Here are some sentences that people wrote below yesterday's lesson. Can you find and correct the mistakes?
- My name was named by my mom. She likes its sounds.
- It's unusual name in my country.
- I never change my name because I am proud so much.
- My parents give me a good name.
- Well, I have not think about it.
1. My name was chosen by my mum. She likes how it sounds.
I would personally prefer an active sentence: My mother chose my name.
2. It's (quite) an unusual name in my country.
3. I'll never change my name because I'm very proud of it.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
I prefer to say: my parents chose a good name for me.
5. Well, I haven't (really) thought about it.
Posted by: Mohsen | October 29, 2016 at 13:22
1. My name was named after my mom. she likes how it sound.
2. It is an usual name in my country.
3. I would never change my name because I am so proud of this.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: nga pham | October 29, 2016 at 13:41
1. My name was picked/chosen/given by my mom. she likes when it was called.
2. It is an unusual name in my country.
3. I never change my name because I am proud of it so much.
4. My parents picked/gave for me a good name.
5. well, i don't think about it, i have not thought about it.
Posted by: nhan nguyen | October 29, 2016 at 14:16
1.
2. It's not a common name in my country.
3. I will never change my name because I am very proud of it.
4. My parents gave me a nice name.
5. Well, I still have not thought about it.
Posted by: Lien | October 29, 2016 at 14:48
1-My Mom chose it for me
2-It's a special name in my country
3-I 've never thought about it
Posted by: phuong trang | October 29, 2016 at 16:03
1-my name chosen by my my mother.She liked how it sounds
2-it's an unusual name in my country
3-i'll never change my name, because I'm proud of it very much
4-my parents gave me a good name
5-well,I've not really thought about it
Posted by: Waleedfayez | October 29, 2016 at 17:35
Dear Simon
As an ex-IELTS examiner , could you tell me what is the real mark of writing task 1 ( out of 9 ) ???
I heard that task 2 is twice as important as task1
Thanks alot
Posted by: ahmad | October 30, 2016 at 01:05
My name were chosen by my mom.she liked it's sounds.
It is a quite unusual name in my country
I will never change it because i am proud of it
My parents gave my a really good name
I haven't thought about it
Posted by: Nzr | October 30, 2016 at 01:46
1,My mom named my name. She liked its sound.
2,It's an unusual name in my country.
3, I never change my name because I am proud of it so much.
4,My parents named me a good name.
5,Well, I do not think about it/ I haven't thought about it
Posted by: Tkj | October 30, 2016 at 05:15
1. My name was given by my mum. She liked its sound.
2. It's an uncommon name in my country.
3. I will never change it because I am so proud of it.
4. My parents gave my a good name.
5. I've never thought about it.
Posted by: Lucy | October 30, 2016 at 05:18
1. My name was chosen by my mom because (she liked how it sounded).
2. It's an unusual name in my country.
3. (I would never change my name) because I am proud of it so much.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: Dina Scherbakova | October 30, 2016 at 07:07
1. I was named by my mom. She likes the sound of the name.
2. It is not a commonly used name in my country.
3. I will never change my name because I am really proud of it.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I never give a thought to doing that.
Posted by: jackie C | October 30, 2016 at 09:08
My name was named by my mom. She likes its sounds.
-> My name was named by my mom. She likes its sound.
It's unusual name in my country.
->It's an unusual name in my country.
I never change my name because I am proud so much.
->I never change my name because I am proud of it so much.
My parents give me a good name.
->My parents gave me a good name.
Well, I have not think about it.
->Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: David Luther | October 30, 2016 at 10:52
1. I was named by my mom. She liked its sound.
2. It's an unusual name in my country.
3. I'd never change my name because I'm proud of it so much.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: Tianhang Yang | October 30, 2016 at 15:01
1.My mom gave the name.she quite likes the sound of it.
2.It is an unusual name in my country.
3.I won't change my name because I'm proud of it.
4.My parents gave me a good name.
5.Well,I have not thought about it.
Posted by: kalian | October 30, 2016 at 21:06
1. I was named by my mom. She likes its sounds
2. It's an unusual name in my country
3. I never change my name because I proud of it very much
4. My parents gave me a good name
5. Well, I haven't thought about it
Posted by: NT | October 30, 2016 at 22:33
1. My name is named by my mom. She likes the sound of it.
2. It's an unusual name in my country.
3. I never changed my name because I am so much proud of it.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I haven't thought about it.
Posted by: Fida | October 31, 2016 at 08:24
1. My name was given by my mom. She likes how it sounds.
2. It's an unusual name in my country.
3. I will never change my name because I am proud of it.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: Bogdan | October 31, 2016 at 13:28
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1. I was named by my mom/mum. She likes its sound.
OR:
My name was chosen by my mom/mum. She likes the way it sounds / she likes the sound of it.
2. It's AN unusual name in my country.
3. I would (or I will) never change my name because I'm very proud of it.
4. My parents GAVE me a good name.
5. Well, I haven't (really) thought about it.
Posted by: Simon | October 31, 2016 at 13:33
I was named by my mother, she likes the way its sound.
It is an unusual name in my country.
I will never change my name because i'm very proud of it.
My parents selected a good name for me.
Well, I have not thought about it yet.
Posted by: Sandy | November 01, 2016 at 14:23
My name was named by my mom. She likes its sounds->"sound".
It's "an" unusual name in my country.
I"'ve" never change my name because I am proud so much.
My parents give->"gave" me a good name.
Well, I have not think->"thought" about it.
Posted by: Jung | November 01, 2016 at 14:41
My name was given . She likes it's sound.
I am so proud of it
My parents gave me
I have not thought
Posted by: Serdar | November 01, 2016 at 18:30
1.My name was named (given) by my mom. She likes (liked) its sounds.
2.It's unusual ( a strange)name in my country.
3.I never change my name because I am proud (of it)so much.
4.My parents give (gave) me a good name.
5.Well, I have not think (thought) about it.
Personally,I would like to correct as above.
Posted by: Yen | November 02, 2016 at 08:15
1-My name was named by my mom. She likes its sound.
2-It's not usual name in my country.
3-I never change my name because I am proud of it so much.
4-My parents gave me a good name.
5-Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: My | November 03, 2016 at 07:59
1. My name was [given] by my mom. She likes [how ] its sounds.
2. It's [an] unusual name in my country.
3. I [have]never [changed] my name because I am proud [ of it ] so much.
4. My parents [ gave ] me a good name.
5. Well, I have not [ thought ] about it.
Posted by: shujing | November 05, 2016 at 10:48
1. My name was given by my mom. She liked its sound.
2. It's an unusual name in my country.
3. I never changed my name because I am proud of it very much.
4. My parents gave me a good name.
5. Well, I have not thought about it.
Posted by: Jack | November 09, 2016 at 05:49