Before I write my own sample answer to last week's question, let's look at some sentences written by students. Can you suggest corrections or improvements?
- Each of us helped organised this event.
- I promised myself to try and spend more time with them henceforth.
- We were all happy that we had a chance to be next to each other.
- Hundred of people came to her party to gave her special gift.
- As for me, a celebration that I never forget is...
- We arranged many things for enjoying.
- Last month, my family hold a birthday party for my daddy.
- We conduct party on our own house.
- For celebrating this especial event all the family gathering together.
- Going on my next point which is who was present and what I need to emphasize here is that there were quite a lot of people.
1. Each of us contributed to organise this event.
2.I will try and spend more time with them henceforth, i promise.
3.we were all happy that had a chance to set close to each other.
4.Hundreds of people came to her party along with special gifts.
5.Speaking of a celebration that i never forget is
6.we planed to enjoy many things.
7.Last month, a birthday party was thrown/hosted for my daddy.
8.We usually throw a party on our house.
9.All the family members gather together to celebrate this special event.
10. There were quite a lot of people show up here, i very appreciate it.
Posted by: swf | July 04, 2014 at 10:03
1-Each of us helped to organize this event.
2-I promised myself not to spend much time with them.
3-All of us were happy with the chance of being next to each other.
4-Hundreds of people attended her party to give her special gifts.
5-Personally, a celebration that I never forget is..
6-We arranged many enjoyable things.
7-Last month, my family held a birthday party.
8-We had a party at our home.
9-All the family gathered together to celebrate this special event.
10- My next point is who turned out and what I have to say is that there were quite many people.
Posted by: Ahmed | July 04, 2014 at 10:11
1. Each of us helped to organise this event.
2. Henceforth( / therefore) , I promised myself that I would to try spend more time with them. OR
I promised myself , henceforth, I would try to spend more time with them.
3. We were all happy that we had a chance 'to get together ' /' enjoy each other's company '/ see each other.
4. Hunderds of people came to her party to give her a / some special gift.
5. For me, a celebration that I (would) never forget...
6. We arranged many things to entertain../ to enjoy../ for entertainment / enjoyment / amusement.
7. Last month, my family HELD / had a bithday party for my dad.
8.We had THE / ( a ) party at our (( own)) house.
9. For celeberating / to celeberate this special event all the family gathered together. OR. All the family gathered together to celeberate this special event.
10. Well, to describe who was present/ came to party, I would like to emphasize ( here) that there were quite a lot of people / quite a lot of people came to attend the party.
Posted by: ....... | July 04, 2014 at 10:53
hello simon! greetings!
i just received my score today.
speaking 7
writing 7
reading 9
listening 8.5
i cant truly express how grateful i am to you and your site. you've been a blessing to me and to alot of your students who faithfully visit this site everyday. i have diligently read ur advices, paragraphs, tips, and lessons especially on writing. without you, i could not have gotten these scores. one key feature i picked up on your site was to read everyday and choose topics which interests you, find good vocabulary and remember them, enjoy the process of reading and studying English, and make all of these your HABITS. Finally, believe in yourself and have confidence!
i hope you will continue to be an inspiration to others as you have deeply inspired me. i wish you all the best Simon! please takecare! keep up the splendid work!
Posted by: kuachao | July 04, 2014 at 11:22
1. Each one of us helped in organising this event.
2. I promised myself that I will try and spend more time with them henceforth.
3. We were all happy that we had a chance to be with each other.
4. Hundreds of people came to her party and gave her special gifts.
5.As for me, a celebration that I will never forget is...
6. We arranged many things for enjoyment.
7. Last month, my family held (arranged) a birthday party for my daddy.
8. We will conduct a party at our house.
9. For celebrating this especial event all the family gathered together.
10. Going on to my next point, which is about who was present and what I need to emphasize is that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Shishir | July 04, 2014 at 12:37
wow, those are really great scores, Kuachao. congratulations. I hope I can get good scores too. :) what was your essay question on writing task 2?
Posted by: Bubbles | July 04, 2014 at 12:49
1. Everyone helped in organizing this event.
2. I promised to myself will try and spend more time with them in future.
3. We were happy that we had a chance to stood/sat next to each other.
4. Hundreds of people came to her party and gave her special gift.
5. In my memory, the celebration that I never forget is...
6. We arranged different things for enjoying.
7. Last month, my family members hold a birthday party for my daddy.
8. We conduct a party in our own house.
9. All family members gathering together for celebrate this especial event
10. I am going to talk about who was present. There were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Daisy | July 04, 2014 at 13:44
1.Each of us helped to organise this event.
2.I promised myself that henceforth I will try and spend more time with them.
3.We all were happy that we had a chance to be together.
4.Hundreds of people came to the party to give her a special gift.
5.According to me, a celebration that I can never forget is...
6.We arranged many things to enjoy.
7.Last month, my family arranged a birthday party for my daddy.
8.We celebrated party at our house.
9.For celebrating this especial event, all the family members came together.
