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Essay 3 - TOEFL iBT Practice Most people think that there is only one option when choosing a career. If we recall when we were little we will realize that it is common for adults to ask children what they want to be when they grow up and wait for a specific answer, rather than multiple choices instead. In my opinion, it is not necessary to devote our whole life to a single job. There is nothing written in stone that indicates that changing career is not possible, so if my friend wants to switch her career, I would give her the following two pieces of advice. First, I would recommend my friend to do soul-searching. In order to a better understanding of herself, I would suggest her to think deeply about her strengthens and weaknesses because it would give her an idea of what she is good at and what type of career would be best according to her abilities. For instance, my cousin after several years working as an electrical engineer found out that she was more into sculpture. It would mean a big change for her quitting immediately after knowing she was good sculpting, for that reason she took her time to analyze if she really had the skills enough to start this new career. Doing a soul-searching helped my cousin to finally make a decision and two years later started teaching sculpting and opened her own visual art gallery. I would appreciate any correction.

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Essay 3 - TOEFL iBT Practice

Most people think that there is only one option when choosing a career. If we recall when we were little we will realize that it is common for adults to ask children what they want to be when they grow up and wait for one specific answer, rather than multiple choices instead. In my opinion, it is not necessary to devote our whole life ("our whole lives" or "one's whole life") to a single job. There is nothing written in stone that indicates that changing careers is not possible. So if my friend wanted to switch her career, I would give her the following two pieces of advice.

First, I would recommend that my friend to do some soul-searching. In order to have a better understanding of herself, I would suggest her to that she think deeply about her strengths and weaknesses because it would give her an idea of what she is good at and what type of career would be best according to (better: suited to) her abilities. For instance, my cousin, after several years working as an electrical engineer, found out that she was more into sculpture. It would be a big change for her, quitting her job immediately after finding out that she was good at sculpting. For that reason she took her time to analyze if she really had the skills enough to start this new career. Doing a soul-searching helped my cousin to finally make a decision, and two years later she started teaching sculpting and opened her own visual art gallery.

I would appreciate any correction.

I only see one piece of advice ;-) But very nice job!

it is not necessary to devote our whole life to a single job.THIS SENTENCE CAN BE IN TWO WAYS, LIKE A "VT" OR "V REFL": it is not necessary that we devote our whole lives to a single job OR it is not necessary to devote ourself to a single job the whole life.(TRANSITIVE VERB (vt), to devote sth TO sth/ING, REFLEXIVE VERB(v refl), to devote oneself TO sth/ING)

I would suggest to her that/that she think about her strengths and weaknesses deeply= THIS SENTENCES HAS TWO VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES TO KEEP IN MIND, THE FIRST IS: the word "suggest" can be written in this case in these two ways, (to suggest TO sb THAT + subjunctive) I would suggest to her that she think about her strengths and weakness deeply OR I would suggest (that) she think about her strenghts and weakness. THE SECOND POINT IS : verbs in third person singular in Indicative Present Tense end in "s" but in present subjunctive the "s" is not added. EXAMPLE: INDICATIVE, she always reads the newspaper, SUBJUNCTIVE, it's important that she read more.

Simple gerund can refer to the same time as that of the verb in the main clause.

Essay 3 - TOEFL iBT Practice

Most people think/believe that there is only one option when a career is chosen/a career has to be chosen. If we recall/remember when we were children, we will realize that it is common for adults to ask kids what they want to become when they grow up/are grown up persons and wait for a specific answer instead of multiple choices. In my opinion, it is not necessary to devote ourself to a single job the whole life. There is nothing written in stone that indicates that a career change is not possible, so if my friend wants to switch her career, I would give her the following two pieces of advice.

First, I would recommend* my friend to do some soul-searching. In order to get a better understanding of herself, I would suggest to her that she think about her strengths and weaknesses deeply, because it would give her an idea of what she is good at and what type of career would be better for her according to her abilities/skills. For instance, after several years of working as an electrical engineer, my cousin found out that she had better skills for making sculptures. It would mean a big change for her and she quitted her job immediately after realizing she was good at sculpting, for that reason she took some time to analyze if she really had the enough skills to start this new career. Doing soul-searching helped my cousin to make finally a decision and two years later she started teaching sculpture/to sculpt/how to sculpt and opened her own visual art gallery.

-TO BE LITTLE IS THE SAME AS TO BE CHILDREN, THEY ARE SYNONYMOUS.

-THINK IS A SYNONYM FOR BELIEVE. IN THIS CASE BOTH MEAN THE SAME

-RECALL IS SYNONYMOUS WITH REMEMBER.

* TWO OPTIONS FOR THE SENTENCE: I would recommend my friend to do some soul-searching OR I would recommend (that) my friend do some soul-searching. Both are right but the second is with subjunctive.(OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER´S DICTIONARY).

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TEXT, I AM NOT A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER, I MADE SOME CORRECTIONS THAT I THINK COULD SOUND BETTER AND I HOPE THAT THESE WILL BE USEFUL FOR YOU. IF THESE ARE NOT USEFUL, JUST IGNORE THEM, THE "/" IS FOR ADDING ANOTHER RIGHT OPTION (A SUGGESTION), THANK YOU.
I would appreciate any correction.

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