There are TEN (10) errors in the following text involving verbs, verb forms, sentence structure, relative clauses, articles, conjunctions and prepositions. Circle/ Highlight the errors and write the correction in the box provided below the paragragh.
Photography and climbing have been hobbies of mine for twenty years. I always believed that I was going to be geologist so I went to
university in England and got a degree in geology. A further 4 years of studying gained me a Doctorate (PhD) in geology in the University of Leeds.
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Sadly, jobs in England for geologists were difficult to find so I decided to accept a challenging job developing gas sensors for using in environmental monitoring that would, in turn, help industries reduce their pollution.
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I enjoyed this work for 4 years, soon realize that my gas sensors could help geologists to predict volcanic eruptions. The research promised to be exciting (sometimes dangerous!) and new, but I had to find some money. With the collaborating of colleagues at university, my idea won funding for 1 year only.
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Alhough good results, the backing of experts, and lots of hard work climbing volcanoes, I couldn’t persuade British industry to give me money to finish what I felt was important work. I know I was really disappointed at the time, but I soon snapped out of feeling that way! I started to think of doing something more positive than feel sorry for myself.
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It was during that time that I decided to become a professional photography. However, I needed money to pay for lessons to help me develop my photography skills. So I started to work part-time as a Youth Hostel warden and window cleaning to earn enough to help me pay my bills. It was tough because I had to work long hours and was sometimes so exhausted that I fell asleep during eating my dinner!
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I concentrated on nature photography because I have always loved animals and travelling to different countries, especially Africa and South East Asia. In 1997, my efforts pay off and I won the award of “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” competition, and last year I won another major prize for my nature photography. Maybe, one day, someone will pay me to photograph volcanoes?
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5 comments:
hey shi yi.... i was surprise to see so many types of common grammar mistekes. It is a good thing that we can learn alot, but i think u should focus on one specific mistakes that u you always commit instead. Furthermore, i think you should elaborate and explain the right way of usage. For example, you have given an exercise on paralellism. I think it would be better if u can explain it in a more detail form instead of just giving examples.
The answers for word forms can be made clearer by identify the mistakes and name the types of grammar error.
Anyway, I grateful that u have posted the the exercises which were quite helpful. Thx :)
Hi, Shi Yi. Thank you for letting us know more about some common grammar mistakes. However, can you make it clear about the errors and the answers or it is hard for us to read this article. Furthermore, like Justin said, you should focus on one topic and tell us more about the topic. You should follow the instruction of Porfilio2. Anyhow, I appreciate your work because it helps me to do the coming Text Editing 1.
It is a good exercise. I think it would be better if you can explain more about the errors with them highlighted in your answer part. Anyway, I really know more about all the possible mistakes in terms of word form. Thanks for sharing~~~
It a standard editing exercise. It help me to review some common mistakes. However, in my opinion, you need to pay more attention to explain why these uses are wrong. And what is more impoortant, it is better to post some principles of a specific mistake. It will help us a lot. Thanks for these editing exercises. It also help us.
It is good that you had provided the text editing exercise. Like what other said, i think it would be better if you focus on one specific mistakes that you would likely commit. It will be very helpful if you explain the corrects ways of using the specific mistake such as prepositions. Anyway, thanks for sharing the exercise.
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