10.Talking about the next point abount who was present, I need to mention that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Amol | July 04, 2014 at 14:03
i have got my results today
Speaking:7.5
listening:7.5
Writing:7
Reading:8.5
I am really thankful to Mr.Simon for the tips..though i got the chance to look at the website only two days before my exam but I found the examples on this website really helpful .thanks again
Posted by: efnus | July 04, 2014 at 14:10
1- Each of us helped ORGANIZATION OF / TO ORGANIZE this event.
2- I promised TO myself FROM NOW ON I AM GOING TO spend more time with them.
3- We were all happy FOR BEING TOGETHER.
4- ABOUT A Hundred of people came to her party FOR GIVING A special gift TO HER / WITH A SPECIAL GIFT FOR HER.
5- FOR ME / IN MY CASE, a celebration that I HAVE never FORGOTTEN is...
6- We HAD A LOT OF PLAN FOR ENJOYING / PLANNED DIFFERENT THINGS FOR ENJOY.
7- Last month, my family HAD a birthday party for my FATHER.
8- THE PARTY WAS IN OUR FAMILY HOUSE.
9- For celebrating this especial event all the family GATHERED together.
10- MOREOVER, IN REGARD TO WHOM ATTENDED / WHO WERE IN THIS PARTY I HAVE TO SAY that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Aria | July 04, 2014 at 14:12
Hi Simon,
Here are my answers
1/ Each of us helped ORGANIZE this event
2/ I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF to try...
3/ ...to be CLOSE to each other
4/ ...to GIVE her A special gift
5/ There's no need to say 'as for me' in the beginning of the talk because this test is all about you.
Here is my method, hope it'll help
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT a celebration that I...
6/ ...things for ENJOYMENT
7/ ..., my family HELD a birthday party for my DAD
8/ We CONDUCTED A party AT/IN our own house
9/ TO CELEBRATE this SPECIAL event / FOR THIS SPECIAL CELEBRATION EVENT, all OUR family GATHERED together
10/ Going on TO my next point...
This is just too long and I think you are just adding extra words with no purpose. Here is my answer, hope it'll help
AS TO THE ATTENDANCE, there were...
In the preparation for Speaking Part 2, is it better to write and review the answer before or after we speak?
Posted by: hellcha | July 04, 2014 at 16:37
1)We all helped in organizing this event.
2)Henceforth, I promise myself to make an attempt to spend more time with them.
3)We were happy that we had the opportunity to be close to each other.
4) A lot of people attended her party and gave her special presents.
5)As far as I am concerned a celebration I will not forget is---
6) We made arrangements to have a good time.
7)My family held a birthday party for my dad last month.
8) We held a party at our house.
9)All the family gathered together to celebrate this special event.
10)To answer the next question I will like to emphasise that a lot of people attended .
Posted by: Justina | July 04, 2014 at 22:23
Hi Somin, To me, all look corrict
Posted by: M S | July 05, 2014 at 00:22
1. Each of us helped for organising this event.
2. Henceforth I promised myself to spend more time with them.
3. We were all happy because we had a chance to be next to each other.
4. Hundreds of people came to her party to give her special gift.
5. A celebration for me that I never forget is...
6. We have arranged many things for enjoying.
7. Last month, my family held a birthday party for my daddy.
8. We conducted party at our house.
9. All the families are gathering for celebrating this special event.
10. Going on my next point, which I need to emphasize here is that lot of people were present there.
Posted by: Khan | July 05, 2014 at 01:52
Hello Simon,
I am confused about my speaking. I got a topic as below.
Describe something that you shared with someone.
-What it was.
-How did you share it.
-Why did you share it.
I'm not pretty sure about these cues. But the main topic was this sharing something. I spoke about sharing "my success with friends". Is it relevant or off-topic? I got 6.5 in speaking and I thought my Part 1 and Part 3 were nearly 7.5 bands. On top of that, my structure in part2 was not properly organised. I responded to the all 3 cues in single first sentence with complex-compound sentence.
What do you think? I got 6.5 due to off-topic? My overall band score is 8.0.
Please let me know if it is off-topic because I'm planning to go for recheck.
It's really frustrating for me to have such a high overall score and still very low speaking score.
Kind Regards,
piyu
Posted by: desi_don | July 05, 2014 at 02:05
Thank you very much Simon. I hope you are anwsers will help all test takers and English learners
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Posted by: ha hichy | July 05, 2014 at 03:34
Everyone of us contributed to organise this event.
Henceforth, I promised myself to try and spend more time with them.
We were all happy as we had a chance to be next to each other.
Hundreds of people came to her party to gave her special gift.
As for me, a celebration that I will never forget is...
We arranged many things for enjoyment.
Last month, my family held a birthday party for my daddy.
We conduct party in our own house.
For celebrating this special event, all the family gathered together.
Going to my next point that is, who was present, and what I want to emphasize here is that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: AFL | July 05, 2014 at 06:07
Any one took speaking this weak please post the
questions (july2014)
Posted by: hemanth | July 05, 2014 at 07:48
1.Each of us helped organising this event.
2.I promised myself henceforth to try spending more time with them.
3.We were all happy that we had an opportunity to be next to each other.
4.Hundreds of people came to her party to give her special gift.
