Describe a technological problem you had

Band 6

I would like to describe a problem I haveError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “had” with my laptop last semester. It was the night before I had to send an important assignment to my teacher, and I was working in my room at about ten o’clock. Suddenly the screen becomeError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “became” black and nothing happened when I pressed the buttons. I restarted it three times, but it still did not start, and I was very scaredVocabulario básico; limita el Lexical Resource because the whole assignment was inside it. I did not have a copy, which was a big mistake. After half an hour I called my cousin Kamol, who studyError de concordancia sujeto-verbo: debería ser “studies” computer science. He came to my house and opened the laptop, and after about an hour he findError de tiempo verbal: debería ser “found” the problem and saved my files on his own memory stick. While he worked, my mother brought us tea and kept telling me to stay calm. I finished the assignment at four in the morning and sent it just on time. It was one of the most stressful nights of my life, but I learned a lesson, and now I always savesError de concordancia sujeto-verbo: debería ser “save” a copy of my important files every day.

Band 7

I’d like to describe a problem I had with my laptop last semester. It was the night before I had to hand in an important assignment, and I was working in my room at around ten o’clock when, without warning, the screen went black and nothing happened when I pressed any key. I restarted it three times, but it wouldn’t come back on, and I started to panicExpresión precisa y natural para una reacción fuerte because the whole assignment was on it and I had no copy, which was a big mistake. After half an hour I called my cousin Kamol, who studies computer science. He came over, opened the laptop and, after about an hour, managed to recover all the files and save them onto a memory stickEstructura verbal compleja con dos acciones conectadas. While he worked, my mother brought us tea and kept telling me to stay calm. I finished the assignment at four in the morning and submitted it just in time. It was honestly one of the most stressful nights I’ve ever hadMarcador discursivo que añade un comentario personal, but it taught me to savingError de forma: debería ser “save” a copy of my important work every single day.

Band 8

I’d like to describe a problem I had with my laptop last semester. It was the night before I had to hand in an important assignment, and I was working in my room at around ten o’clock when, without warning, the screen went black and nothing happened when I pressed any key. I restarted it three times, but it wouldn’t come back on, and I started to panic because the whole assignment was on it and I had no copy, which was a big mistake. After half an hour I called my cousin Kamol, who studies computer science. He came over, opened the laptop and, after about an hour, managed to recover all the files and save them onto a memory stick. While he worked, my mother brought us tea and kept telling me to stay calm. I finished the assignment at four in the morning and submitted it just in time. Honestly, it was one of the most nerve-racking nights I’ve ever hadAdjetivo preciso dentro de una estructura superlativa, but it taught me a lasting lesson: had I made a copy earlier, none of it would have happenedTercer condicional invertido usado correctamente, and now saving my files every day is simply part of my routine.