Gifts— Part 1 Report

Suggestion: Make your answer more natural and concise. Start with a clear topic sentence, correct grammar (avoid redundant words), and use one or two supporting details with linking words. Keep to fewer than five sentences. Replace vague phrases like “that per person’s personality” with “each person’s personality” and correct verb forms.

Example: Yes, I think I'm good at giving gifts. I usually choose presents based on each person's personality and current interests, and before birthdays I often ask friends what they like so I don't disappoint them.

Suggestion: Be more fluent and avoid repetition. Use clear linking words to connect ideas and correct tense and article use (e.g., “a gift”). Provide specific examples concisely.

Example: I usually give gifts on birthdays or to celebrate achievements. For example, I often give a present when a friend graduates or receives a promotion to acknowledge their success.

Suggestion: Open with a clear topic sentence and use concise supporting details with correct grammar. Use linking words (first, also) and avoid repeated words. Be specific about what you mean by suitability.

Example: The main factors are suitability and price. First, I consider whether the gift matches the friend's personality and tastes, and secondly I check if it fits my budget.

Suggestion: Improve grammar, tense consistency and clarity. Keep sentences short and logical. Explain what you made with specific examples and use linking words (because, so). Avoid repetition and unfinished phrases.

Example: Yes. When I was in secondary school I often made handmade gifts because I couldn't afford expensive presents. For instance, I wrote personalized cards and made simple crafts like photo frames.

Suggestion: Finish your ideas and avoid filler words (umm, like). State your opinion clearly and support it with specific reasons and a brief example. Use linking words (however, on the other hand) and complete the final thought about family/others.

Example: I think it depends on the recipient. For close people, the thought and time behind a gift matter more than its price; for relatives or colleagues, a more expensive gift can sometimes be an appropriate way to show respect or appreciation.

× I would choose to give according to that per person's personality or their recent favorite.

✓ I would choose gifts according to each person's personality or their recent favourites.

Incorrect use of 'that per person' and 'favorite' form. 'Each person' is the correct expression for referring individually, and 'favourites' (or 'favorites' in American English) better fits 'recent favourite(s)'. Also 'choose to give according to' is unnaturally worded; 'choose gifts according to' is clearer.

× Especially when I am giving my friends gift during their birthday, I would ask them previously to avoid some disappointment.

✓ Especially when I give my friends gifts for their birthdays, I ask them beforehand to avoid disappointment.

Errors: missing plural and articles. 'Friends gift' should be 'friends gifts' or 'a gift for my friends'; 'during their birthday' is better as 'for their birthdays'; 'I would ask them previously' is unnatural—use 'I ask them beforehand'. Also use simple present for habitual action.

× Generally, I give presents to my friends during their birthday or after they accomplish some achievement.

✓ Generally, I give presents to my friends on their birthdays or after they achieve something.

'During their birthday' is incorrect preposition and singular; use 'on their birthdays'. 'Accomplish some achievement' is awkward—'after they achieve something' is natural.

× For example, after during my friend's graduation ceremony or after they got their promotion, I would also give gift to them.

✓ For example, after my friend's graduation ceremony or after they get a promotion, I also give them a gift.

Mixed and incorrect tenses and words: 'after during' is wrong; use simple present or present simple for habitual actions: 'after my friend's graduation ceremony' and 'after they get a promotion'. 'Give gift to them' needs article and natural word order: 'give them a gift'.

× The first and foremost things I would consider would be the suitability of the gift, whether the gift suit my friends personality or will my friends like it.

✓ The first and foremost thing I consider is the suitability of the gift: whether the gift suits my friend's personality and whether my friend will like it.

Subject-verb agreement and singular/plural problems: 'things' should be 'thing' when followed by singular 'would be the suitability'. 'Suit' requires 'suits' for singular 'gift'. 'My friends personality' needs possessive apostrophe 'friend's' or use plural consistently. Use parallel clause structure for clarity.

× So this would be the prime factors and the other one would be the price of the gift like if it is affordable or not.

✓ So this is the main factor, and another important consideration is the price of the gift, whether it is affordable or not.

Mismatch between singular/plural: 'prime factors' conflicts with 'this'. 'The other one' is awkward; use 'another important consideration'. Use 'whether' for the affordable choice. Improve conjunctions for clarity.

× Yes, I used to give handmade gift when I was in secondary school because I was out of budget then.

✓ Yes, I used to give handmade gifts when I was in secondary school because I was on a tight budget then.

Plural needed: 'handmade gift' -> 'handmade gifts'. Idiomatic expression: 'out of budget' is incorrect; use 'on a tight budget' or 'had no money'.

× So I am I was not able to buy a really valuable and good looking gift, so I will make myself so often I will write some cards and also made.

✓ So I was not able to buy a valuable or good-looking gift, so I often made gifts myself; I would write cards and make simple presents.

Mixed tenses and duplicated words: 'So I am I was' is incorrect. Maintain past tense 'was not able'. 'Good looking' should be hyphenated 'good-looking' when used as an adjective. Sentence fragments like 'and also made' must be completed: 'and made simple presents' or 'and made them myself'. Use consistent past habitual construction.

× Do expensive gifts better express your feelings?

✓ Do expensive gifts better express your feelings?

This sentence is grammatically acceptable as written; no change needed. It is a correct question using comparative adverb placement. (No further correction required.)

× Well I think it depends on the recipient. If it is an intimate person like my best friend or my boyfriend, I think umm what really matters is the value is the time I put in the gift.

✓ Well, I think it depends on the recipient. If it is someone close, like my best friend or my boyfriend, what really matters is the time and effort I put into the gift.

Pronoun and word choice: 'an intimate person' is unnatural; use 'someone close'. Word order and redundancy: 'the value is the time I put in the gift' is ungrammatical—use 'the time and effort I put into the gift'. Preposition 'into' is correct for 'put into the gift'.

× However, like when it comes to like family or other people, I think expensive gift can show my.

✓ However, when it comes to family or other people, I think an expensive gift can show my appreciation.

Redundant fillers 'like' should be removed. 'Expensive gift' needs an article: 'an expensive gift'. Sentence is incomplete 'can show my'—add noun 'appreciation' to complete the thought.