IELTS Speaking: correct the mistakes

Here are some sentences that students wrote about last week's describe a conversation question. Try to correct and improve them.

1. It was very interesting for me to have a conversation foreigner first time.
2. Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend meet a foreigner.
3. They asked me to have an interview that will broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a one like before.
4. I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which I found it very interesting.
5. I was one of few passengers get on the bus.
6. Through our conversation, I knew that he is from the USA.

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Comments

[Trang Vu]

Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend meet a foreigner. >>> Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend met a foreigner.

[SURBI]

Through our conversation, I knew that he is From our conversation, I knew that he is from the USA

They asked me to have an interview that will broadcast on TV, I felt so shy because I never had one like this before.

It was very interesting to have a conversation with a foreigner for the first time.

[AK (Russia)]

Hello Simon!
Thank you for the great job you are doing. I wish I had found your site before my first IELTS attempt.
Sorry for the off-topic, but could you make a lesson on proper usage of articles? It is such a non-intuitive thing for people speaking languages without articles.

[AK (Russia)]

1. to have a conversation WITH foreigner FOR THE first time.
2. my friend AND I MET a foreigner.
3. will BE broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a one like THAT before.
4. which I found very interesting.
5. I was one of the few passengers TO get on the bus.
ThroughOUT our conversation, I FOUND OUT that he WAS from the USA.

[Nhan Nguyen]

This is my answer. Hope it's okay. :D

It was very interesting for me to have a conversation WITH foreigner first time.
Few years ago, when I was still a student, MY FRIEND AND I MET a foreigner.
They asked me to have an interview that WOULD broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a SIMILAR ONE before.
I am going to talk about my conversation with A STRANGE PERSON THAT I found it very interesting.
I was one of few passengers GOT on the bus.
Through our conversation, I knew that he WAS from the USA.

[Happy]

It was very interesting to have a conversation WITH A foreigner FOR THE first time.

Few years ago, when I was a student, my friend AND I MET a foreigner.

They asked me to have an interview that will BE broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I HAVE never HAD SUCH EXPERIENCE like THAT before.

I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown PERSON WHO I found it very interesting.

I was one of few passengers getTING on the bus.

Through our conversation, I knew that he CAME from the USA

[danish]

this wabsit help me in my student

[Inder]

Hi Simon,

I got my result today

Writing - 7

Speaking - 7

Listening - 7

Reading - 7

Thanks a lot Simon. Your posts are really very helpful.

Thanks again

[soraya]

Hi,I hope the answers will be right:
1_ It was interesting for me to have a conversation with a foreigner for first time.
2_ Few years ago,when I was still young,my friend and me met a foreigner.
3_ They asked me to have an interview that would be broadcasted on Tv.I felt so shy since I have never had a one like before.
4_ I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people,which I found interesting.
5_ I was one of few passengers getting on the bus.
6_ through our conversation,I knew he was from the u.s .

[Aleksandra Bucholc]

1.It was very interesting to me to have a conversation with a foreigner, for the first time.
2. A couple of years ago when I was still a student,me and my friend met a foreigner.
3.I was asked to conduct an interview,which will be shown on TV, but I felt a bit uneasy (shyly)since I have not experienced anything like this before.
4.I'm going to tell you about a conversation with an unknown person who was very interesting for me( about the person) or
I'm going to to tell you about an exiting conversation with a strange person.
I'm going tell you about a conversation,with an unknown person, which turned out to be very exciting for me. -the last 2 sentences are about the interesting conversation.
5.I was one of several passengers getting on the bus(entering the bus) or who entered the bus(got on the bus)
6.Through my conversation conversation,I knew that he was from the USA

[Hong Hanh]

Dear Simon, your lessons are really helpful for me. Thank you so much. And these are my answers, hope that they are right:
1. It was very interesting to have a conversation WITH A foreigner IN THE first time.
2. Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend MET a foreigner.
3. They asked me to have an interview that WOULD BE broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had one like before.
4. I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which I found it very interesting.
5. I was one of few passengers getting on the bus.
6. Through our conversation, I knew that he WAS from the USA.

[Abbos]

There are my answers:
1)It was very interesting for me to have a conversation foreigner first time.
My correction: as for me it was very interesting to have conversation with the foreigner for the first time;
2)Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend meet a foreigner.
A few years ago, when I was still at(college, school, university), my friend and I met a foreigner;
3)They asked me to have an interview that will broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a one like before.
They asked me to take an interview that will be appeared on TV, I felt so shy so that I had not had an interview before;
4)I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which I found it very interesting.
I am going to talk about the conversation with the unknown person whom I found very talkative.
5)I was one of few passengers get on the bus.
I was one of the few passengers being on the bus.
6)Through our conversation, I knew that he is from the USA.
During our talk(conversation) I found that he is from the U.S.A.

[Mehmet]

Simon hi,

Cambridge book 7, Reading test 4 was the most disappointing reading test i've ever done. i do not understand the correct answers.

- "Life in Alaska is dependent on salmon".As passage says salmon was heart and soul of fisheries, i did it F , i though we cannot know if life depens on just fishing, so on salmon too

-passage states "in excess of 100 million" . so question says was '100 million' i said True but answerkeys says F

-passage : "alaska's fisheries have developed into some of the largest in the world"
question states that " Alaska's fisheries are owned by some of the world's largest companies. i thought they developed and its true that they became one of the worlds largest companies.

- how is it false that inhabitants of Aleutian islands renamed their islands 'Aleyska' while passage says that 'they called this land aleyska'

i always analyze my wrong anwers and do understand them. but i could not make sense of those.

Thank you..

