Name________________

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Sentence Correction 1 Directions: Correct the errors in the following sentences. Example: I are very happy. I am very happy. 1. Candy taste sweet. ____________________________________________________

2. I gonna get a new cat. _________________________________________________ 3. She like dogs. ________________________________________________________ 4. Me favorite coler is red. _______________________________________________ 5. I am happy know. _____________________________________________________ 6. What time it is? ______________________________________________________

7. I have writed him a letter already. ___________________________________________ 8. Jenna don’t know the anser. ________________________________________________ 9. We have been reading since five thirty. ____________________________________________

10. My head hurt. _______________________________________________________ 11. When are we go to eat? ______________________________________ 12. He don’t like vegetables. _______________________________________________ 13. Me favourite colour are blue. ____________________________________________ 14. She does her homework every nights. _____________________________________ 15. I am leave now. ______________________________________________________

16. There are going two help us. ______________________________________________

17. You want to get somethink to eat later? __________________________________________________________

9. I thing we are going to win the game. _______________________________________________________ 10. Toby is taller then Nick. _______________________________________________

Name:___________________________

Sentence Correction 2 Directions: Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1. I am go now. _______________________________________________________ 2. I want three egg. _____________________________________________________ 3. We is learning English. ______________________________________________ 4. I have too cats. ______________________________________________________ 5. You chair is red. _____________________________________________________

6. The television are on. _________________________________________________ 7. I dunno if I can do it. __________________________________________________ 8. She drives to working. ___________________________________________________ 9. John washd car yesterday. ______________________________________________ 10. My best friend is hear! ________________________________________________

Name:___________________________

Sentence Correction Directions: Correct the errors in the following sentences.

1. You see the game last night? Did you see the game last night? 2. i gonna eat at 8:30. I am going to eat at 8:30. 3. When a we leaving? When are we leaving? 4. daniel need to go to the store. Daniel needs to go to the store. 5. Fitri is my friends. Fitri is my friend.

6. Are you coming two? Are you coming too?

Here are some of the most common English mistakes made by students. Go through the examples below make sure you understand the corrections. Then try the grammar test at the end to check your progress.

1. Wrong I have visited Niagara Falls last weekend. Right I visited Niagara Falls last weekend.

2. Wrong The woman which works here is from Japan. Right The woman who works here is from Japan.

3. Wrong She’s married with a dentist. Right She’s married to a dentist.

4. Wrong She was boring in the class. Right She was bored in the class.

5. Wrong I must to call him immediately. Right I must call him immediately.

6. Wrong Every students like the teacher. Right Every student likes the teacher.

7. Wrong Although it was raining, but we had the picnic. Right Although it was raining, we had the picnic.

8. Wrong I enjoyed from the movie. Right I enjoyed the movie.

9. Wrong I look forward to meet you. Right I look forward to meeting you.

10.Wrong I like very much ice cream. Right I like ice cream very much.

11.Wrong She can to drive. Right She can drive.

12.Wrong Where I can find a bank? Right Where can I find a bank?

13.Wrong I live in United States. Right I live in theUnited States.

14.Wrong When I will arrive, I will call you. Right When I arrive, I will call you.15.Wrong I’ve been here since three months. Right I’ve been here for three months.

15.Wrong My boyfriend has got a new work. Right My boyfriend has got a new job. (or just "has a new job")

16.Wrong She doesn’t listen me. Right She doesn’t listen to me.

17.Wrong You speak English good. Right You speak English well.

18.Wrong The police is coming. Right The police are coming.

19.Wrong The house isn’t enough big. Right The house isn’t big enough.

20.Wrong You should not to smoke. Right You should not smoke.

21.Wrong Do you like a glass of wine? Right Would you like a glass of wine?

22.Wrong There is seven girls in the class. Right There are seven girls in the class.

23.Wrong I didn’t meet nobody. Right I didn’t meet anybody.

24.Wrong My flight departs in 5:00 am. Right My flight departs at 5:00 am.

Name:___________________________

Sentence CorrectionCorrect the errors in the following sentences. One sentence does not have any errors. Example: Tomorro we will be goin to Toms birthday party. Tomorrow, we will be going to Tom’s birthday party. 1. Jim Rosario’s husband is a nice men. __________________________________________________________________ 2. What time are we go to the mall? __________________________________________________________________ 3. My friends house is big red and expensive. __________________________________________________________________ 4. She looked at him and said “I will be back in five minutes!” __________________________________________________________________

5. The old car doesn’t need to bee fixed. __________________________________________________________________ 6. What time it is? __________________________________________________________________

7. I havent heard from John in six months. __________________________________________________________________ 8. After today I will had worked here for ten years. __________________________________________________________________ 9. Anyone wanna play with me? __________________________________________________________________ 10. I wouldn’t have touched that button if I were you. _______________________________________________________________________________

Name:___________________________

Sentence Correction

e.g: Tomorro we will be goin to Tom’s birthday party. Tomorrow, we will be going to Tom’s birthday party.

1. Sophia said, Get out of the rain! __________________________________________________________________ 2. Once the train arrives we will be on are way. __________________________________________________________________ 3. Gas in Malaysia is the cheaper gas in all the world.

__________________________________________________________________ 4. When I turn forty five I would have been a coal miner for twenty two years. __________________________________________________________________ 5. Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land in the moon. __________________________________________________________________ 6. The cashere gave me two hundred and sixteen ringgit and sixty two cents. __________________________________________________________________

7. When we gonna get there im tired of riding in this car. __________________________________________________________________ 8. I has not seen them yet. __________________________________________________________________

Name: _______________________________________________________

ERROR DETECTION SAMPLEOne of these par ts conta ins  an er ror .

     1 .  He  was  qu i te  amus ing  when he  heard  what  had  happened.     2 . Turn   le f t  by   the c rossroads  when  you reach   i t .     3 . He has  been  work ing  here   for   somet imes .     4 . He  s topped   to  see   i f he  could  p icked  up the t ra i l .     5 . A l though he   jumped  as ide ,  but   the   s tone  h i t  h im.     6 . I  dec ided   to  c l imbed   to the top o f the h i l l to  get  a bet ter v iew .     7 . He   jumped  down af ter   shouted  a a rn ing   to   those  s tand ing be low.     

8.  Af ter a   few  minutes , I   look  up and  saw   that i t  was  get t ing dark .     9 . I   saw   the b l ind man crossed   the busy road  wi thout  any he lp .     10 . The robber  gave   the v ic t im  wi th  a  hard  b low .

Answers 1.     He was qu i te  amused  when he heard what had happened .2.     Tu rn le f t  at   the c ross roads when you reach i t .3.     He has been work ing he re fo r  some t imes .4.     He s topped t o see i f he cou ld  pick   up the t ra i l .5.     A l though he jumped as ide ,  yet   the s tone h i t h im .6.     I dec ided to  c l imb   t o the top o f the h i l l t o ge t a bet te r v i ew .7.     He j umped down a f te r  shout ing   a warn ing to those s tand ing be low8.     A f t e r a few m inutes , I   looked   up and saw tha t i t was ge t t i ng da rk .9.     I saw the b l i nd man  cross ing   the busy road w i thout any he lp .10.   The robber gave the v i c t im a hard b low.