5.As for me, a celebration that I would never forget is...
6.We arranged many things for enjoyment.
7.Last month, my family held a birthday party for my daddy.
8.We conduct party in our own house.
9.For celebrating this especial event all the family are gathering together.
10.Going on my next point which is who were present and what I need to emphasize here is that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Babli | July 05, 2014 at 11:21
Each of us helped organised this event.
- everyone helped to organise this event.
I promised myself to try and spend more time with them henceforth.
-I promise to try and spend more time with them henceforth.
We were all happy that we had a chance to be next to each other.
-we were all happy having a chance to be next to each other.
Hundred of people came to her party to gave her special gift.
- lots of people came to her party and gave her special gifts.
As for me, a celebration that I never forget is...
- for me, a celebration I will never forget is.....
We arranged many things for enjoying.
- we arranged many things for enjoyment./ to enjoy.
Last month, my family hold a birthday party for my daddy.
- last month, a birthday party for my daddy has been held.
We conduct party on our own house.
- we held a party in our house.
For celebrating this especial event all the family gathering together.
- all families gather together to celebrate the special event.
Going on my next point which is who was present and what I need to
emphasize here is that there were quite a lot of people.
-moving onto my next point ....
Posted by: Vivian | July 05, 2014 at 14:26
1. Each of us helped organised this event.
2. Henceforth, I promise to myself that I will do my best to spend more time with them.
3. We were all happy that we spent time together.
4. Hundreds of people came to her party to give her a special gift.
5. The celebration that I will never forget is..
6. We arranged many things for enjoyment.
7. Last month, my family held a birthday party for my father.
8. We held a party in our own house.
9. Celebrating this event will bring the family together.
10. In reply to the next question which is who was present,there was quite a lot of people who came.
Posted by: swansea girl | July 05, 2014 at 14:44
Hello Bubbles, my task 2 was
People change job throughout their life. What do you think are the reasons for this? Does this bring a postive or negative impact to society?
Posted by: kuachao | July 05, 2014 at 15:37
SUGGESTED ANSWERS FROM SIMON
1. Each of us helped TO ORGANISE this event.
2. I promised myself to try and spend more time with them IN (THE) FUTURE.
('henceforth' is much too formal)
3. We were all happy that we had a chance to be TOGETHER.
4. HundredS of people came to her party to GIVE her special giftS.
5. A celebration that I WILL never forget was...
(Only begin with "As for me" if you spoke about someone else first)
6. We arranged many ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES.
7. Last month, my family HELD a birthday party for my FATHER.
8. We HAD A party AT our house.
9. All the family CAME together TO CELEBRATE this special event.
10. There were quite a lot of people at the...
(Don't use long phrases to introduce each point. The phrase "Going on my next point which is who was present and what I need to emphasize here is that..." sounds very strange and will not help your score!)
Posted by: Simon | July 05, 2014 at 16:54
PS. Congratulations Kuachao and Efnus!!
Posted by: Simon | July 05, 2014 at 16:56
Hi,Simon.
I am going to take IELTS this July 12, but I am still very nervous especially in speaking and writing. I have ever had my essays checked and the average band was 6.5. So did my speaking.
Please enlighten me. Thank you.
Posted by: Steven | July 06, 2014 at 14:12
1.Each of us helped TO organised this event.
2.I promised myself to try and spend more time with them IN FUTURE.
3a.We were all happy HAVING A chance to be next to each other.
3b.We were all happy that we had a chance to be TOGETHER.
4.HUNDREDS of people came to her party AND gave her special GIFTS.
5.PERSONALLY, a celebration that I WILL never forget is...
6.We arranged many ENJOYABLE things/ACTIVITIES.
7.Last month, my family HELD a birthday party for my FATHER.
8.We MANAGED A party AT our house.
9.All the family MEMBERS CAME together TO CELEBRATE this especial event.
10.My next point is to emphasize on there were quite a lot of people came in that party.
Posted by: semenchu | July 07, 2014 at 05:07
1. Each of us helped TO ORGANISE this event.
2. I promised myself to try and spend more time with them henceforth -> Correct
3. We were all happy WHEN HAVING a chance to be next to each other.
4. HUNDREDS of people came to her party AND gave her special giftS.
4. FOR me, a celebration that I WOULD never forget is...
5. We arranged many things for enjoyMENT.
6. Last month, my family HELD a birthday party for my daddy.
7. We HELD A party AT our house.
8. TO CELEBRATE this SPECIAL event, all the family ARE gathering together.
9. I NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT...
Posted by: xanhlam | July 07, 2014 at 09:23
1.Each of us helped to organise this event.
2.I promised myself to try to spend more time with them henceforth.
3.We were all happy that we had a chance to be together.
4.Hundreds of people came to her party to gave her special gift.
5.Personally, a celebration that I never forget is...
6.We arranged many things for enjoyment.
7.Last month, my family held a birthday party for my daddy.
8.We held a party in our own house.
9.All the family members were gathering together to celebrate this especial event.
10.My next point is who was present, and I have emphasized that there were quite a lot of people.
Posted by: Viola | July 14, 2014 at 03:38