[AK (Russia)]

Hi, Mehmet!

1. Look at phrase "Salmon pump through Alaska like blood".
2. Excess of 100 million is not 100 million.
3. There is nothing in text about owners of those fisheries.
4. Native named it Aleyska, but not REnamed it.

[Aria]

* It was very interesting for me to have a conversation WITH A foreigner for THE first time.
* A Few years ago, when I was still a student, my friend and I MET a foreigner.
* They asked me to have an interview that WOULD BE broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I HAVE never had one like THIS before.
* I am going to talk about my conversation WHICH I HAD With AN unknown PERSON AND I found it very interesting.
* I was one of THE few passengers WHO GOT ON the bus.
* DURING our conversation, I FOUND that he is from the USA.

[Binh Nguyen]

1. With a foreigner at the first time
2. Met
3. Will be broadcasted
4. Which I found very intresting
5. Was the one of few passengers
6. He was

[khoory]

1. It was very interesting for me to have a conversation foreigner first time.
Having a conversation with a foreigner for the first time was very interesting.
2. Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend meet a foreigner.
A friend of mine and myself have met a foreigner since I was a student
3. They asked me to have an interview that will broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a one like before.
I have been asked for a TV interview. I felt nervous because I had never done one like this before
4. I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which I found it very interesting.
I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which I found very interesting.

5. I was one of few passengers get on the bus.
I was one of few passengers who got on the bus.

6. Through our conversation, I knew that he is from the USA.
Through our conversation, I knew he is from the USA.

[Raveen]

1. It was an very interesting for me to have a conversation with foreigner first time.

2.Few years ago, when I was a student, I and my friend meet a foreigner.

3.They asked me to have an interview that will broadcast on TV, I felt so shy since I never had one like before.

4.I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown person which I found it is very interesting.

5 I was one of few passengers get in the bus.

6.Through the conversation, I got to know that he is from the USA.

[Sukhpal Singh]

It was very interesting for me to have a conversation WITH A foreigner FOR THE first time.

Few years ago, when I was a student, ME and my friend MET a foreigner.

They asked me to have an interview that will BE broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had one like THIS before.

I am going to talk about my conversation that I found very interesting, with AN unknown PERSON.

I was one of THE few passengers THAT GOT on the bus.

Through our conversation, I CAME TO KNOW that he WAS from the USA.

[Braulio]

G'day Simon,

My question is off topic, but as you were an Ielts examiner, perhaps you can clarify me something.

Why don't we receive a breakdown of our score for the writing task 1 and 2? Is there any particular reason for that?

I believe if we knew our mistakes, perhaps we could avoid them in another attempt .

[Chen]

This is my answer,

It was very interesting for me to have a conversation with a foreigner the first time.

Few years ago, when I was still a student, my friend and I met a foreigner.

They asked me to have an interview that would be broadcasted on TV, I felt so shy since I never had a one like (this) before.

I am going to talk about a very interesting conversation with a stranger.

I was one of few passengers got on the bus.
In our conversation, I knew that he is was from the USA.

[Chen]

Sorry, the last sentence would be,

In our conversation, I knew that he was from the USA.

instead of,

In our conversation, I knew that he is was from the USA.

typo error

[Soko]

1. The first time having a conversation with a foreigner was very interesting to me.
2. Few years ago, when I was still a student, I and my friend MET THE foreigner.
3. They asked me to have an interview that WOULD broadcast on TV and I felt so shy since I never had one before.
4. I am going to talk about THE conversation which I found it very interesting with unknown people
5. I was THE one of few passengers WHO GOT on the bus.
6. FROM our conversation, I knew that he WAS from the USA.

[semenchu]

1. It was very interesting for me HAVING a conversation WITH A foreigner FOR THE first time.
2. Few years ago when I was a student, my friend AND I meet a foreigner.
3. They asked me to have an interview that will broadcast on TV, THEN I felt so shy since I never had EXPERIENCED before.
4. I am going to talk about my conversation with unknown people which IS very interesting.
5. I was one of few passengers IN the bus.
BASED on the conversation, I knew that he WAS from the USA.

[Simon]

FROM SIMON

I'll explain my corrections in detail in tomorrow's lesson here on the website (Sunday 1st December 2013).

[Aleksandra Bucholc]

Thank you Dear Simon for a wonderful class in your town today, regarding all modules for IELTS.

Despite the fact that buses had horrible delays today, because of the traffic and I came back home really late,I had a great day in Manchester.In addition,I could also enjoy a nice impression of the town received as everything already started to prepare for Christmas.

You continue to do your brilliant job, here on the website, by organising Saturday courses, offering your e-book,and other things, helping so much all struggling students.
Now I am wondering if I would be able to use all of this information from that successfully during my exam on 14th of December. Anyway, at least I could report you my questions from that day.

Thank you, and God bless You!

[zoha]

Hey,Inder Can you tell me screte of your success 7 in each section?

[Inder]

Luck and hard work

[Simon]

FROM SIMON:

Thanks Aleksandra. I'm glad you enjoyed the course and your visit to Manchester! Best of luck on the 14th.

[Hung]

1. It was very interesting for me to have a conversation WITH A foreigner FOR the 1st time.
2. A few year ago, when i was still a child, my frend and I MET a forgeiner.
3. They asked me to JOINT an interview that will BE broadcasted on TV. I felt so shy because i never had one like THAT before.
4. I'm going to talk about a conversation with AN UNKNOWN PERSON, which i found very interesting.
5. I was one of A few passengers WHO GOT on the bus.
6. THROUGHOUT the conversation, i FOUND OUT the he WAS from the USA.