Unemployment: day 46
I drew a card package on Pokemon Card Pocket. So the package included 6 cards. Ordinary package has 5 cards. I was surprised at the phenomenon, so I searched it app. The official said that there is a 6 cards pack rarely 8% average.
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Correct version
I opened a card pack in Pokémon Card Pocket. To my surprise, the pack contained six cards, whereas an ordinary pack usually has five. I was curious about this and looked it up app. According to the official website, about 8% of packs contain six cards.
IELTS Improvement Points
Collocation:
open a pack (not draw a package)
→ The natural collocation when talking about trading cards. Draw a package is incorrect in English.
according to the official website
→ A very common collocation for citing sources formally, stronger than just “the official said.”
looked it up app
→ Idiomatic and natural phrasal verb for searching information. More fluent than “searched it app.”
Template:
To my surprise, [unexpected event].
→ Useful template to describe surprising experiences in IELTS Speaking Part 2 or Writing Task 2.
Whereas [situation A], [situation B].
→ A formal linking word to contrast two facts. Example: Whereas most students study full-time, some choose part-time courses.
Vocabulary:
pack (instead of package)
→ Correct term for a set of trading cards. Package suggests a parcel or box, not a booster pack.
contain / contained
→ More precise than include when describing what is inside a box, bag, or pack.
rarely / occasionally
→ Useful adverbs to describe frequency. Rarely is better than “rarely 8% average,” which is ungrammatical.
