Error correction activity Find and correct the errors











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Error correction activity Find and correct the error(s) in each sentence. 1. It will lead to a deep reflection of people living on the other side of the These words should be a noun. life= noun, live= verb earth, experiencing a distinct live from what you do. 2. This could provide a completely new perspective of live for young people. 3. In the end her lives happily with a prince. 4. Its action can draw quite a number of audiences which can makes them think about it deeper. 5. It talks about a real things happened in China in several years ago. 6. Most of people who watch this film in cinema cried. 7. Are you interested in science fiction? If that Inception is a good choice. Should be: If so, OR If you are (this second option is only to answer questions that start with ‘Are’. ‘she’ is used as the subject of a verb (she lives, she goes etc…) ‘Her’ is used as a possessive (her father, her violin, her prince etc. . ) Should be: can make Can is a modal verb (must, could, should etc…). Verbs after these types of verbs should always be in infinitive Should be: a real thing OR real things Should be: the people who watch this film ‘the’ is needed because you are talking about a specific type of person (ones who watch this film) not just people in general.
Answers to listening exam task Q 6
ANSWERS This answer does have two correct details but is unnecessarily long. Also repeating the wording in full exactly as it is in the text can risk that the answers is not focusing exactly on what the question is asking. This does not answer the question and has details that are not relevant (2. 5 hour tour) The answer is unnecessarily long. The detail about ‘all the food and equipment. . provided’ is not relevant to how these items will be transported. The given answer focuses on the clients but it should focus on the organisers (how the organisers help) Short answer. Lists a way organisers help transport. This is the shortest answer of the three and has two correct details. A= Short answer that focuses on answering the question being asked. B= unnecessarily long C= gives details that do not answer the question about ‘the secrets of Bungy Tour’
ANSWERS B is informal which is suitable when writing to a friend. It uses informal greetings ‘Hi’, informal punctuation (!), phrasal verbs (sth has come up, help me out with sth) and contracted words (I’m) all of these features are suitable for informal writing. Notice contracted words without ‘ are not appropriate (gonna, wanna etc…)
ANSWERS Friendly tone (use of questions , friendly phrases that are addressed directly to the friend), enthusiastic tone, informal punctuation (! and I’mcontractions) This is best when writing to someone you don’t know. Too formal for friend: greetings, inform you, in addition, writing in full (no contractions), This is more formal than student A. It is more appropriate for a relative (especially one that is older than you). There are no contractions. It had a warm tone ‘ a pity. . you. . not there’.
ANSWERS 1. filling 2. traversing, creek 3. protein 4. kiln-dried , sanitation, infrastructure 5. sparingly
ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. to visit someone in the village. porridge for their eggs a medical clinic in Busunju because it has to be carried a distance there is a lack of everything, no money to pay for medical treatment, people don’t live long, there is no soap or water; children become ill, no way to make money The answers to this task were not in order but in the exam ex 1 you can normally find the answers to q 1 - 8 in order
ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. subsistence reputation surplus timid designated adobe
ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. gather in the market or compete in the soccer field “money place” in quechua mud bricks (adobe) humble families Because they were special guests students given the best room and the biggest portion of food, you can see people on horseback, tradition of justice fights continue to this day, there is a strong sense of community.
ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. on the other hand While on the contrary the reverse is true,