Name— Part 1 採点レポート

提案: Answer the question directly and avoid contradicting yourself: explain whether remembering names is easy or difficult. Use natural phrasing such as “remember a name straight away,” then add a brief detail about when you are most likely to remember someone’s name.

例: It’s usually quite easy for me to remember people’s names, although I don’t always remember them straight away. I find it easier when I have a proper conversation with someone the first time we meet.

提案: Describe a clear strategy rather than repeating that someone tells you their name. Keep pronouns consistent, and use the correct plural form “times.” You could mention repeating the name aloud or linking it to a memorable detail.

例: I usually repeat the person’s name after they introduce themselves. If I meet them again, I try to use their name in conversation, which helps me remember it.

提案: State your feeling clearly using a natural expression such as “I feel a little hurt” or “I feel overlooked.” Replace unclear phrases like “made me down” and “mine not enough” with a specific explanation, while keeping the response balanced.

例: I feel a little hurt when someone forgets my name, especially if we’ve met several times. However, I understand that people meet many others and may simply have trouble remembering names.

提案: Give a direct answer and avoid suggesting that people are unimportant just because you forget their names. Explain a more specific reason, such as meeting many people at once, and use natural phrases like “slip my mind.”

例: Yes, sometimes people’s names slip my mind, particularly when I meet several people at once. I usually ask them to remind me politely, because I don’t want to seem careless.

× It's definitely easy, but I think the name is not to remember at once.

✓ It's definitely easy, but I don't think I can remember a name right away.

The construction the name is not to remember is not grammatical for this meaning. Use a subject followed by can and the base form of the verb: I can remember a name. To express the negative, say I don't think I can remember a name right away.

× At first I remember the people maybe it's the first meeting.

✓ I may remember people from our first meeting.

The original has two ideas joined without a clear grammatical connection. Combine them into one complete sentence, using may to show that remembering people from the first meeting is possible.

× Maybe he or she told me her name one time or two time or three times and I can remember that.

✓ Maybe he or she told me her name one time, two times, or three times, and I can remember that.

Use the plural noun times after two. The singular form time is used after one, while plural times is used after numbers greater than one.

× Maybe he or she told me her name one time or two time or three times and I can remember that.

✓ Maybe he or she told me his or her name one time, two times, or three times, and I can remember it.

The pronoun her does not agree with he or she, which refers to either a male or a female person. Use his or her to match both possibilities. It is also clearer to use it to refer to the name.

× That made me down and maybe I can think it's mine not enough or something, but I can't understand why people can't remember my name.

✓ That makes me feel down, and maybe I think I'm not good enough or something, but I can't understand why people can't remember my name.

The answer describes a general reaction, so use the present tense makes rather than the past tense made. In this context, use makes me feel down; feel is needed before the adjective down.

× That made me down and maybe I can think it's mine not enough or something, but I can't understand why people can't remember my name.

✓ That makes me feel down, and maybe I think I'm not good enough or something, but I can't understand why people can't remember my name.

The phrase it's mine not enough does not form a grammatical clause. Use a subject and a suitable complement: I'm not good enough. Also, say I think rather than I can think when expressing an opinion.

× Sometimes I forget people's names, but maybe that that people is not important to me and that's not my friend.

✓ Sometimes I forget people's names, but maybe those people are not important to me and they are not my friends.

The plural subject people requires the plural verb are, not is. Use they are to refer back to people, and keep the verb and complement plural.

× Sometimes I forget people's names, but maybe that that people is not important to me and that's not my friend. I can't remember that and I forget that I think it's okay.

✓ Sometimes I forget people's names, but maybe those people are not important to me and they are not my friends. If I can't remember their names, I think it's okay.

Use those to refer to multiple people, and use they and their to refer back to them. In the final sentence, their names clearly identifies what the speaker cannot remember. Avoid repeating that when it does not clearly refer to a specific noun.