Learner runs one four-question check over a sentence and names which chapter each question comes from.
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One card per question. Keep these in review until the exam.
Why the order matters, the questions, and one pass each.
Articles first, because countable or uncountable decides the number.
Number before time. A wrong subject makes a wrong verb look like a tense error.
Check out of order and you find faults that are not there.
The same paragraph, marked four separate times.
Four readings. One kind of mark on each.
Four worked sentences, one per question.
1. She gave me a very useful advice about my future.
a, the, or nothing before advice? This fails at question . Corrected: She gave me useful advice about my future.
2. The informations in the report was out of date.
Is information countable? This fails at question . Corrected: The in the report was out of date.
3. He arrived at the office and sits down without speaking.
Are both verbs in one time frame? This fails at question . Corrected: He arrived at the office and down without speaking.
4. it is expensive, many people cannot afford it
Can each half stand alone? This fails at question . Corrected: is expensive, so many people cannot afford it.
The same paragraph four times. Hunt one thing on each read.
PASS 1 — articles only. Many students look for a accommodation near the university. A rent in the city centre is high, so they take a room in a shared flat. The landlord usually asks for the deposit before they move in.
PASS 2 — number only. Same paragraph.
PASS 3 — time only. Same paragraph. …so they take a room in a shared flat. The landlord asked for a deposit before they move in.
PASS 4 — boundaries only. Same paragraph. many students look for accommodation near the university, rent in the centre is high
Correct each, and name which question caught it.
Correct these where they need it, and name the question that caught each:
Two of these five are already correct.
One per line.