Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Quiz A

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

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Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Many peoples use the internet these days for a variety of uses. 0. _____people_____ The world wide web is a wealth of information and we can getting all kinds of information at a click of the mouse. Teenagers today are 1. ________________ 2. ________________

also attracting to the internet because there are many functions 3. ________________ that can be usage such as social networking sites and search 4. ________________ engines. If teens is not careful, they may become addicted to the 5. ________________ internet and this could affect their performance on academic 6. ________________ subjects. Then, if they are aware of the negative effects of internet 7. ________________ addiction, they will use it for good purposes such as researches a 8. ________________ topic online. In the past, it were very time consuming for students 9. ________________ to referencing to books and encyclopaedia in a library. Hopefully, 10. ________________ the new generation will be able to use the internet wisely.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 1

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Focus on articles, nouns and determiners: 1 + a/an e.g. e.g. e.g. a table, an exercise, a rainbow, an umbrella tables, exercises, rainbows, umbrellas the students, the book, the criminal

>1 +s the

Notes: Do not add s to some words e.g. furniture, time, information, stationery, vocabulary etc. a/an ~ general, the ~ specific e.g. He robbed a woman. (First time being mentioned ~ general) The woman screamed. (Second mention ~ specific)

The teacher introduced a new student to the class. A student 0. ______The_______ was very shy. She had long black hair and big brown eye. Her name 1. ________________ was Emily and she wore an pair of spectacles. She immediately took 2. ________________ her seat at a back of the class beside another girl. Her name was Ani 3. ________________ and she smiled sweetly at Emily. The teacher then began a lesson by 4. ________________ talking about thing that we can normally find in a supermarket. She 5. ________________ said that there are many choice of things to buy in supermarkets. 6. ________________ For example, we can buy fruits, vegetables, meat and other product 7. ________________ there. We can also buy household items like brooms, cutleries and 8. ________________ tablecloths and many more. A interesting thing about supermarkets 9. ________________ is that the cashier usually rings up the prices of items using barcode 10. _______________ whereas a normal sundry shop just uses pricetags.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 2

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Focus on subject verb agreement: 1 e.g. +s (except sentences that start with You or I)

he is, the girl likes, it takes, she was, Jack jumps, the child cries >1 -s

e.g.

they are, the girls like, they take, we were, Jack and Jill jump, the children cry

Notes: factual sentences sentences about now sentences about a story that is over

~ present tense ~ present tense ~ past tense

Today, Jane are coming to visit me. We usually have a fun 0. ______is

_______

time playing together. We enjoys playing games that use our 1. ________________ imagination. I like to pretend to be a princess while Jane prefer to 2. ________________ be the evil witch. Sometimes, my brothers joins us in our make- 3. ________________ believe game and act as monsters or soldiers. We running around 4. ________________

the house noisily and sometimes mother get upset with us. Other 5. ________________ times, Jane and I sit quietly and does some drawing and painting. 6. ________________

We like sketching clothes for our dolls because we has fun designing 7. ________________ different things for them to wear. Last week, when we was playing 8. ________________ in the garden, Jane tripped and fell. She are a little bit hurt but she should be fine by now. Jane and I is definitely best friends. I cant wait for her to get here so we can start playing together! 9. ________________ 10. ________________

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 3

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Focus on past tense & past continuous: +ed spelling change was/were +ing e.g. e.g. e.g. like ~ liked, show ~ showed, explain ~ explained give ~ gave, buy ~ bought, go ~ went, can ~ could, will ~ would he was sleeping, they were sleeping

Yesterday, my friends and I go on a field trip to Mt. Kinabalu 0. ______went______ National Park. We was feeling very excited because this was the first 1. ________________ time travelling together. It take 2 hours to reach the headquarters 2. ________________ of the park in Kundasang. Along the way, we were sing many songs 3. ________________ but our voices was not very good so we ended up laughing nonstop. 4. ________________ When we arrive, the temperature was very cool and misty but not 5. ________________

rainy. Luckily, I prepared a sweater and a raincoat just in case it will 6. ________________ rain. We spend an hour walking around the main building looking at 7. ________________ the various interesting displays. After that, we were hike along the 8. ________________ jungle trails and appreciate the beauty of mother nature in the 9. ________________ natural rainforest. It were soon time for lunch so we gathered at the 10. ________________ cafe for a hearty meal because the cool wind seemed to make us ravenous! Soon it was time to return and we did so with a big smile on our faces.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 4

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Focus on: prepositions: e.g. on, in, at, into, under, over, through, across, along, behind, by, beside, under, inside, outside etc. sequence connectors logical markers e.g. e.g. firstly, secondly, then, later, next, subsequently, finally etc. moreover, in addition, furthermore, besides, however, although, therefore, thus, hence, to conclude, in conclusion etc.

