IELTS Speaking P.2 Topic: a change - dog park

[Tarheel]

You assume the park is very big but I’m I DON'T.

I don’t know if the dogs are obedient or not, or simply THAT the owners give the dogs too much freedom.

 

[teechar]

@tedmc That word doesn't exist.

Right.
For our learners, note that you can't add "-est" to a noun! You can add it to some adjectives (usually ones that have one syllable, or ones that end in "y") to make a superlative.

Here, the adjective that @tedmc probably had in mind was "crowded".

However, that's an "-ed" adjective, and with those, we use "more" to make a comparative, and "most" to make a superlative. Thus, we say "more/most crowded" - not crowdeder or crowdedest; those would be wrong.

 

[tedmc]

An accident incident happened a week ago caused me to think about this change.

I don't think "change" is correct. Maybo thought about the idea of a dog park after the incident.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't think "change" is correct. Maybo thought about the idea of a dog park after the incident.

I disagree. The incident caused Maybo to think about the idea of a change to the local area - the addition of a dog park.

 

[tedmc]

As you have said it, "the idea of a dog park" (which constitutes a change) is better than "this change", which is too general.

 

[emsr2d2]

As you have said it, "the idea of a change" is better than "this change", which is too general.

I only lengthened the sentence to explain to you why I thought the original was perfectly acceptable.

 

[tedmc]

To me, the idea to do something as a remedial action after an incident comes first, which translates to a change. The "change" part does not come to mind straightway as OP's sentence (an incident caused me to think about this change) implies.
When I first saw "this change", my question was "what change?"

 

[Maybo]

I don't understand the logic of this. How can the dogs exercise in the park if they're tied up outside the park?

The dogs exercise in the park but when they go out of the park, their owners put them on a lead again.

I don't understand this at all. Dogs need exercise!

Yes. I meant when the dogs are on a lead, they are restricted and I suspect that is why their owners unleash them. If there was a a dog park, the dogs might have enough exercises and stretch more freely. Then, the owners might be willing to put their dogs on a lead outside of the park.

 

[tedmc]

I have dealt with that in my edit in post #2:

(2). Dog owners probably would have no qualms about unleashing their dogs when they bring them into a dog park knowing that they would not pose a hazard to people and would be getting into an environment where they are comfortable and free to stretch and roam about. In a way, it's a reward for the dogs for being willing to stay leashed until they get into the park.