Describe a person who works for a successful company

Band 6

I would like to talk about my neighbour Marta, who lives in the flat below mine in Porto, in Portugal. I know her sinceErro de tempo verbal e de preposição: deveria ser “have known her for” five years, and in the morning we often take the same metro, so we have a lot of time to chat. She tells me about her day, so I know a lot about her work. She works as a project coordinator for a company that makes and installs solar panels for houses and schools. Her job is, erHesitação natural, pequena muleta de linguagem, to plan the days when the workers come, to talk to the customers and to make sure the teams hasErro de concordância verbal: deveria ser “have” all the materials. She likes it most when a school switches on its new panels and the children are excited. The company is not very old. Two engineers started it about fifteen years ago in a small workshop in Braga, and now it has offices in four cities. I think the company is successful for three reasons. First, it is very reliableExpressão básica; limita o Lexical Resource, because the workers finish the job on the day they promise. Second, the customers are happy, so they tell their friends and the company gets many new customersExpressão vaga; “a growing customer base” é mais precisa. Third, the company teaches its employees new things, so people staysErro de concordância verbal: deveria ser “stay” there for many years. Marta told me that last year the company openErro de tempo verbal: deveria ser “opened” an office in the south of the country. You knowMuleta de linguagem usada como marcador de hesitação, I admire her because she works hard but she is never stressErro de forma da palavra: deveria ser “stressed”. Maybe one day I will work for a company like this.

Band 7

I’d like to talk about my neighbour Marta, who lives in the flat below mine in Porto, in Portugal. I’ve known her for about five years, and we often take the same metro in the morning, so we have plenty of time to chat. She often tells me about her day, so I know quite a lot about her work. She works as a project coordinator for a company that makes and installs solar panels for houses and schools. Her job is to plan the days when the installation teams visit, to liaise withPhrasal verb preciso do vocabulário de trabalho customers and to make sure everyone has the materials they need. She enjoys it most when a school switches on its new panels and the children are excited. The company isn’t very old: two engineers founded it about fifteen years ago in a small workshop in Braga, and it now has offices in four cities. I think it’s successful for three reasons. Firstly, it’s dependableAdjetivo preciso no lugar de “very reliable”, because the teams finish the job on the day they promise. Secondly, customers are so satisfied that they recommend it to their friendsOração de resultado com “so … that” usada com precisão, which brings in new work. Thirdly, the company invests in training its employees, so people tend to stay for many years. Marta told me that last year it opened a new office in the south of the country, which wereErro de concordância verbal: deveria ser “which was” quite a big step. On the wholeMarcador discursivo que introduz um resumo final, I admire her because she works hard yet never seems stressed, and I can imagine myself working for a company like that one day.

Band 8

I’d like to talk about my neighbour Marta, who lives in the flat below mine in Porto, in Portugal. I’ve known her for about five years, and since we often take the same metro in the morning, we’ve had plenty of chances to chat. She often tells me about her day, so I know quite a lot about her work. She works as a project coordinator for a company that designs and installs solar panels for houses and schools. Her role is to schedule the installation teams, keep customers informed and make sure everyone has the materials they need. She enjoys it most when a school switches on its new panels and the children are excited. The company isn’t old: two engineers founded it about fifteen years ago in a small workshop in Braga, and it now has offices in four cities. I’d say it owes its success to three things. First, it’s thoroughly dependableIntensificador e adjetivo precisos: the teams finish the job on the day they promise. Second, satisfied customers recommend it to their friends, which keeps new work coming inOração relativa que se refere a uma ideia inteira, usada com precisão. Third, the company invests in training its employees, so staff tend to stay for yearsFormulação natural e compacta. Marta told me that last year it opened an office in the south of the country, a step that would have seemed risky ten years agoConstrução com modal no passado que acrescenta uma comparação flexível. Overall, I admire her because she works hard yet never seems stressed, and I could easily picture myself working for a company like that one day.