ERROR TASK 1.
1. Tense
A) Error: I am 46 years old and married for twenty year
Correct: I am 46 years old and I have been married for twenty years.
B) Rule: Here we are dealing with an omission of tense by the student. We use the present
perfect continuous for single activity that began at a point in the past and is still continuing.
C) Instruction: Fill each gap with the correct verb and auxiliary verb if necessary. Decide
whether it is present or continuous tense need to be used.
D) Example: I have been washing your car.---- I started washing your car a while back and the
job is still not yet done. I am still washing your car.
He has been living in that house since 2006. ------He started to live in the house in 2006 and is
still living there.
Have or has + been + verb + ing.
E) Exercise.
e) (a) The baby (sleep)……………………………….. since morning.
(b) I (live)………………………..in Johannesburg for the past two years.
( c) She (write)………………….. her book since 1995
(d) It (rain)………… for two days.
(e ) Why is he wet? He (swim) ……………….in the pool outside.
2.
Word order
A) Error: Yesterday I arrived in Bath.
Correct: I arrived in Bath yesterday.
B) Rule: When we make a sentence in English we follow this word order:
Subject + Verb + Object + Adverb of place + Adverb of time
Verb + Object
The verb and the object of the verb normally go together..
Place and Time
We usually say the place before the time.
C) Instruction: Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
D) Example:
Subject + Verb +
Sipho
Object + Adverb of place +
eats
bread
Susan will meet
John
at home
at the party
Verb + Object
John walks to school.
Place and Time
I am going to school on Monday
E) EXERCISE
(a) I story will tell you the school at tomorrow.
(b) Sleeps at night Mary on the couch.
(c) To a party not we tonight going are?
(d) Next week send she the letter.
(e) Thursday on England John is flying.
Adverb of time
every day.
tomorrow.
3. Preposition
A) Error: I’m happy to come at your school.
Correct: I’m happy to come to your school.
B) Rule: in this case we are dealing with prepositions. They link elements such as noun,
pronoun or particles. A preposition must have an object.
Please also note that a preposition is followed by a noun not a verb.
Generally prepositions can be classified as follows:
Prepositions relating to
Time
at
Before
By
In
On
From
For
During
After
Until, till
Since
Movement
at
In
By
On
Into
Onto
From
Of
Out
To
Down
Up
Past
Across
Towards
along
Place
Above
Below
Beneath
Over
Under
Inside
Outside
Between
In front of
Opposite
Around
Across
Along
Among, amongst
amid
C) Instruction: Fill in the blank spaces with the correct prepositions.
D) Examples
A preposition goes with an object, either a noun or a pronoun.
a) They are in the kitchen
\
\
Preposition
object
b) These are from my mother
/
\
Preposition
Object
E) EXERCISE
(a) I put the bread………….. kitchen table.
(b) I will meet you …………….. 12 o’clock.
(c) I’m very busy ……………… the moment.
(d) He lives…………… in England.
(e) We travelled ………..Cape Town by bus.
4. Grammar
A) Error: There are six, eight and eleven years old.
Correct: They are six, eight and eleven years old.
B) Rule: It takes the place of a noun. (Examples: me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they,
each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.)
There are three types of pronouns: subject (for example, he); object (him); or possessive (his).
Subject pronouns are used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence.
Example: ______ did the job.
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they all fit into the blank and are, therefore, subject
pronouns.
Object pronouns are used everywhere else (direct object, indirect object, object of the
preposition). Object pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.
Eg: Jean talked to him.
We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals:
C).Instruction. FILL the gap with the correct pronoun.
D) EXAMPLE:
a) The children are making noise. ----- They are making noise
b) Can you tell them to keep quiet?
c) Did you see john?- I saw him in town last week.
We replaced ‘John’ with ‘him’
E) EXERCISE
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
…………………… loves playing basketball.
Helen asked………………….. to get some milk.
Terry is taller than……………….. am.
……………..could have been anyone.
I begged…………… for more time.