PART V: There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for you. (2ms) One day a mother said to her son, “ I must go out now and do some shopping. I wants you to look after the house.” “ Yes, mother,” the boy said, but he was not listening. He was interesting only in his book.“ Three people will come to the house: first the butcher, then my friend and lastly a beggar,” his mother explained. “ Are you listening for me?”“ Yes, mother,” the boy says,...
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PART V: There are 11 mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them. There is an example for you. (2ms)
One day a mother said to her son, “ I must go out now and do some shopping. I wants you to look after the house.”
“ Yes, mother,” the boy said, but he was not listening. He was interesting only in his book.
“ Three people will come to the house: first the butcher, then my friend and lastly a beggar,” his mother explained. “ Are you listening for me?”
“ Yes, mother,” the boy says, but his eyes did not leave his book.
“ Very well. Now, tell the butcher that his meat is too fat and she must never come here again,” his mother said. “ Ask my friend to come in and give her a cup of tea. Give the pile in old clothes by the door to the beggar. Do you remember?”
“ Yes, mother.” The boy said, but he was read his book.
His mother went out and soon there was a knock at the door. The boy put his book down and went open it. He saw the pile of clothes by the door. “ these are for you,” he said to the person at the door. Then he went back to the sitting- room.
A few minutes later there was another knock at the door. The boy went to open it. “ You are too fat,” he said to the person at a door. “ Never come here again” Then he closed the door and went back to his book.
A little later there was a third knock at the door. The boy went to open it. “ Come in, ” he said. “ I’ll make you a cup of tea. Mother will be back soon ” .
His mother came home and found the beggar in the sitting – room drinks tea .
“ Oh ! ” she cried. “ If the beggar is drinking tea, what did you say to your friend ? ”
There are five prepositions mistake in the passage below. Can you find and correct them?
Tet's prepositions and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter. A great deal of excitement still builds in well before Tet. Streets are decorated on => by coloured lights and red banners. Shop are full with =>of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.=>food
Homes are often decorated with plants and flowers at this time. Beach ( peach) blossoms is=>are traditional at Tet in the North while apricot blossoms is=.are traditional in the North. The kumpuat tree in its ripe deep orange fruits is popular throughout the country. One of Tet's most special food is banh chung which is made up sticky rice, mung bean and fatty pork. Mut, which is candied fruits such as sugared apples, plum or tomatoes, is also popular.