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- 1. The aim of this activity is to develop your skills in checking (proof-reading) your written work.
- 2. Typical errors in written work ï‚ž Verb consistency ï‚ž Personal pronouns ï‚ž Possessives ï‚ž Articles / nouns ï‚ž Prepositions ï‚ž Spelling
- 3. Verb consistency There are 7 errors with verb forms. Can you spot them? I am write to complain about the information on your website. Your website is informing people that your shop is opening at 8 a.m. in the morning. In fact, your shop don’t open until 10 a.m. Last Thursday I will take time off work to visit your shop. Unfortunately, your shop were closed at this time. This have been a wasted journey for me. I am writing (you’re doing this now = present continuous) to complain about the information on your website. Your website informs (this is a fact = present simple, website is 3rd person singular ____s) people that your shop opens (this is a habit = present simple) at 8 a.m. in the morning. In fact, your shop doesn’t open (present simple 3rd person singular negative) until 10 a.m. Last Thursday I took time off work (Last Thursday is a past simple time marker) to visit your shop. Unfortunately, your shop were closed (past simple verb form – 3rd person singular) at this time. This was (past simple verb form, 3rd person singular) a wasted journey for me.
- 4. Lists (bullet points) Can you see what the problem is here? Depending on your text bullet points should be consistent and either expressed in •______ing forms •Infintives •Infinitives without TO* There will be a meeting at 11 a.m on Monday. Look at the following points to prepare for this meeting. Checking your feedback sheets Prepare a graphic demonstration Had your figures ready.  Check* your feedback sheets  Prepare* a graphic demonstration  Have* your figures ready.
- 5. Personal pronouns and possessives There are 3 errors with verb forms. Can you spot them? The noun and the pronouns should be consistent so the reader knows if the noun is; the writer, a man, a woman or a group of people. I was given the information by the woman on the desk. He was very impolite and very rude. His instructions were false and her was incorrect. I was given the information by the woman on the desk. She was very impolite and very rude. Her instructions were false and she was incorrect.
- 6. Personal pronouns and possessives 2 If the noun is a woman, any pronouns referring back to the woman must be feminine and singular. Check what the first noun is. Is it singular or plural? Check that any possessive adjectives match the noun they refer to. my / your / his / her / its / our / your / their Check that any object pronouns match the noun they refer to. me / you / him / her / it / us / you / them Check that any possessive pronouns match the noun they refer to. mine / yours / his / hers / its / ours / yours / theirs
- 7. Be careful – irregular plural nouns  Person / people  Woman / women  Man / men  Child / children  A person is...  People are ...  A woman is...  Women are…  A man is…  Men are ...  A child is …  Children are…
- 8. Checking your work and consistency Try to have some time between finishing your first draft and checking it for a final version. Check your writing for the correct verb forms. If you have a list in your text, make sure all the main words are the same grammatical form. For example. – ing forms, infinitives, infinitives without to. Check that pronouns match the noun they refer to. Check that possessive words match the noun they refer to. Use the spell check in English on your writing.