Patience— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Be more concise and correct grammar. Start with a clear topic sentence, then give one specific supporting detail with correct tense and natural phrasing. Avoid irrelevant or repeated wording and keep within 3–4 sentences.

Example: Yes, I consider myself a patient person. For example, when my team and I ran a difficult heritage culture project last month, I stayed calm and helped others solve problems step by step. This attitude helped us finish the project successfully.

Suggestion: Answer directly and avoid filler words. Use correct grammar and clearer phrasing for feelings and reasons. Provide one concise example and avoid asking questions back to examiner.

Example: I feel impatient when people ask me to repeat my opinion several times. It makes me think they are not listening or respecting my view, especially in meetings where time is limited.

Suggestion: Organize your answer into a clear topic sentence plus one or two supporting reasons. Remove hesitations and tighten the grammar (use present simple or present continuous appropriately). Balance emotional and physical reactions concisely.

Example: I usually feel excited when I work on a long project because I enjoy challenges and it helps me develop skills. However, after long periods I can become a little tired and need short breaks to stay focused.

Suggestion: Give a direct topic sentence and a specific brief example from your job. Correct collocations (e.g., 'have a good temper' -> 'have a calm temper' or 'be patient'), and avoid fillers. Keep it natural and concise.

Example: Yes, my job as a teacher definitely requires patience. For instance, I often spend long meetings explaining progress to parents and calming anxious students, which means staying calm and listening carefully is essential.

Suggestion: Use consistent past and present tenses and provide a specific reason or example for improvement. Start with a clear comparison sentence, then support with one concise reason or example.

Example: Yes, I am more patient now than I was as a child. When I was younger I often lost my temper, but through teaching and life experience I learned to control my emotions and understand why patience matters.

× Last month we have just finished a program about our heritage culture and it was very difficult for us.

✓ Last month we just finished a program about our heritage culture and it was very difficult for us.

The time reference 'Last month' signals a completed action in the past, so the past simple tense ('finished') is correct rather than present perfect ('have finished'). Use past simple with specific past time expressions. Suggestion: Use past simple with clear past time markers: 'Last month we finished...'.

× While we are facing the problems, I'm just calm down.

✓ While we were facing the problems, I just stayed calm.

The sentence mixes present continuous ('are facing') with a past context introduced by 'Last month'. Match the tense to past: use past continuous ('were facing'). 'I'm just calm down' is ungrammatical: use past simple 'stayed calm' or 'remained calm'. Also 'calm down' is a verb meaning to become less upset; here the adjective 'calm' or verb 'stay calm' is appropriate. Suggestion: Keep consistent past tense and use correct verb forms: 'While we were facing the problems, I stayed calm.'

× Sometimes if someone asks me to repeat my opinion more than three times, I will feel impatient because I think this action is a simple of, umm, distraction.

✓ Sometimes if someone asks me to repeat my opinion more than three times, I feel impatient because I think this action is simply a distraction.

'I will feel' is acceptable but habitual actions are better expressed with present simple ('I feel'). 'a simple of' is incorrect word order and choice. Use the adverb 'simply' and the noun 'distraction'. Remove filler words. Suggestion: Use present simple for habitual reactions and correct adverb/noun order: 'I feel impatient because I think this action is simply a distraction.'

× Is this means he didn't respect me and don't?

✓ Does this mean he doesn't respect me?

'Is this means' is wrong: use auxiliary 'does' with the base verb 'mean' to form a question. 'He didn't respect me and don't?' mixes past and present and misuses 'don't' for third person singular. Use 'doesn't' for present tense third person singular. Suggestion: Form questions with the appropriate auxiliary and match tense/person: 'Does this mean he doesn't respect me?'

× First of all, I will feel very excited because I'm a person who is always willing to try something difficult and since it was a good way to, uh, exercise my ability, umm, but also I will feel a bit, a little bit tired.

✓ First of all, I feel very excited because I'm a person who is always willing to try difficult things, and since it's a good way to exercise my abilities, I also feel a little tired.

Use present simple ('I feel') for general tendencies. 'something difficult' is better as 'difficult things' for generalization. 'since it was' should be 'since it's' if referring to the activity in general. Repeated 'umm' removed and sentence simplified. Use plural 'abilities' or 'ability' consistently. Suggestion: Use present simple for habitual states and streamline clauses: 'I feel very excited... and I also feel a little tired.'

× As the teacher, a high percentage of our time should be used for communicating with our students and their parents.

✓ As a teacher, a large percentage of our time is spent communicating with our students and their parents.

Use 'As a teacher' not 'As the teacher' unless referring to a specific teacher previously mentioned. 'a high percentage of our time should be used for communicating' is wordy and slightly awkward; 'is spent communicating' is more natural. Use 'large percentage' rather than 'high percentage'. Suggestion: Use natural collocations: 'As a teacher, a large percentage of our time is spent communicating with students and parents.'

× So it's important to have a good temper and always be patient with them, uh, Even so that we can have a good job.

✓ So it's important to have a good temper and always be patient with them so we can do our job well.

'Even so that we can have a good job' is ungrammatical and unclear. 'Have a good job' is awkward; likely intended meaning is 'do our job well' or 'have a good relationship' with students/parents. Remove filler words and fix capitalization after the comma. Suggestion: Clarify intended meaning and use natural expression: 'so we can do our job well.'

× Yes, of course. When I was a child, I'm not as patient as now because I don't know how to control my emotion and haven't realized the importance of being patient.

✓ Yes, of course. When I was a child, I wasn't as patient as I am now because I didn't know how to control my emotions and hadn't realized the importance of being patient.

Mixing present ('I'm') with past context 'When I was a child' is incorrect; use past tense 'I wasn't'. Use 'as I am now' for comparison. 'I don't know' should be 'I didn't know' to match past time. 'emotion' should be plural 'emotions' in this context. Suggestion: Keep past tense in the clause about childhood and use correct plural: 'I wasn't as patient as I am now because I didn't know how to control my emotions.'