Describe a person who helped you solve a problem

Band 6

I would like to talk about my cousin’s husband, Ganzorig, who helpОшибка времени: должно быть «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 wasОшибка согласования подлежащего и сказуемого: должно быть «were» not the same as the things on the shelves, and I did not know why. I was very stressedПростое усилительное слово и прилагательное; ограничивает Lexical Resource because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I, erЕстественная заминка, некритичное слово-паразит, tried to find the mistake for two evenings, but I could not. Then Ganzorig, who is an accountant, comeОшибка времени: должно быть «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 findОшибка времени: должно быть «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 knowФраза-филлер, используемая как пауза для раздумья, so I will not have the same problem again. I felt very happyПростое прилагательное; ограничивает Lexical Resource and a little shy because the mistake was so simple. It was make meОшибка формы: должно быть «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 shelvesТочное сравнительное придаточное в прошедшем времени, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under a lot of pressureЕстественное словосочетание вместо простого прилагательного because my aunt wanted the report on Monday. I’d spent two evenings searching for the mistake and I was getting nowhere, to be honestЕстественная вводная фраза, передающая досаду. 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 relievedТочное наречие и прилагательное, and a little embarrassed because the mistake was so much simpleОшибка в усилителе: должно быть «so simple». It gave me a lot more confidenceЕстественное выражение для длительного эффекта 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 shelvesЕстественная яркая формулировка с точным прошедшим временем, and I couldn’t work out why. I was under real pressureТочное словосочетание, since my aunt expected the report on Monday, and after two evenings of searching I was at a complete lossИдиома: не знать, что делать. 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 и относительное придаточное использованы точно. He also talked me through a simple weekly checkТочное фразовое выражение 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 anythingЕстественная вводная фраза, подводящая к размышлению 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.