What I Said:

I realized three months ago that my passport will be expired in 2025, but I never had the time to work on it until today. Right now it became to a urgent thing because the expiration time is at the end of this month. My wife also went with me because her passport was expired for two years. We thought it wouldn’t be easy to renew her passport, but the process was really smooth. The surprise was that there was some dots on my face, so the picture of my ID card is different with me. That caused me to make a new ID card using a new photo I took today. It was similar with that in my new passport.

ChatGPT’s Revision:

I realized three months ago that my passport would expire in 2025, but I didn’t have time to deal with it until today. Now it’s urgent because it expires at the end of this month. My wife came along since her passport had been expired for two years. We thought renewing hers would be difficult, but the process was surprisingly smooth. The funny part? There were some spots on my face, so my ID photo didn’t match my appearance. I ended up taking a new photo and getting a new ID card to match my new passport!

Fixes and Explanations:

  • “my passport will be expired in 2025” → “my passport would expire in 2025”

    “Would expire” is the correct tense for this reflection about the past.

  • “but I never had the time to work on it until today” → “but I didn’t have time to deal with it until today”

    “Deal with it” is more conversational than “work on it.”

  • “Right now it became to a urgent thing” → “Now it’s urgent”

    Simplified for clarity and smoother phrasing.

  • “because the expiration time is at the end of this month” → “because it expires at the end of this month”

    “Expires” is shorter and more natural.

  • “her passport was expired for two years” → “her passport had been expired for two years”

    Correct past perfect tense for an event before another past action.

  • “The surprise was that there was some dots on my face” → “The funny part? There were some spots on my face”

    “Funny part” adds personality, and “spots” is the appropriate word.

  • “That caused me to make a new ID card using a new photo I took today” → “I ended up taking a new photo and getting a new ID card to match my new passport”

    Smoothed phrasing for better readability.