Inspector Rahman was in the case. So far, it had proven to be a 0. ______on _______ very mysterious case for him. Firstly, the house was broken at but 1. ________________ nothing was stolen. In add, nothing seemed to be moved by anyone. 2. ________________

Based over the evidence, the incident occurred at 2 oclock in the 3. ________________ morning when everyone was sound asleep beside their bedrooms. 4. ________________ However, the burglars must have entered into the window in the 5. ________________ kitchen because the glass was removed by someone. Further, 6. ________________ nothing was reported stolen besides their wallets and handphones 7. ________________ were carelessly left on the dining table. That, the burglars must have 8. ________________ gone through the house but ran away as soon as they heard 9. ________________ something that frightened them. In conclude, the inspector noted 10. ________________ that Sally, the owners German Shepard that was sleeping soundly in the kitchen, might have scared the burglars away as soon as they broke into the house.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 5

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Focus on: 1) adjectives ~

opinion nice handsome wonderful developing developed size big small long short wide age old young aged ancient youthful shape round square triangle rectangle oval colour blue green yellowish pink colourful origin Malaysian Chinese Indian Malay Kadazan material wooden plastic recycled paper glass purpose electrical mechanical dining functional decorative

2) adverbs
frequency seldom often always never hardly time then before since while afterwards place here there everywhere nowhere somewhere degree very almost nearly quite too manner (+ly) good well beautifully quickly efficiently

3) gerunds

e.g.

running, smoking, eating, playing, hiking, joking etc.

Notes: A gerund is a word used to describe an activity while continuous tense has am/is/are/was/were in front of it. e.g. Gerund (activity) Continuous tense: Swimming is his hobby. He is swimming. They are going jogging. They are jogging now. She used to go shopping there. Shopping was her favourite pastime.

Every Sunday, Mr. Jonas never takes his family for an outing.

0. _____always______

Spend quality time with his family is important because he enjoys 1. ________________ seeing his family happily. This week, Mr. Jonas is taking them on a 2. ________________ trip to Legoland. They were very exciting because they have never 3. ________________ been to Johore. Mr. Jonas had most taken them there last year but he had to cancel due to work matters. This time, he planned it good 4. ________________ 5. ________________

because his leave coincided with the school holidays. His helping 6. ________________ young China secretary had booked all the tickets and hotel 7. ________________ accommodation. The children were very interest to go on all the 8. ________________ rides in Legoland. The night before the flight, they hard slept well 9. ________________ because they were too excited to board the plane. Lucky, they got 10. ________________ to the airport on time and had a wonderful experience there.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Practice 6

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract. Focus on: to + ori to + be + P4 modal + ori modal + be + P4 * notes: ori (+) modals (-) modals P4 (Participle) e.g. e.g. e.g. e.g. to see, to show, to buy, to explain to be seen, to be shown, to be bought, to be explained can give, should send, must attend, cannot take can be given, should be sent, must be attended, cannot be taken

= original (base form, cannot add s, es, ed, ing etc.) = can, must, may, shall, should, could, ought to, will etc. = cannot/cant , must not/mustnt , should not/shouldnt, may not, could not etc. = the 4th version of a verb (eat, eating, ate, eaten/catch, catching, caught,caught)

Khairul wanted to going camping with his friends. He asked 0. _______go_ ______ uncle Junaidi if he could taking them camping and he agreed. 1. ______take_______ Khairul immediately informed his friends that they would camping 2. ________________ at Lake Tuba that weekend. He told them to makes a list of things to be bringing for their weekend away. He also told them 3. ________________ 4. ________________

to reminded him to bring along the radio and some batteries so they 5. ________________ could listening to music there. Sham agreed to bring most of the 6. ________________ food supplies but he would not cooked because he was not a good 7. ________________ cook! Everyone else agreed that they would taking turns cooking as 8. ________________ long as no one complained. Uncle Junaidi advised them to packs 9. ________________ along some medication that should be take if anyone got sick. The 10. ________________ boys couldnt wait to go on their camping trip!

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Quiz B

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

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Underline the error and write the correct word in the space provided. An example has been given. The correct word must not change the meaning of the extract. There are no spelling errors in this extract.

Many peoples use the internet these days for a variety of uses. 0. _____people_____ The world wide web is a wealth of information and we can getting all kinds of information at a click of the mouse. Teenagers today are 1. ________________ 2. ________________

also attracting to the internet because there are many functions 3. ________________ that can be usage such as social networking sites and search 4. ________________ engines. If teens is not careful, they may become addicted to the 5. ________________ internet and this could affect their performance on academic 6. ________________ subjects. Then, if they are aware of the negative effects of internet 7. ________________ addiction, they will use it for good purposes such as researches a 8. ________________ topic online. In the past, it were very time consuming for students 9. ________________ to referencing to books and encyclopaedia in a library. Hopefully, 10. ________________ the new generation will be able to use the internet wisely.

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Name: _____________________________ Error Identification Answers: Practice 1

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

The teacher introduced a new student to the class. A student was very shy. She had long black hair and big brown eye. Her name was Emily and she wore an pair of spectacles. She immediately took her seat at a back of the class beside another girl. Her name was Ani and she smiled sweetly at Emily. The teacher then began a lesson by talking about thing that we can normally find in a supermarket. She said that there are many choice of things to buy in supermarkets. For example, we can buy fruits, vegetables, meat and other product there. We can also buy household items like brooms, cutleries and hangers and many more. A interesting thing about supermarkets is that the cashier usually rings up the prices of items using barcode whereas a normal sundry shop just uses pricetags.

