Part 1
Giám khảo
Is it easy for you to remember people's names?
Thí sinh
Yes, it is easy for me. As a healthcare provider, I met many patients during my internship and career so I practiced remembering each patient's name along with their reports and treatment needs which has made it much easier over the time.
Giám khảo
How do you remember people's names?
Thí sinh
I don't usually try to memorize the name of people I see regularly because they gradually become part of my long term memory. For new acquaintances, I save their name and phone number in my contact and glance at it before we meet again. So I can easily recall.
Giám khảo
How do you feel when people can't remember your name?
Thí sinh
I don't mind when people forget my name because it's quite common and easily confused with other. If someone can't remember it, I usually remind the employees to be or give a little hint so that they feel comfortable.
Giám khảo
Do you often forget people's names?
Thí sinh
Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological detail about them that this habit helps me recall names for a long time for example by linking them into this picture.
Is it easy for you to remember people's names?
Điểm: 82.0Gợi ý: Answer the question directly, then support your opinion with one clear reason and example. Your healthcare-related detail is relevant and specific, but the sentence is too long and needs better punctuation. Use the present perfect or present simple more accurately: “I have met many patients” and “This has made it easier over time.” Avoid combining too many ideas in one sentence.
Ví dụ: Yes, I’m generally good at remembering people’s names. As a healthcare provider, I’ve met many patients, so I’ve developed this skill through regular practice. I also need to remember their names, medical histories, and treatment needs, which has made it easier over time.
How do you remember people's names?
Điểm: 78.0Gợi ý: Your answer has a clear contrast between familiar people and new acquaintances, and the supporting details are effective. Improve naturalness by saying “the names of people,” “long-term memory,” and “in my contacts” or “in my contact list.” The final sentence is a fragment, so connect it to the previous sentence with “which helps me remember them.”
Ví dụ: I usually remember familiar people’s names naturally because they gradually become part of my long-term memory. For new acquaintances, I save their names and phone numbers in my contact list. Before I meet them again, I briefly check my contacts, which helps me remember their names.
How do you feel when people can't remember your name?
Điểm: 68.0Gợi ý: You express your attitude clearly, but several phrases are unnatural or unclear. Say “names can easily be confused with others” instead of “it’s easily confused with other.” “Remind the employees to be” does not fit this context; you may mean “remind them politely” or “give them a small hint.” Use one specific example to make the answer more natural and coherent.
Ví dụ: I don’t really mind when people forget my name because it happens quite often, especially when names sound similar. If someone cannot remember it, I simply remind them politely or give them a small hint. I try to make the situation comfortable rather than making them feel embarrassed.
Do you often forget people's names?
Điểm: 65.0Gợi ý: You give a relevant reason and a useful memory technique, but the second sentence is grammatically overloaded and difficult to follow. Use plural forms where appropriate: “patients’ names,” “physical and psychological details,” and “these details.” Explain the technique clearly with linking words, such as “For example, I associate a person’s name with a distinctive feature.”
Ví dụ: Not really. Since I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering patients’ names when I meet them for the first time. I note a few physical or psychological details and associate them with the person’s name. For example, I might connect a patient’s name with their hairstyle or a particular concern they mentioned.
× Yes, it is easy for me. As a healthcare provider, I met many patients during my internship and career so I practiced remembering each patient's name along with their reports and treatment needs which has made it much easier over the time.
✓ Yes, it is easy for me. As a healthcare provider, I met many patients during my internship and career, so I practiced remembering each patient's name along with their reports and treatment needs, which has made it much easier over time.
The expression over time is the correct fixed phrase when referring to gradual change. The article the is not used before time in this expression.
× I don't usually try to memorize the name of people I see regularly because they gradually become part of my long term memory. For new acquaintances, I save their name and phone number in my contact and glance at it before we meet again.
✓ I don't usually try to memorize the names of people I see regularly because they gradually become part of my long-term memory. For new acquaintances, I save their names and phone numbers in my contacts and glance at them before we meet again.
The plural nouns names, phone numbers, and contacts are needed because the speaker is referring to multiple people, names, and contact entries. The pronoun them also agrees with the plural nouns names and phone numbers.
× So I can easily recall.
✓ So I can easily recall their names.
The sentence is incomplete in meaning because recall normally needs an object in this context. Adding their names clearly identifies what the speaker can recall.
× I don't mind when people forget my name because it's quite common and easily confused with other.
✓ I don't mind when people forget my name because it's quite common and easily confused with others.
Others is the correct pronoun because it replaces other people or other names. Other by itself cannot function as the required plural pronoun in this sentence.
× If someone can't remember it, I usually remind the employees to be or give a little hint so that they feel comfortable.
✓ If someone can't remember it, I usually remind them who I am or give them a little hint so that they feel comfortable.
Them correctly refers to someone and avoids the incorrect noun phrase the employees. The verb remind requires a clear object, and them provides that object.
× If someone can't remember it, I usually remind the employees to be or give a little hint so that they feel comfortable.
✓ If someone can't remember it, I usually remind them who I am or give them a little hint so that they feel comfortable.
The phrase remind the employees to be is structurally incomplete because be has no complement and employees does not express the intended meaning. The structure remind someone who I am is complete and natural.
× Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological detail about them that this habit helps me recall names for a long time for example by linking them into this picture.
✓ Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological details about them. This habit helps me recall names for a long time, for example, by linking them to a mental picture.
Details must be plural because the speaker refers to more than one characteristic, such as physical and psychological characteristics.
× Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological detail about them that this habit helps me recall names for a long time for example by linking them into this picture.
✓ Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological details about them. This habit helps me recall names for a long time, for example, by linking them to a mental picture.
The original sentence incorrectly joins two complete ideas with that. Separating the ideas into two sentences makes the structure clear and prevents a run-on sentence.
× Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological detail about them that this habit helps me recall names for a long time for example by linking them into this picture.
✓ Not really. Because I work in healthcare, I make a point of remembering a patient's name the first time I meet them by noting small physical and psychological details about them. This habit helps me recall names for a long time, for example, by linking them to a mental picture.
The correct preposition is to when describing a connection between names and a mental picture. Link something to something is the standard verb-preposition combination; link something into something is not appropriate here.