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TOEIC Speaking practice: correct a detail using a schedule
A question may contain a mistake. Do not agree automatically: check the event and its time in the information provided.
Professor Scott MendozaThe short answer
Identify the event, check its details and correct the specific mistake. If the budget workshop is at 10:00 a.m., answer “Actually, it starts at ten” when someone suggests nine. Give the corrected fact rather than only saying “No.”
Correct the fact; keep the reply useful.
Match the event name before reading across to its time and location. The welcome talk and the workshop are different events, so the talk’s time cannot answer a workshop question. “Actually” can introduce a correction. A clear “No, it starts at ten” is also possible; no single phrase is compulsory.
An original schedule
9:00 a.m. — Room A
10:00 a.m. — Room B
Noon — Café
“Noon” means 12:00 in the middle of the day. Do not use the lunch time to answer a question about the workshop.
Match, correct, confirm
Find the event
Budget workshop → 10:00 a.m. → Room B.
Correct the mistaken time
Actually, it starts at ten.
Answer a location follow-up
It is in Room B.
Try it now
Check the schedule first
Read all answers and explanations
“The budget workshop starts at nine, right?” Use the schedule above.
Actually, it starts at ten.The workshop starts at ten. Nine belongs to the welcome talk; lunch is at noon.
“Is the workshop in Room A?” Choose a useful correction.
No, it is in Room B.The workshop is in Room B. Room A is for the talk; the café is for lunch.
“The team lunch is at ten, right?” What should you say?
No, it starts at noon.Lunch is at noon: midday, not midnight. Ten belongs to the workshop.
Put it into practice
Correct the time, then give the room
Use this schedule for both replies: Welcome talk — 9:00 a.m. — Room A; Budget workshop — 10:00 a.m. — Room B; Team lunch — noon — Café.
- Visitor
The budget workshop starts at nine, right?
See a model answer
- Visitor
The budget workshop starts at nine, right?
- You
Actually, it starts at ten.
- Visitor
And which room is it in?
- You
It is in Room B.
The first reply corrects the mistaken time. The second answers the new location question using the same workshop entry.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Must I start every correction with “Actually”?
No. It is one option. A direct correction can also be polite when it clearly supplies the requested fact. Avoid turning one useful phrase into a fixed script.
No, it starts at ten, not nine.
What if the schedule does not give a detail?
Do not invent it. This practice checks what the supplied information supports; a confident guess is still a guess.
The schedule does not list the speaker’s name.
Take it into your day
A helpful correction gives the right fact from the right event.
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