IELTS Speaking P.2 Topic: a time when someone apologized to you.

[Maybo]

This is a practice text for the speaking part of the IELTS exam. Please correct it and make it colloquial.

Topic:

Describe a time when someone apologized to you. You should say:(Source)

• when this happened
• what you were doing
• who apologized to you

and explain why they apologized to you.

My response:

A few days ago, my mother apologised to me for being rude in a restaurant. We were having dinner at that time, and she saw a woman sitting in a table next to us. She then spoke to me in Shanghai dialect, "look at that old woman. She's in good spirit." I immediately told her to stop talking. This was not the first she'd made comments on other people's appearance or behaviour in front of them. She's always thought that other people don't understand shanghai dialect but what if they do? It's very impolite. I'd talked about this problem to her many times but every time she just made light of it by saying "OK" or "I got it". Even though I once asked my brother to talk some sense into her, it was useless.

This time, I was completely irritated because we were in a Shanghainese restaurant and she still thought that nobody understood Shanghai dialect. Therefore, when we were out, I told her, "you could got hit if people didn't like what you said about them". "Why couldn't you talk about other people after they have gone out of sight?" I asked her to get rid of this habit, whether her comment on other people is positive or negative, because it's rude! In the end, I warned her that if she kept doing it, I would never go out with her. I also reminded her that as a mother, she should be my role model and do some sensible things. She then apologised to me. I hope this time she can turn herself around.

 

[emsr2d2]

I have just a couple of minutes before going out, so I'll just point out the following:

- Full sentences in quotation marks should start with a capital letter.
- We don't collocate "completely" with "irritated".
- We don't "get rid of" a habit.

 

[Maybo]

Revised:

A few days ago, my mother apologised to me for being rude in a restaurant. We were having dinner at that time, and she saw a woman sitting in a table next to us. She then spoke to me in Shanghai dialect, "Look at that old woman. She's in good spirit." I immediately told her to stop talking. This was not the first she'd made comments on other people's appearance or behaviour in front of them. She's always thought that other people don't understand shanghai dialect but what if they do? It's very impolite. I'd talked about this problem to her many times but every time she just made light of it by saying "OK" or "I got it". Even though I once asked my brother to talk some sense into her, it was useless.

This time, I was extremely irritated because we were in a Shanghainese restaurant and she still thought that nobody understood Shanghai dialect. Therefore, when we were out, I told her, "You could got hit if people didn't like what you said about them". "Why couldn't you talk about other people after they have gone out of sight?" I asked her to break this habit, whether her comment on other people is positive or negative, because it's rude! In the end, I warned her that if she kept doing it, I would never go out with her. I also reminded her that as a mother, she should be my role model and do some sensible things. She then apologised to me. I hope this time she can turn herself around.

 

[emsr2d2]

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See above.

Are happy old ladies in your neck of the woods in the habit of hitting people who pay them a compliment?

 

[Maybo]

See above.

Are happy old ladies in your neck of the woods in the habit of hitting people who pay them a compliment?

No. However, the woman my mum called her old may not consider herself old.

 

[emsr2d2]

No. However, the woman my mum called her old may not consider herself old.

Fair enough! Hitting your mum would still be an extreme reaction though.