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Incorrect Sentences Bob forgot to put money into wallet his. wo It ^ raining that day. Bob was very nervous with the taxi driver. ww Sally was at home and she was watching the TV. Sallys birthday party is last April. T Bob was working on his office. prep Bob and Marks clothes were completely wetted. wf Bob like Sally very much. vf Bob and Sally is very good friends. Bob bought some flower for Sally. pl Bob took his umbrella because of the money. ? ? Ten minutes later Marks car brooke down. sp The taxi driver told Bob to get out of the taxi p bob bought some flowers for Sally cl Because it was her birthday. sl

Problem wo = word order ^ = add a word or words ww = wrong word / = leave this word out T = Tense prep = preposition wf = word form vf = verb form

Correct Sentences Bob forgot to put money into his wallet. It was raining that day. Bob was very angry with the taxi driver. Sally was at home and she was watching TV. Sallys birthday party was last April. Bob was working in his office. Bob and Marks clothes were completely wet.

Bob likes Sally very much. = noun/verb Bob and Sally are very agreement good friends. pl = plural Bob bought some flowers for Sally. ? = rewrite this part sp = spelling p = punctuation cl = capital letter sl = small letter Bob took his umbrella because it was raining. Ten minutes later Marks car broke down. The taxi driver told Bob to get out of the taxi. Bob bought some flowers for Sally because it was her birthday.

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Read the following composition and correct the mistakes marked with correction symbols. Studying: Then and Now Last year, I walk into a high school classroom to take my final exam in English. I T was very tired from studying all night and to trying learn everything we studied on class wo prep for eight weeks. However, my high school study habits was clearly not very good. But, at EMU, I have tried change my note-taking, studying, and test-taking skills. I have learned taking notes better since high school days. I used to lose interest in what we were doing in high school classroom. I began making pictures in my notebook ww or sometimes I did not even take any notes. When I take notes, they often looked like T something written in Arabic and later I couldnt them understand. For example, I wrote wo words like present perfect, then a big blank, then the word experiences. After a few weeks, I couldnt understand why I wrote experiences next to present perfect p

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However, at EMU, I have learned to take clearer notes and write more legibly on my prep notebook. My study habits during the term are now good than before. In high school, I did wf not do any homwork or review my notes after class. I thought making homework or sp ww studying daily was useless. However p at EMU, I has learned that doing homework or vf studying daily helps me learn better. after exams at EMU, I forget everything, for cl ? example, new word because I study them everyday bit by bit p pl In addition to learning study daily, I have also learned organize my study sessions for big tests. In high school, I stay up all night studying for the test. I didnt take T any breaks while I was studying and I memorized evrything. I slept only two or three sp before the test. At emu, my study sessions for big tests is not nightmares anymore. I cl divide my study sessions for a big tests into three or four day before the test day. I pl reviews everything I have studied during the term and the night before the test I sleeps for vf vf at least eight hours. Since I have started studying at EMU, note-taking, studying daily, and getting ready for a big test is not as harder as it used to be. In addition, my Grades at EMU is wf sl better than the grades in high school.

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ANSWER KEY: Read the following composition and correct the mistakes marked with error correction symbols. Studying: Then and Now walked Last year, I walk into a high school classroom to take my final exam in English. I T trying to in was very tired from studying all night and to trying learn everything we studied on class wo prep were for eight weeks. However, my high school study habits was clearly not very good. But, at to EMU, I have tried change my note-taking, studying, and test-taking skills. I have learned taking notes better since high school days. I used to lose interest in drawing what we were doing in high school classroom. I began making pictures in my notebook ww took or sometimes I did not even take any notes. When I take notes, they often looked like T understand them something written in Arabic and later I couldnt them understand. For example, I wrote wo words like present perfect, then a big blank, then the word experiences. After a few (period) weeks, I couldnt understand why I wrote experiences next to present perfect p However, at EMU, I have learned to take clearer notes and write more legibly on my prep notebook. better My study habits during the term are now good than before. In high school, I did

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wf homework doing not do any homwork or review my notes after class. I thought making homework or sp ww (comma) have learned studying daily was useless. However p at EMU, I has learned that doing homework or vf After I dont forget everything studying daily helps me learn better. after exams at EMU, I forget everything, for cl ? new words (period) example, new word because I study them everyday bit by bit p pl to In addition to learning study daily, I have also learned organize my study stayed sessions for big tests. In high school, I stay up all night studying for the test. I didnt take T everything hours any breaks while I was studying and I memorized evrything. I slept only two or three sp EMU are before the test. At emu, my study sessions for big tests is not nightmares anymore. I cl days divide my study sessions for a big tests into three or four day before the test day. I pl review sleep reviews everything I have studied during the term and the night before the test I sleeps for vf vf at least eight hours. Since I have started studying at EMU, note-taking, studying daily, and getting hard grades are ready for a big test is not as harder as it used to be. In addition, my Grades at EMU is wf sl better than the grades in high school.

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