- Find and correct the errors.
- Rewrite the sentence with correction(s) + number.
Reminder, fellas: punctuation (tanda baca), especially period [.] and apostrophe [‘], and capitalization are important!
- A bee is a insect. It makes honey.
- Where she lives? | I guess not far from school.
- I saw two peoples last night.
- Last week they move to this neighborhood.
- I live in Denpasar since 1990.
- What does happen? Tell me!
- My neighbor’s dog ate all his food in just one bite.
- How much time have you gone there?
- These shoes are more cheaper than that one.
- Why you’re here? | You know why am I here.
- They’ve come and go as they please.
- Whose that man? | I have no idea!
- I don’t have many knowledge on this subject.
- Do you like ice cream? | Yes, I like.
- Be careful. Andrew drives very bad.
- He goes to university when he was 18.
- One of the most important thing in my life is family.
- I have eaten sushi before I went to Japan.
- Do you need help? I’m going to carry that for you.
- Where are you come from?
ANSWER
NOTE: the corrections will be typed in parenthesis (tanda kurung).
- “A bee is (an) insect. It makes honey.” “an” is used before nouns that begin with vowel sound, like “insect”.
- “Where (does) she (live)? | I guess not far from school.” Present Simple, 3rd person singular: “question word + does + S + V1?”
- “I saw two (people) last night.” People = plural form of “person”; peoples = “several groups of people” (bangsa, rakyat).
- “Last week they (moved) to this neighborhood.” Past Simple, positive: S + simple past verb (V2). Moved = simple past of “move”.
- “I (have lived/have been living) in Denpasar since 1990.” Present Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous to express activity/state that started sometime in the past and continues until now.
- “What (happened/happens/is happening)? Tell me!” “Happen” is used in “subject questions”, no auxiliary (do/does/did) needed. Read more about “happen” and “subject questions” here: BBC Learning English = “To happen”
- “My neighbor’s dog ate all (its) food in just one bite.” “its” = possessive adj. for “it” (the pronoun for animals in general).
- “How many times have you gone there?” “time” here = countable noun (“kali” in “brp kali”), thus we use “many + times (plural)”.
- “These shoes are (cheaper) than (those ones).” “cheaper” is used without “more”; “those ones” to refer to “shoes” (plural).
- “Why (are you) here? | You know why (I am) here.” 1st: Present Simple question. 2nd: “why I am…” = noun clause, not question.
- “They (have come and gone/come and go) as they please.” Both verbs (“come” and “go”) should be parallel/in the same verb form.
- “(Who is) that man? | I have no idea!” “Who is” (siapa) is used here, not “whose” (milik siapa) because it doesn’t match.
- “I don’t have (much) knowledge on this subject.” “knowledge” = uncountable noun, thus we use “much”, not “many” (for countable).
- “Do you like ice cream? | Yes, I (do).” “Yes/no” question is answered with “short answer”; positive form: “Yes, S + auxiliary.”
- “Be careful. Andrew drives very (badly).” Badly = adverb; bad = adjective. We use adverb to explain a verb (“drives”).
- “He (went) to university when he was 18.” “he was 18” happened in the past, so should “he went”. “he goes” = Present Simple.
- “One of the most important (things) in my life is family.” Remember: “one of the + plural noun”. Read: #EngClass: one of the (plural noun).
- “I (had) eaten sushi before I went to Japan.” “had eaten” = Past Perfect, because “had eaten” happened before “I went”.
- “Do you need help? (I’ll) carry that for you.” “will” is used to express “spontaneous decision/offer” (you decide to help now).
- “Where (are you/do you come) from?” However, “Where are you from?” to talk about place of origin is a more common use.
WOW! Such long explanation, fellas. So how did you score? If you still made mistakes, remember: practice makes perfect! :)
Compiled and written by @NenoNeno at @EnglishTips4U on August 6, 2012
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