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Could anyone help me with English, please?

I'm an Italian girl, I study English at University and tomorrow I'm having an exam. I'm terrified! My English is not very good, so forgive me if I'm making mistakes while writing... I need some help: can you tell me if this text is correct? Unfortunately I haven't been able to travel to an English speaking countries, so I haven't improved speaking. However, I have improved reading and listening. I have read some books in English: (list of the books I've read). I have also read English newspapers almost every week, like The Guardian, despite the fact it isn't easy understanding such articles. Furthermore, I have listened to songs, both in British English and in American English, trying to understand the words and then checking them up. Moreover, I have watched TV in English, on channels like BBC prime and Sky news, but also MTV, Fox, E Entertainment and Sky Sport. I have watched especially cartoons, series, weather reports and football commentaries, as I love English Premier League and I'm a Liverpool FC's fan since 10 years. Finally, I have visited English websites; (list of the websites I've visited). Please, help me!!! I depend on you! Thanks!

Public Comments

  1. Instead of 'An English speaking countries' put 'Any* english speaking countries' Other than that it's all fine really, infact some of that is better than my english!
  2. non ti preoccupare. questo e stato perfecto. dont worry. it was perfect.
  3. Drop FC's from "I'm a Liverpool FC's fan" so it reads I'm a Liverpool fan and you're there. It's really good, well done and good luck on your exam.
  4. Unfortunately I haven't been able to travel to an English speaking country, so I haven't improved my spoken English, but I have improved reading and listening. I have read several books in English: (list of the books I've read). I also read English newspapers almost every week, like The Guardian, despite the fact that it isn't always easy to understand the articles. I have listened to songs, both in British English and in American English, trying to understand the words and then looking them up to check. I have also watched TV in English, mainly on channels like BBC Prime and Sky news, but also MTV, Fox, E Entertainment and Sky Sport. I have watched mainly cartoons, weather reports and football commentaries, as I love watching the English Premier League and I've been a Liverpool fan for 10 years. Finally, I visit websites in English: (list of the websites I've visited). What you had was perfectly understandable, and only contained a couple of things which were definitely wrong, but I have changed some of it to be more like what a native speaker might actually write. I deleted "series" from your list of TV shows because you wouldn't use series on its own like that in English - you might say "comedy series" or "police drama series", etc. I deleted "furthermore" and "moreover" not because they were wrong, but simply for stylistic reasons - it's not good writing style to keep reusing "also", even if you use synonyms (words which mean the same).
  5. Unfortunately I haven't been able to travel to any English speaking countries, so I haven't improved on my speaking. However, I have improved my reading and listening. I have read some books in English: (list of the books I've read). I also read English newspapers almost every week, like The Guardian, despite the fact it isn't easy understanding such articles. Furthermore, I have listened to songs, both in British English and in American English, trying to understand the words and then looking them up. Moreover, I have watched TV in English, on channels like BBC prime and Sky news as well as MTV, Fox, E Entertainment and Sky Sports. I have also watched cartoons, weather reports and football commentaries, as I love English Premier League and I've been a fan of Liverpool FC for 10 years. Finally, I have visited English websites; (list of the websites I've visited).
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