IELTS EXAM Hi there, This was great. There was one mistake that jumped out at me when listening. You said your mum was very 'delightful' when receiving her Mother's Day gift. You should say 'delighted'. Her feeling is 'delighted'. She might say to you, 'This gift is delightful.' Notice how when she refers to the gift, she uses 'delightful'. Think of 'bored' and 'boring'. It is the same rule. You feel 'bored'. The book is 'boring'. Also, you can think another person is 'boring or delightful' because they are behaving this way, or it is their characteristic. For example, 'Peter was so boring today, the way he talked and talked about the weather.'

I totally agree with Bonnie's comments. You are showing that you are able to maintain a conversation however unnatural an exam one is. By asking for clarification, you show that you can repair the conversation and maintain it.

You are very close, Madina. I would say 'at the window'. We usually use the preposition 'at' to show the location of something or someone. I would also suggest saying 'The curtain is white with blue flowers or blue floral pattern.' I hope this helps.

I'd agree with Kimberly. I probably wouldn't use 'for me' and 'for us', though. I might say 'The meal was reasonable for the price.' meaning 'reasonable quality' or 'The agreement was acceptable for most of the people at the negotiation.'

Stories of my Dogs

P1. Dogs in Vietnam
If you have ever gone to Vietnam, you maybe hear might have heard this: "There are people sold who sell dogs, sold and cats, are there?". From the quite quiet roads in rural areas to the noisy lanes in urban ones, small merchants tend to go for buying to buy dogs and cats there with this (?). In Vietnam, one a dog could be a friend, a housekeeping a guard dog, but he also could also be the good for selling as meat.
In my country, "this good" existed for a long time ago this is customary. People server served dog and cat meat for drinking parties or events. The dishes made from them are still very popular in my country. They are even considered as one of the national dishes in Vietnam. In the past, (?) Dogs and cats were treated by the way as same as in the same way as pigs and chickens. So there are many people in my country kept in mind who still believe that dogs and cats are just were their tools to earn money a means of earning money, whether they were rich or poor.

Hiya, I've just amended some phrases so they sound more natural.  Bye for now, fiona

Reading not adapted books

Today I've finished my first book on in english language that wasn't adapted for my intermediate level.
It was very slow process for me,as  I'd spend spent a lot of time by using dictionaries. I read an e-book from on my IPad and an application helps helped me with translating words but it still was still a challenge. I spent about four months to read reading it to the end but finally I have made it.
Reading a not non-adapted book was important because in other way it the alternatives wouldn't be interesting for to me. The plot of the real book grasped gripped me and I continued reading again and again; I wanted to know how it's ends  it ended.
And I am happy with the results. I've improved my reading speed and learned a lot of words. It was has provided a great boost in my to my learning.

Hiya, that sounded like a real challenge!  In your writing, there are some errors with your tense use.  In the first sentence, you use the time word 'today' so as a result, I would use the past simple tense for 'finish'.  If you hadn't used a time reference, you could have used 'have finished'. Also, I wouldn't use 'had spent' in the second sentence because it is a simultaneous action with 'it was a slow process' and is not an action before this.  We use past perfect to sequence one action or state before another e.g. 'It had stopped raining by the time we left the restaurant.'  I hope this helps.  Bye for now, Fiona