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ASSIGNMENT #5

Error Analysis: Rewrite these sentences correctly.

  1. My wife made me to clean up the garden before our visitors started arrive last weekend.
  2. Before you ordered to Guy to pick up the mess you say he made, you should have warned not to make a mess in the room.
  3. Whenever the kids are home, I hear the fridge door to open and close.
  4. Betty got her brother climbing the tree rescuing the cat.
  5. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan preferring to go to Rome for their holiday rather than to go to Hawaii.
  6. Swimming is easy learning when you are a child, but you can learn swim well as an adult if you have a good instructor.
  7. Ben enjoyed come here last week, and now he's looking forward to see Julie next week.
  8. I thought him incapable to doing that job, but I was pleasantly surprised when it worked out well that I hadn't prevented him in applying for it.
  9. When I opened the door, I smelled the dinner cook on the stove and heard my mother to talk to her friend on the phone.
  10. We had great difficulty to reach our home yesterday because of the heavy snowfall that caused us to waste a lot of time go nowhere in the traffic.
  11. When we went to dancing on Friday evening, we were disappointed when we saw some of our friends to go to a movie instead.
  12. While I definitely appreciate having given such good advice by my parents, I might have appreciated it more if they hadn't made it clear that they expected me telling them every time I made a mistake.
  13. While I prefer listening to classical music, I am happy listen to almost any music except heavy metal; I can't bear to listen to that. It makes me want covering my ears.
  14. Jack and Sylvia discussed about to not go to the party because they were very tired and needed to get some rest.
  15. Gary said it had been a good experience have been self-reliant as a young adult; he was learning a lot about himself in the process.
  16. Sally did to try very hard not making any mistakes when she had to read aloud to the class.
  17. My grandfather was determined be independent as he got older as he was too proud admitting that he might need some help.
  18. The kids promised not telling the secret to anyone else or to keeping secrets from each other.
  19. The English teacher always complained about they're essay writing ability. He told those two particular girls pay attention to the instructions he gave the class.
  20. We finished to study yesterday instead of going to skiing; skiing would have been much more fun but not as important for our future.

Paragraph Writing: From Ex. 26 (SB: pg. 347), choose either "get a job", "rent an apartment", "change a flat tire", "play a musical instrument" or "play a game". Write one paragraph, not a composition. Do not follow the example given in the text that uses an introductory paragraph.

Marking Scheme
Target grammar—Use at least 8 different gerund and/or infinitive constructions* 50%
Content 10%
Organization 10%
Mechanics 10%
Grammar (other than target grammar) 10%
Style 10%
*Identify all the gerunds and infinitives in your paragraph.