ No, I forget people's names when I meet them for the first time.

The definite article the is not needed before the general plural noun phrase people's names. Use no article when speaking about people's names in general.

× If I met someone new, I forget the name, probably, and I asked their name.

✓ When I meet someone new, I probably forget their name and ask them to repeat it.

The answer describes a usual or repeated situation, so use the present simple meet and ask rather than the past forms met and asked. When is also more suitable than if for a habitual situation.

× I think forget names are normal too.

✓ I think forgetting names is normal too.

The action forget names is the subject of the sentence, so use the gerund form forgetting. This gerund phrase is singular and takes is.

× Because of that I feel not specific emotions.

✓ Because of that, I don't feel any particular emotion.

The negative is awkwardly formed in the original. In standard English, put not after the auxiliary do and use any in a negative sentence: I don't feel any particular emotion.

× Yes, I forget people's names occasionally if I met new.

✓ Yes, I occasionally forget people's names when I meet new people.

This describes a recurring situation, so use the present simple meet rather than the past tense met. Use when to introduce the usual circumstance.

× Yes, I forget people's names occasionally if I met new.

✓ Yes, I occasionally forget people's names when I meet new people.

Meet needs an object in this sentence. Add people after new to make the phrase new people complete.