Mirrors— Part 1 Informe

Sugerencia: Answer the question directly and use more natural grammar. Say “I like looking at myself in the mirror,” not “I like to looking at the mirrors.” Also, use “a mirror” or “mirrors” appropriately, and correct the subject error in “they carry” to “I carry.” Organize the answer into shorter sentences and use a linking word such as “especially” or “also” to connect the reasons. Use natural collocations such as “make sure my clothes match” and “check my appearance.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I like looking at myself in the mirror, and I usually do it a few times a day. I especially check my hair and make sure my clothes match before I go out. I also carry a small pocket mirror so I can check my appearance when I am away from home.

Sugerencia: Give a clear answer in the present perfect because the question asks about life experience: “Yes, I have.” Then explain what kind of mirror you bought and why. Correct the tense and word forms in “design our room” and “much more bigger”; use “decorated our room” and “made the room look bigger.” Avoid repeating “design” and remove fillers such as “umm” to sound more fluent and effective.

Ejemplo: Yes, I have. I bought a stylish full-length mirror for our house and used it to decorate the bedroom. It makes the room look bigger and brighter, so it was both a practical and attractive addition.

Sugerencia: Start with a complete sentence, such as “Yes, I usually carry a small pocket mirror.” Use “to a party” rather than “to the party” when speaking generally, and say “if I do not have it with me” instead of “I don’t have it with myself.” Avoid the unfinished phrase “or and sometimes” and connect the alternative clearly with “If I forget it, I use my phone camera instead.”

Ejemplo: Yes, I usually carry a small pocket mirror in my bag. I use it to check my makeup and appearance, especially when I am going to a party. If I forget to bring it, I simply use my phone camera instead.

Sugerencia: Use a more natural structure: “Yes, I think mirrors can be a practical and attractive part of a room.” Correct “it’s can be” to “they can be,” “look the rooms more bigger” to “make rooms look bigger,” and “reflects your house much more modern” to “make the room look more modern.” Explain how a mirror decorates the room rather than saying it “reflects the house.” Use one or two linking words and reduce fillers to improve fluency.

Ejemplo: Yes, I would definitely use mirrors to decorate my room. A stylish mirror can make the space look more modern, brighter, and larger because it reflects light and creates the impression of extra space. I would probably place one opposite a window or above a desk.

× Yes, actually I like to looking at the mirrors and I do it a few times a day, especially when I want to go out and I'm getting ready to check my hair or check my clothes matches together and sometimes they carry small pocket size mirror with myself to check my appearance.

✓ Yes, actually, I like looking at mirrors, and I do it a few times a day, especially when I want to go out and am getting ready to check my hair or my clothes.

After like, use either the gerund form, like looking, or the infinitive form, like to look. Do not combine to with looking.

× I like to looking at the mirrors and I do it a few times a day, especially when I want to go out and I'm getting ready to check my hair or check my clothes matches together.

✓ I like looking at mirrors, and I do it a few times a day, especially when I want to go out and am getting ready to check my hair or check whether my clothes match.

Clothes is plural, so the verb must be match, not matches. The phrase check whether my clothes match is also the correct structure for expressing this meaning.

× And sometimes they carry small pocket size mirror with myself to check my appearance.

✓ Sometimes I carry a small pocket-sized mirror with me to check my appearance.

A singular countable noun such as mirror needs an article. Use a because this is one nonspecific mirror.

× And sometimes they carry small pocket size mirror with myself to check my appearance.

✓ Sometimes I carry a small pocket-sized mirror with me to check my appearance.

The subject is I, not they. Use the object pronoun me after the preposition with.

× And sometimes they carry small pocket size mirror with myself to check my appearance.

✓ Sometimes I carry a small pocket-sized mirror with me to check my appearance.

Myself is a reflexive pronoun and should refer back to I when the subject and object are the same. After with, the correct pronoun here is me.

× Yes, I bought a stylish mirror for our house and design our room with it.

✓ Yes, I bought a stylish mirror for our house and designed our room with it.

The sentence describes completed actions in the past. Therefore, design must be changed to its past-tense form, designed.

× It helps to umm look our room much more bigger and we design our house with the mirror.

✓ It helps make our room look much bigger, and we designed our house with the mirror.

Bigger is already a comparative form, so it cannot be used with more. Use much bigger, not much more bigger.

× Yes yes, especially pocket sized mirror.

✓ Yes, especially a pocket-sized mirror.

This is an elliptical response, but in formal or test speech it is clearer to include a verb: Yes, I usually take a pocket-sized mirror. If the short response is retained, the noun phrase still needs the article a.

× I carry it in my bag and I use it to check my appearance, especially when I go to the party and I want to check my makeup.

✓ I carry it in my bag and use it to check my appearance, especially when I go to a party and want to check my makeup.

Use a before party when referring to any one of several possible parties. The article the would be appropriate only if both speakers already know which party is meant.

× I want to check my makeup or and sometimes, umm, I don't have it with myself.

✓ I want to check my makeup, but sometimes I do not have it with me.

Or and cannot be used together in this context. But is the correct conjunction because the second clause contrasts with the first.

× Sometimes, umm, I don't have it with myself.

✓ Sometimes I do not have it with me.

Myself is not correct after with in this sentence. Use me because it is the object of the preposition with.

× Yes, I think it's, uh, can be a great practical part of everyone's house.

✓ Yes, I think it can be a practical feature in any room.

Can is a modal verb and must be used with the base form of the verb. Do not use it together with is in the form it is can be. The correct structure is it can be.

× When you choose the creative stylish mirror, it reflects your house much more modern.

✓ When you choose a creative, stylish mirror, it can make your house look much more modern.

Use a because the speaker is referring to any suitable mirror, not a specific mirror already identified. The article the would suggest a particular known mirror.

× When you choose the creative stylish mirror, it reflects your house much more modern.

✓ When you choose a creative, stylish mirror, it can make your house look much more modern.

When two adjectives describe the same noun, they should be separated with a comma when they are coordinate adjectives. Creative and stylish can both directly describe mirror.

× When you choose the creative stylish mirror, it reflects your house much more modern and also, uh, look the rooms more bigger.

✓ When you choose a creative, stylish mirror, it can make your house look much more modern and make the rooms look bigger.

The structure reflect your house modern is not grammatical because reflect cannot directly mean make something appear more modern. Use make + object + base verb, as in make your house look more modern.

× It reflects your house much more modern and also, uh, look the rooms more bigger.

✓ It can make your house look much more modern and make the rooms look bigger.

Bigger is already a comparative adjective, so more should not be placed before it. Use look bigger.

× It reflects your house much more modern and also, uh, look the rooms more bigger.

✓ It can make your house look much more modern and make the rooms look bigger.

The original verb look does not agree with the singular subject it. In the corrected make structure, the base form make is required after the modal can.