[Kerin]

Hi @Alessio.Amerighi

Thank you for you 5 facts! 🤗

I have to disagree with you though … September is most definitely the best birthday month😅

If you like football, you may know my team – Aberdeen F.C. They were good in the 80’S!!!

> I have a master degree in economics and I like too much numbers, maths, and MANAGING✅ money.

(We don’t really say “I like too much” – you can say; I love, I’m a big fan of, I’m really into ….

e.g I have a master degree in economics and I’m really into numbers, maths, and MANAGING money )

> 4. I like travelling and visiting every kind of places in the world. My best holiday was in Thailand 3 years ago (too much time ago!) Instead of too much time ago; say too long ago 👍

> 5. You are what we call “a fussy eater!”

Good job Alessio – keep going!

[Kerin]

Hi @Giovanni.Ugolini

I enjoyed reading this very much and I found what you say insightful. You’ve brought up some points that I hadn’t thought about before. Great!

Some feedback, very well written, smooth structures and varied vocab. Good job 👍

Prepositions (they are dreadful, aren’t they?!!)

> I don’t think there is a clear snobbery around accents in Italy, if BY the term snobbery we mean …

> so that every place IN Italy (a region or a municipality) has developed its own independent language

Lexical changes

> We can also ASSUME(?) that the term “snob” ….

> the “dialects” PRIMARILY highlight their different origins …

Keep going Giovanni, this is great!

[Kerin]

Hi @Gaetano.Franco

Well done! Great use of vocabulary 👍👍👍

When we make a question in English, we have to follow a formula:

Auxiliary verb + subject + verb

so instead of: it’s your first day of work here? ❌

say: Is it your first day of work here? ✅

We have lunch together today? ❌

Can we have lunch together? ✅ or: Do you want to have lunch together?

Hope that’s clear👍

[Kerin]

@Riccardo.Gai this is excellent, your vocabulary is spot on, well done!

Just a grammar point:

B: I’m John, pleased to meet you Riccardo. ⚠️I didn’t see you before, is IT your first day of job?

A: No, ⚠️i’m working at the company since 2019, but i live in Florence so i work remotely from there.

In both cases, we have to use the present perfect = have + past participle

This is because we need to show that we are talking about something that started in the past, but continues into the present>

B: I’m John, pleased to meet you Riccardo. I haven’t seen you before, is IT your first day of job?

A: No, I’ve worked at the company since 2019, but i live in Florence so i work remotely from there.

ps. 💡 remember to always put “I” with a capital letter: I, I’m, I’ve etc 👍

[Kerin]

Annalisa, this month try to do the units present simple, negatives and countable in the elementary section. This will help you a lot!

[Kerin]

Hi Emanuele,

Nice to meet you and thank you for your 5 facts! 👍

Prato di Strada sounds lovely🌳 and i can only imagine how much your life has changed since the arrival of your daughter 😅

Let’s have a look at some improvements:

2. Last November (without ‘on’) my daughter was born (word order) and my life has changed (present perfect) a little! Before, I had A LOT of free time …

3. I studied in Florence where i get❌ a master’s degree in mathematics > I studied in Florence where I GOT✅ a master’s degree in mathematics. (past simple)

4. . I love rally, and every years I partecipates to ❌ three/four race❌ around Italy > .

> I love rally, and every year (singular) I take part in three/four races around Italy

5. This made me laugh, I know the dog situation very well 😂

I have two dogs very lively, every days they do some “guaio” – get into some trouble!

Good @emanuele.bucarelli , you have some nice vocabulary. I want you to focus on the grammar course, this month try to do units present simple, negatives and countable in the elementary section. this will help you a lot.

[Kerin]

Thanks for sharing! I’m glad you’ve never suffered any discrimination because of your accent @manu

I’m not familiar with the dialect in Arezzo, I find Florentines easy enough to understand, but already people from Prato I find more difficult. I think it is just a matter of tuning in and getting used to someone’s accent.

Feedback:

> Word order: Yes, I think that pronunciation in Tuscany, as a rule, has been always considered > … has always been considered

> Tuscany dialect > the Tuscan dialect

> Instead of using talk, use: dialect spoken: …is the dialect SPOKEN in Siena, which is the clearest dialect SPOKEN in Tuscany.

> I haven’t personally felt discriminated AGAINST for my accent – this link is interesting: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discriminate

Good work 👍

[Kerin]

Good work Annalisa👍

I am dog crazy too, unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our dog a few months ago – she was very old and not well. I hope to get another one soon!

Here are some notes:

> “i” should always be spelled with a capital letter; I love, I’m working, I’m form etc

I’m Annalisa, i come from Ravenna AND i’m working in Sintra AS AN HR Specialist.

I’m a tipical TYPICAL Italian girl, i like fashion things, i like so much eating pizza it’s my FAVOURITE. I love dogs then i have (delete: it) one, i was born with A dog. I don’t like superficial and SELFISH PEOPLE. I consider my self altruist, genuine, extrovert, open minded.

