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Year 10 English — The errors that come round again and again

Name the kind of mistake a faulty line contains — agreement, tense, article, preposition or word form — and then correct it.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.What kind of error is in "He is senior than me"?

    • a) The wrong tense on the verb
    • b) The wrong preposition after the adjective
    • c) The wrong number on the verb
    • d) The wrong article before the noun

  2. 2.Sort each faulty line by the kind of error it contains.

    Groups: Agreement · Tense · Article

    • He goes to school yesterday.
    • She is an university student.
    • The boys was late again.
    • He is best boy in the class.
    • I am knowing the answer.
    • She have finished her work.

  3. 3.Correct the error: "Please explain me the rule." Write the one word that must be added.

  4. 4.Sort each line by whether it is correct English.

    Groups: Correct · Wrong

    • She married with a doctor.
    • We will discuss about the matter later.
    • He returned from the city on Sunday.
    • He returned back from the city on Sunday.
    • She married a doctor.
    • We will discuss the matter later.

  5. 5.Which correction is right for "He is one of the best player in the team"?

    • a) one of the best playing
    • b) one of best player
    • c) one of the better player
    • d) one of the best players

  6. 6.Put the steps of dealing with a faulty line in the order you should do them.

    • First, read the line through and mark the spot where it stops sounding right.
    • Next, name the kind of error you think you have found.
    • Finally, read the whole line again to be sure nothing else has broken.
    • Then make the smallest change that fixes that kind of error.

  7. 7.What kind of error is in "She said me that she was busy"?

    • a) The pronoun at the end is the wrong one
    • b) The article before the noun is missing
    • c) The tense of the reported verb is wrong
    • d) This reporting verb cannot be followed straight away by the listener

  8. 8.Which line is free of error?

    • a) Each of the boys have a bat.
    • b) Each of the boys have bats.
    • c) Each of the boys has a bat.
    • d) Each of the boy has a bat.

Answer key — Year 10 English — The errors that come round again and again

  1. 1. b) The wrong preposition after the adjective
  2. 2. The boys was late again. → Agreement; She have finished her work. → Agreement; I am knowing the answer. → Tense; He goes to school yesterday. → Tense; She is an university student. → Article; He is best boy in the class. → Article
  3. 3. to
  4. 4. He returned back from the city on Sunday. → Wrong; He returned from the city on Sunday. → Correct; We will discuss about the matter later. → Wrong; We will discuss the matter later. → Correct; She married with a doctor. → Wrong; She married a doctor. → Correct
  5. 5. d) one of the best players
  6. 6. 1. First, read the line through and mark the spot where it stops sounding right. 2. Next, name the kind of error you think you have found. 3. Then make the smallest change that fixes that kind of error. 4. Finally, read the whole line again to be sure nothing else has broken.
  7. 7. d) This reporting verb cannot be followed straight away by the listener
  8. 8. c) Each of the boys has a bat.