mrputun
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- Nov 8, 2010
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- Malaysia
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[FONT="]Hello everyone,[/FONT]
[FONT="]I'm in the process of completing this assignment and I'm facing some difficulties.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The task requires the following:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Read the following sentences[/FONT] [FONT="]
i) [FONT="]Spot the errors – they can be errors of grammar or vocabulary.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]ii) [FONT="]Correct the sentence[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]iii) [FONT="]How would you explain the nature of the error to the student?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Example[/FONT]
[FONT="]How much people does he know?[/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]How many people does he know?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]‘much’ is used with uncountable nouns such as water, sugar etc.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]‘many’ is used with countable nouns such as pencils, children etc.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. [FONT="]I’ve lived here since three years. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]I’ve lived here for three years[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]‘for’[/FONT][FONT="] is used to refer to the duration of a period of time.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]‘[FONT="]since’[/FONT][FONT="] is used to refer to when a period of time commenced.[/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT="]2. [FONT="]He was wounded in a car accident. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]He was injured in a car accident.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]'wound' is a kind of injury generally involving broken skin. Thus a broken arm and a cut finger are both injuries, but only the cut finger would be called a wound. 'injury' is more commonly used in the context of some form of accident. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]3. [FONT="]He bought a Swedish designer blue big sofa. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a) [FONT="]He bought a big blue Swedish designer sofa[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] b) ??? (I'm not sure how to best explain the error. Something to do with incorrect adjective and noun placement? How do i elaborate on this?)[FONT="]
[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]4. [FONT="]She asked me where did I come from. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) ??? (Am I missing something here? Looks fine and sounds natural to me...)[FONT="]
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]b) [/FONT][FONT="]???[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. [FONT="]The cricket ball pierced the window. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a) [FONT="]The cricket ball smashed the window.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] b) [FONT="]'pierce’ is commonly used to describe puncturing. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]'smash[FONT="]’ is more accurate as it means to break something brittle violently.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Any help on these would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks and respect!
[/FONT]
[FONT="]I'm in the process of completing this assignment and I'm facing some difficulties.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The task requires the following:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Read the following sentences[/FONT] [FONT="]
i) [FONT="]Spot the errors – they can be errors of grammar or vocabulary.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]ii) [FONT="]Correct the sentence[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]iii) [FONT="]How would you explain the nature of the error to the student?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Example[/FONT]
[FONT="]How much people does he know?[/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]How many people does he know?[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]‘much’ is used with uncountable nouns such as water, sugar etc.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]‘many’ is used with countable nouns such as pencils, children etc.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. [FONT="]I’ve lived here since three years. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]I’ve lived here for three years[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]‘for’[/FONT][FONT="] is used to refer to the duration of a period of time.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]‘[FONT="]since’[/FONT][FONT="] is used to refer to when a period of time commenced.[/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT="]2. [FONT="]He was wounded in a car accident. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) [FONT="]He was injured in a car accident.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]b) [FONT="]'wound' is a kind of injury generally involving broken skin. Thus a broken arm and a cut finger are both injuries, but only the cut finger would be called a wound. 'injury' is more commonly used in the context of some form of accident. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]3. [FONT="]He bought a Swedish designer blue big sofa. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a) [FONT="]He bought a big blue Swedish designer sofa[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] b) ??? (I'm not sure how to best explain the error. Something to do with incorrect adjective and noun placement? How do i elaborate on this?)[FONT="]
[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]4. [FONT="]She asked me where did I come from. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]a) ??? (Am I missing something here? Looks fine and sounds natural to me...)[FONT="]
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]b) [/FONT][FONT="]???[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. [FONT="]The cricket ball pierced the window. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] a) [FONT="]The cricket ball smashed the window.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] b) [FONT="]'pierce’ is commonly used to describe puncturing. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]'smash[FONT="]’ is more accurate as it means to break something brittle violently.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Any help on these would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks and respect!
[/FONT]
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