Ask me if you need anything explained or if you have any questions.

[Kerin]

Hi crazy girl! I’m so happy to see you here. 🤗

I think you have the right priorities in life!

Watch out for these mistakes

> i’m feel sometimes a little crazy girl, i love nature and relaxing into there.

I feel (not I’m feel – because feel is a verb) and you don’t need ‘into’

> I love THE beach and drinkING aperitif under the sunshine.

After the verbs like, love, don’t like, hate we can use the gerund (ing form)

e.g. I love dancing, I hate swimming, I don’t like cleaning my house etc

Here you go:

I feel sometimes a little crazy girl, I love nature and relaxing there. I love the beach and drinking aperitif under the sunshine. 🌴

[Kerin]

Hi @j.artini

well done on this task 👍

Your vocabulary is good and you sound very natural. Where I’m seeing some problems is between present perfect and past simple tense. To review this, please do the past simple and present perfect sections in the lower intermediate unit in your grammar course

Please have a look at my feedback:

1. Gianni I haven’t heard you could you please repeat what you where saying. > here you need to use the past simple because it is a completed action

> Gianni I didn’t hear you could you please repeat what you where saying. (past simple because it is finished)

3. Sorry Luca, I accidentally mute you > Sorry Luca, I accidentally muted you (past simple)

5. Matt are you still there? Is everything all right? Your just is frozen. > You’ve just frozen (present perfect)

7. can you please put you on mute > can you please put yourself on mute

8. Can anybody hear me? I’ve just ask to everybody if it’s ok to schedule the next meeting for tomorrow at 10 but nobody answer me.

> Can anybody hear me? I’ve just asked (DELETE: to) everybody if it’s ok to schedule the next meeting for tomorrow at 10 but nobody answered me.

Let me know if you need anything clarified or if you have any questions 🤗

[Kerin]

Excellent work @Claudio.Cheli 🙌

Just two notes:

> “I” when referring to a person, should always be a capital letter : I’ll, I’ve. I’m etc

> in scenario 4, if you change the word order and add ‘can’ it will sound more natural:

✅...you’re talking about a presentation but I (can) only see a browser window.

If you have time, try to do the speaking task too 👍

Thanks!

[Kerin]

Hi @Diego.Magionami

This is near perfect 💪 well done!

A few notes for you

5) do you have problems with your connection?

So, this is not incorrect, but it sounds a bit unnatural. This is because when we use the present simple, we are stating a fact. So if we ask do you have problems with your connection? we are asking if it is always the case (and for this reason, it isn’t incorrect!) However, it would be better to use the present continuous to ask ‘in this moment’ > are you having problems with your connection?

6) there is a great confusion

This sounds suspiciously like an Italian translation to me! 😅 Try saying, there’s too much confusion or there’s a big mess

7) Please, who is not talking could mute his microphone? This is a complicated phrase. I suggest this:

Could anyone who is not talking please mute their microphone?

Let me know if you have any questions or need anything clarified. I’m just going to send you feedback on your audio now 👍

[Kerin]

Hi @Michele.Baldi

You’ve done a good job 👍

Please have a look at my feedback:

2) I’m sorry, I’m late. ❌ I haven’t heard the alarm clock this morning.

Here you have to use the past simple because you stipulate the time in the past this happened

✅ I’m sorry, I’m late. I didn’t hear the alarm clock this morning.

(You can review the past simple in the grammar course in the lower intermediate section)

5) Are you ok Nick? Your video has just frozen

This is correct, but perhaps it would be more common to say: Everything ok Nick?

8) spelling (probably just a typo!) partecipate > participate

Let me know if you have any questions or need anything clarified 👍

… and if you have time, try to do the speaking task too!

[Kerin]

Hi @Mattia.Rosi

This is well done.

Please have a look at feedback

1) you could make this even more natural by saying sound quality:

Sorry, there’s a lot of background noise and the sound quality is poor, could you please speak up?

2) Brilliant! I too often find a lot of traffic from my sofa to my desk 😂

I suggest: Could someone run through what’s been discussed so far?

7) Sorry guys, there is a dog that IS barking and I can’t hear what you are talking about. Please, the dog’s owner has to mute the mic and TURN it on when the dog IS be quiet. Thank you.

8) the verb discuss doesn’t need a preposition

Let me know if you have any questions or need anything clarified 🙌 and if you have time, try to do the speaking task too

[Kerin]

Hi Diego,

I couldn’t agree more! (The Britishness in me loves the focus, lack of of hassle and faff!) Having said that, I also agree that face-to-face meetings can be better, especially when you need to brainstorm or make key decisions.

Well written @Diego.Magionami your grammar structures are sound and I like the vocabulary you have used.

The only things I would like to highlight are:

> worrying (it’s probably just a typo though!)

> discuss (doesn’t take a preposition)