English 140

ASSIGNMENT #1

Error Analysis: Rewrite the following questions correctly.

1. They are important meetings, so I am always attending them.
2. During he was sheltering from the storm, he phones me to let me know he will be late.
3. The children plaid happily together in the garden.
4. Why don't you listening to me when I am tell you about a problem?
5. Lay down and take a rest. You're seem very tired.
6. Sheila hopped she did well on the test.
7. While we were on our way home last week, we were seeing some beautiful scenery.
8. I asked him not to rose his voice when he speaking to me.
9. When I was shopping yesterday, I wasn't know that you were walked behind me.
10. When you call out, I am startle because I think I am alone.
11. Currently, I sit at my computer and try to do these English exercises.
12. What he is discussing? He is too far away, and I can't hear him clearly.
13. My family is boring. We are watching the same television shows again and again, and they not want to watch the shows that I interested in.
14. While John's sitting on the bus going to work, he's reading the newspaper.
15. When the moon raises at night, it is looking bigger than it is when it is higher in the night sky.
16. The little girl did cry when she fall and hurting herself.
17. She didn't knowing what was happened when she hearing that big bang.
18. Is Susan want to come with us to the movie?
19. Michael is needs a ride tomorrow. He's without a car for the week.
20. He arose his pen from the desk and starting to write.
21. You are looking very much like a good friend of mine. You have the same shaped face, hair colour, and blue eyes.

Paragraph Writing:

Adapt exercise 22 (SB, page 30) Write a paragraph to describe your first day somewhere (in a new town or city, a new school, or a new job).

Marking Scheme
Target grammar—Use at least 4 different but appropriate verb tenses* 50%
Content 10%
Organization 10%
Mechanics 10%
Grammar (other than target grammar) 10%
Style 10%
*Please identify all of the verbs