Name— Part 1 Relatório

Sugestão: Answer the question directly and avoid repeating “easy.” Use “people’s names,” not “phone name,” and say “easygoing” as one word. The phrase “the girls who I like and secret” is unclear and unnatural; explain that you remember the names of friendly or interesting people. Keep the answer to two or three clear sentences.

Exemplo: Yes, I can usually remember people’s names, especially if I like them or have an interesting conversation with them. I find it easier to remember the names of friendly and easygoing people because I tend to interact with them more often.

Sugestão: The main idea is clear, but correct the grammar and word forms: say “on my mobile phone,” “back in the days,” “smartphones,” “I wrote,” and “on a piece of paper.” Use the past tense consistently when describing the past. You could also add a specific reason why writing names down helps you remember them.

Exemplo: I usually remember people’s names by saving them in my mobile phone, especially if I have just met them. Before smartphones became common, I wrote important names down on a piece of paper so that I wouldn’t forget them.

Sugestão: Your response is relevant and understandable, but it repeats “I don’t feel” and “my name.” Make it more natural by saying “I don’t take it personally” or “I understand that it can be difficult to remember names.” Add a brief explanation, such as the fact that people meet many new people every day.

Exemplo: I don’t take it personally when people can’t remember my name. I understand that everyone meets many new people, so it’s normal to forget a name occasionally. I usually just remind them politely.

Sugestão: Give a direct answer at the beginning, such as “Yes, sometimes, but not very often.” The phrase “I think that it is sometimes” is incomplete, so replace it with “It happens sometimes.” Avoid saying that you forget people’s names because you dislike them, as this sounds rather negative; say that you forget names when you have only met someone briefly or have not spoken to them much.

Exemplo: Yes, it happens sometimes, but I wouldn’t say that I often forget people’s names. I’m more likely to forget a name if I’ve only met someone briefly or haven’t spoken to them for a long time. However, I usually remember the names of people I see regularly.

× It is easy for me to remember the the phone name of the boys who are easy going and the girls who I like and secret.

✓ It is easy for me to remember the phone numbers of the boys who are easy-going and the girls whom I like and whose names I keep secret.

The definite article the is repeated unnecessarily in the phrase the the phone name. Use only one the. The correction also changes phone name to phone numbers and makes the final phrase grammatically complete.

× Back in the days, when the smart phones were not common, I writes the name of the girl whom I like on the piece of paper.

✓ Back in the day, when smartphones were not common, I wrote the name of the girl I liked on a piece of paper.

The subject is I, so the present-tense verb must be write, not writes. Because the sentence refers to a past period, wrote is the appropriate past-tense form.

× Back in the days, when the smart phones were not common, I writes the name of the girl whom I like on the piece of paper.

✓ Back in the day, when smartphones were not common, I wrote the name of the girl I liked on a piece of paper.

The time expression refers to the past, so the main verbs should be in the past tense. Use wrote instead of writes and liked instead of like.

× Back in the days, when the smart phones were not common, I writes the name of the girl whom I like on the piece of paper.

✓ Back in the day, when smartphones were not common, I wrote the name of the girl I liked on a piece of paper.

Use the indefinite article a when mentioning one non-specific piece of paper for the first time. The phrase a piece of paper is correct here, rather than the piece of paper.

× I think that it is sometimes but I wouldn't say often that I forget people's names.

✓ I think that I sometimes do, but I would not say that I often forget people's names.

The clause it is sometimes is incomplete because it does not clearly state what sometimes happens. Use I sometimes do to refer back to forgetting people's names. The conjunction but then connects two complete and clearly structured clauses.

× I think that it is sometimes but I wouldn't say often that I forget people's names.

✓ I think that I sometimes do, but I would not say that I often forget people's names.

Adverbs of frequency such as sometimes and often are normally placed before the main verb. Therefore, use I sometimes do and I often forget, rather than placing sometimes and often awkwardly in the sentence.

× I usually forget the name of people whom I'm not interested in or dislike.

✓ I usually forget the names of people whom I am not interested in or dislike.

The sentence refers to multiple people, and each person can have a name, so the plural form names is more appropriate. The phrase people's names would also be natural here.