Sunday, September 6, 2009

TOEIC listening: An employee ask her co-worker for small change

Hey Bill, do you have any change? I need some quarters for the vending machine.

Another healthy lunch today, eh Paula? Let me see, I can change a dollar . Here you are.

Thanks. I'm working on the Pratt Project. It's due this week, and I don't have time to get out for lunch. Oh no, I need two more quarters.

Why don't you ask Theresa? She'll be back soon.


See details: TOEIC listening III, part 7, exercise 1


Note:

vending machine

When I was a college student, I often bought some drinks from a vending machine which was set in a dormitory and had breakdowns frequently. Mealwhile, in order not to loss my right, I asked the vendor to return my money to me.


I try to make sentence for 'vending machine', so please tell me if I make any mistakes or give me your advice. Thanks a lot.

Maggie^^

Posted by Maggie at 4:25 AM

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3 comments:

  1. E KalsowSeptember 12, 2009 at 6:53 PM

    Hi Maggie,
    Your sentence is pretty good! The end section, "So I told the vendor to return my money to me" is a fragment. That means that it is not considered a complete sentence in English and needs to be reworded or added to.

    In the section above "note:" dollar is spelled wrong. Also, in the green section "vending" is spelled wrong.

    I hope this helps! :)
    -Kalsow

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  2. MaggieSeptember 13, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    Hi, Kalsow

    Sorry! I made too many mistakes. Also, I corrected the mistakes. But I still have a question about the sentence, "Mealwhile, in order not to loss my right, I asked the vendor to return my money to me.
    ". I modified it again, and I'm not sure if it's fine. Could you check it out for me again?


    Thanks a lot.


    Maggie^^

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  3. E KalsowSeptember 20, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    Hi Maggie,
    Its totally fine that you make mistakes! I make mistakes all the time and I speak English natively. I love reading your writing! Sometimes it might take me awhile to respond because I have very little free time with school now.

    I think you mean "meanwhile" instead of "mealwhile" but you don't really need that word anyway. Also, "loss" should be "lose" in the sentence. Another thing I am confused about is what you mean by "right." Are you talking about money? Then you could say "In order to not lose my savings, I asked the vendor to return my money to me."

    Tell me if you meant something else. :)
    -Kalsow

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