0. The 1. eyes 2. a 3. the 4. the 5. things 6. choices 7. products 8. cutlery 9. An 10. barcodes

Practice 2

Today, Jane are coming to visit me. We usually have a fun time playing together. We enjoys playing games that use our imagination. I like to pretend to be a princess while Jane prefer to be the evil witch. Sometimes, my brothers joins us in our makebelieve game and act as monsters or soldiers. We running around the house noisily and sometimes mother get upset with us. Other times, Jane and I sit quietly and does some drawing and painting. We like sketching clothes for our dolls because we has fun designing different things for them to wear. Last week, when we was playing in the garden, Jane tripped and fell. She are a little bit hurt but she should be fine by now. Jane and I is definitely best friends. I cant wait for her to get here so we can start playing together! Practice 3

0. is 1. enjoy 2. prefers 3. join 4. run 5. gets 6. do 7. have 8. were 9. was 10. are

Yesterday, my friends and I go on a field trip to Mt. Kinabalu National Park. We was feeling very excited because this was the first time travelling together. It take 2 hours to reach the headquarters of the park in Kundasang. Along the way, we were sing many songs but our voices was not very good so ended up laughing nonstop. When we arrive, the temperature was very cool and misty but not rainy. Luckily, I prepared a sweater and a raincoat just in case it will rain. We spend an hour walking around the main building looking at the various interesting displays. After that, we were hike along the jungle trails and appreciate the beauty of mother nature in the natural rainforest. It were soon time for lunch so we gathered at the cafe for a hearty meal because the cool wind seemed to make us ravenous! Soon it was time to return and we did so with a big smile on our faces.

0. went 1. were 2. took 3. singing 4. were 5. arrived 6. would 7. spent 8. hiking 9. appreciating 10. was

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Name: _____________________________ Practice 4

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Inspector Rahman was in the case. So far, it had proven to be a very mysterious case for him. Firstly, the house was broken at but nothing was stolen. In add, nothing seemed to be moved by anyone. Based over the evidence, the incident occurred at 2 oclock in the morning when everyone was sound asleep beside their bedrooms. However, the burglars must have entered into the window in the kitchen because the glass was removed by someone. Further, nothing was reported stolen besides their wallets and handphones were carelessly left on the dining table. That, the burglars must have gone through the house but ran away as soon as they heard something that frightened them. In conclude, the inspector noted that Sally, the owners German Shepard that was sleeping soundly in the kitchen, might have scared the burglars away as soon as they broke into the house. Practice 5

0. on 1. into 2. addition 3. on 4. in 5. through 6. Furthermore 7. although 8. Therefore/Hence/Thus 9. into 10. conclusion

Every Sunday, Mr. Jonas never takes his family for an outing. Spend quality time with his family is important because he enjoys seeing his family happily. This week, Mr. Jonas is taking them on a trip to Legoland. They were very exciting because they have never been to Johore. Mr. Jonas had most taken them there last year but he had to cancel due to work matters. This time, he planned it good because his leave coincided with the school holidays. His helping young China secretary had booked all the tickets and hotel accommodation. The children were very interest to go on all the rides in Legoland. The night before the flight, they hard slept well because they were too excited to board the plane. Lucky, they got to the airport on time and had a wonderful experience there.

0. always 1. Spending 2. happy 3. excited 4. almost 5. well 6. helpful 7. Chinese 8. interested 9. hardly 10. Luckily

Practice 6

Khairul wanted to going camping with his friends. He asked uncle Junaidi if he could taking them camping and he agreed. Khairul immediately informed his friends that they would camping at Lake Tuba that weekend. He told them to makes a list of things to be bringing for their weekend away. He also told them to reminded him to bring along the radio and some batteries so they could listening to music there. Sham agreed to bring most of the food supplies but he would not cooked because he was not a good cook! Everyone else agreed that they would taking turns cooking as long as no one complained. Uncle Junaidi advised them to packs along some medication that should be take if anyone got sick. The boys couldnt wait to go on their camping trip!

0. go 1. take 2. camp 3. make 4. brought 5. remind 6. listen 7. cook 8. take 9. pack 10. taken

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Name: _____________________________

Class: _____________________ Date: ____________

Quiz A (Pre Test) Quiz B (Post Test) Many peoples use the internet these days for a variety of uses. The world wide web is a wealth of information and we can getting all kinds of information at a click of the mouse. Teenagers today are also attracting to the internet because there are many functions that can be usage such as social networking sites and search engines. If teens is not careful, they may become addicted to the internet and this could affect their performance on academic subjects. Then, if they are aware of the negative effects of internet addiction, they will use it for good purposes such as researches a topic online. In the past, it were very time consuming for students to referencing to books and encyclopaedia in a library. Hopefully, the new generation will be able to use the internet wisely.

0. people 1. get 2. a 3. attracted 4. used/useful 5. are 6. in 7. However 8. researching 9. was 10. refer

plural modal + ori general adjective modal+be+P4/adj SVA (present tense) preposition logical marker gerund SVA (past tense) to + ori

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