Thursday, July 24, 2014

FIND THE MISTATAKES (Intermediate) (EXERCISE I31E135)
















 Each of the sentences below has a mistake.  Find it and correct it.
                        (Example:  Did you ever visit Canada?  → Have you ever            
                                                                                                visited Canada?)

(A)     I live in a house I have bought 7 years ago.                     
(B)     The man who lives next door wrote four books about his travels. 
(C)      I have been listening to the recording several times today. 
(D)      Did you ever taste a cereal called “quinoa”?
(E)       How many new words did you note down so far in this lesson?
(F)       Caroline has been visiting Hong Kong five times already.
(G)     I’ve seen that program on television last night
(H)      How many times have you been asking for an explanation?
(I)        My English improved a lot this year.
(J)        In her previous job, Julie has spoken English a lot.
(K)      Jack has worked here between 1996 and 1999.
(L)       How many times did you go to the theater this year?
(M)    How long ago has Emma taken up golf?
(N)     When I was 6 years old, I have got a bicycle for Christmas.
(O)     So far I didn’t make too many mistakes.
(P)      Tony is still watching TV.  He has watched it for 3 hours.
(Q)     I hate red meat.  Since I was a child, I have been hating it.
(R)      How long have you been attended these classes?
(S)    There is no lesson today.  The teacher has been on holiday.
                    (U)   I can relax now.  I finished this exercise!


 2. Correct the wrong sentences.  Right (C) correct or (W) wrong plus its    
     correction.

(A)   What time do you usually get up in the morning?
        ______________________________________________________________
(B)   I use to go swimming before work if I have time.
         _____________________________________________________________
(C)   We used to go jogging every day but now we don’t do any exercise.
         _____________________________________________________________
(D)   Do you use to have breakfast in the mornings?
         _____________________________________________________________
(E)   Did you use to argue with your sister when you were children?
        ______________________________________________________________
(F)   Brain doesn’t use to drive to work. He walks.
        _______________________________________________________________

 ANSWERS: FIND THE MISTAKES

Each of the sentences below has a mistake.  Find it and correct it.
                   (Example:  Did you ever visit Canada?  → Have you ever            
                                                                                           visited Canada?)


          (A)  I live in a house, which I bought 7 years ago.                     
          (B)  The man who lives next door has written four books about his travels. 
          (C)  I have listened to the recording several times today. 
          (D)  Did you ever tasted a cereal called “quinoa”?
          (E)  How many new words have you noted down so far in this lesson?
          (F)  Caroline has visited Hong Kong five times already.
          (G)  I saw that program on television last night
          (H)  How many times have you asked for an explanation?
          (I)   My English has improved a lot this year.
         (J)    In her previous job, Julie spoke English a lot.
         (K)   Jack worked here between 1996 and 1999.
         (L)   How many times have you been to the theater this year?
         (M)  How long did Emma take up golf?
         (N)  When I was 6 years old, I got a bicycle for Christmas.
         (O)  So far I have not make too many mistakes.
         (P)  Tony is still watching TV.  He has been watching it for 3 hours.
         (R)  I hate red meat.  Since I was a child I have been hated it.
(S)   How long have you been attending these classes?
(T)   There is no lesson today.  The teacher is on holiday.
(U)                         I can relax now.  I have finished this exercise!

2. Correct the wrong sentences.  Right (C) correct or (W) wrong plus its    
    correction.

(A)   What time do you usually get up in the morning?
        (C)
(B)   I use to go swimming before work if I have time.
       (W) I used to go swimming before work if I had time.
(C)   We used to go jogging every day but now we don’t do any exercise.
        (C)
(D)   Do you use to have breakfast in the mornings?
        (W) Do you usually have breakfast in the morning?
(E)   Did you use to argue with your sister when you were children?
       (W) Did you used to argue with your sister when you were children?
(F)   Brain doesn’t use to drive to work. He walks.
        (W) Brain doesn’t usually drive to work. He walks.
     
                      TO PRINT

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