Describe a person who helped you solve a problem

Band 6

I would like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who helpError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “helped” me with a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop is in Ulaanbaatar and it sells things for school, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and that year she was giving me more responsibility, so I wanted to do the job well. At that time I looked after the stock list on the computer, but the numbers on the screen wasError de concordancia sujeto-verbo: debería ser “were” not the same as the things on the shelves, and I did not know why. I was very stressedIntensificador y adjetivo básicos; limitan el Lexical Resource because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I, erVacilación natural, muletilla leve, tried to find the mistake for two evenings, but I could not. Then Ganzorig, who is an accountant, comeError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “came” to the shop on Sunday when it was closed. He sat next to me and checked the list line by line. After one hour he findError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “found” that two deliveries were written two times, so the total was too big. He also showed me an easy way to check the list every week, you knowMuletilla usada como marcador de vacilación, so I will not have the same problem again. I felt very happyAdjetivo básico; limita el Lexical Resource and a little shy because the mistake was so simple. It was make meError de forma: debería ser “It made me” feel more confident about my work, and I am really thankful to him. Now I check the list every Saturday before I go home, and my aunt says the report is always correct.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who helped me with a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop is in Ulaanbaatar and sells school supplies, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and that year she’d started trusting me with more responsibility, so I wanted to do the job properly. At that time I was looking after the stock list on the computer, but the numbers on the screen didn’t match what was actually on the shelvesOración comparativa correcta con un tiempo pasado, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under a lot of pressureColocación natural en lugar de un adjetivo básico because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I’d spent two evenings searching for the mistake and I was getting nowhere, to be honestMarcador discursivo natural que expresa frustración. Then Ganzorig, who’s an accountant, came to the shop on Sunday, when it was closed. He sat down beside me and went through the list line by line, and within an hour he’d found that two deliveries had been entered twice, which made the total far too high. He also showed me a simple way to check the list every week, so it wouldn’t happen again. Afterwards I felt enormously relievedAdverbio y adjetivo precisos, and a little embarrassed because the mistake was so much simpleError con el intensificador: debería ser “so simple”. It gave me a lot more confidenceExpresión natural para un efecto duradero in my work, and I’m genuinely grateful to him. These days I check the list before I leave every Saturday, and my aunt hasn’t found a single error since.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who rescued me from a problem in my family’s shop last November. The shop, in Ulaanbaatar, sells school supplies, and I work there on Saturdays. My aunt owns it, and she had only recently started entrusting me with more responsibility, so I was determined to get it right. At the time I was responsible for the stock list on the computer, but the figures on the screen simply refused to match what was on the shelvesFraseo natural y vívido con un pasado correcto, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under real pressureColocación precisa, since my aunt expected the report on Monday, and after two evenings of searching I was at a complete lossExpresión idiomática para no tener ideas. Then Ganzorig, an accountant, came to the shop on Sunday, when it was closed. He sat beside me, went through the list line by line, and within an hour had spotted that two deliveries had been entered twice, which inflated the totalPast Perfect y oración de relativo usados con acierto. He also talked me through a simple weekly checkExpresión con phrasal verb precisa so that it wouldn’t happen again. I felt enormously relieved, and slightly embarrassed that the cause was so simple, but what stayed with me more than anythingMarcador discursivo natural que introduce una reflexión was how patiently he explained it, without making me feel foolish. It was a weight off my mind, and it has made me far readier to ask for help early instead of struggling alone. These days I check the list before locking up every Saturday, and the weekly routine he suggested has not failed me once.