ERROR IDENTIFICATION PRACTICES

Practice 1
The text below is about ‘The Woodpecker’, a common bird in Malaysia.
Question 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is onegrammatical error in each line.
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 ofthe sentence.
There are no spelling errors in this text.

The woodpecker is a common bird in Malaysia. It is a small bird

with four bright colours – red, yellow, white but green. This e.g. and

beautiful bird is found in most parts of a world except Australia 1.______

and a few other countries. The woodpecker uses it’s long, strong 2.______

beak to pecks at trees. This is how the woodpecker earned its 3.______

name. The woodpecker makes holes in the trees to look of insects 4.______

and sometimes to build its nest. Apart than small insects, it also 5.______

eats fruits, berries and nuts, and drinks the sap of some tree. 6.______

Sugarcane juice are one of its food; the woodpecker can cause a 7.______

lot of damage to sugarcane crops. The woodpecker is a expert tree 8.______

climbers. It uses its strong and hooked claws to cling to the side of 9.______

the trees during pecking holes in it. Dead coconut trees are useful 10._____

to the woodpecker. It is here where the woodpecker builds its home

to start a family.
Practice 2

The text below is about ‘The Importance of Newspapers.’

Question 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is onegrammatical error in each line.
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 ofthe sentence.
There are no spelling errors in this text.

It is very important for us to read the newspaper daily. A person

who doesn’t reads the newspapers cannot keep in touch with the e.g. read

times. We has to know what is happening in our country as well 1.______

as around the world. A newspaper do not cost much. For less 2.______

than RM2, the reader gets a lot of information. There are a column 3.______

to cater to the difference classes of readers. Newspapers usually 4.______

provide new on politics, sports, business, entertainment and 5.______

education. Readers with different needs search of different kinds 6.______

of news in the newspapers. Reading the newspaper also helps we 7.______

to improve our language. By read the newspaper consistently, 8.______

we become familiar with useful expressions. We also gets to 9.______

improve our spelling and widen our vocabulary. Thus, through 10._____

reading newspapers, we not only obtain news but also strengthen

our command of the language.

Practice 3

The text below is about ‘ a man who was dishonest.’

Question 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is onegrammatical error in each line.
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 ofthe sentence.
There are no spelling errors in this text.

One day a dishonest man was walking along the road.

Suddenly he spotted a twenty-ringgit note in the road. Quickly he e.g. on

picked it up and slipped it into him pocket. Just then a little boy 1.______

came running towards him and asked, “Uncle, have you saw a 2.______

twenty-ringgit note anywhere? I lost it anywhere around here.” 3.______

The dishonest men thought to himself. “ If I tell the truth, I will not 4.______

get to keep a money. I might as well tell a lie and keep the 5.______

money for myself. Maybe I will goes to a restaurant later and have 6.______

a good lunch.” The dishonest man looked in the boy’s face. The 7.______

boy looked very worried. His eyes kept searching, hoping to found 8.______

the money. The dishonest man pretended to fell sorry for the boy, 9.______

saying, “ Is the money really so important to your ? After all, it is 10._____

only twenty ringgit.” The boy replied, “The money is a fake note!!”
Practice 4

The text below is about how I was all alone in the house one day
Question 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is onegrammatical error in each line.
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 ofthe sentence.
There are no spelling errors in this text.

My parents had gone out. I was all alone in the house. As I

was reading a book, I heard a noise. I look out the window. e.g. looked

There was a strange men in front of my neighbour’s house. He 1.______

tried to opened the gate with a tool of some kind. Immediately my 2.______

suspicions was aroused; that man must be a thief, I thought to 3.______

myself. I decided to warn my neighbour about the intruder. Than, 4.______

I remembered that my neighbour had gone out. They was no one 5.______

in the house. I called a police instead. I told Inspector Jaya about 6.______

the thief. He said that he would send some man over. A few 7.______

minute later, the police arrived and arrested the man. The man 8.______

had taken to the police station. When my neighbours learnt about 9.______

the incident, they thanked me. We should always be well and 10._____

caringneighbours.
Practice 5

The text below is about ‘A letter Of Permission To Visit a Factory’

Question 1 -10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is onegrammatical error in each line.
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 ofthe sentence.
There are no spelling errors in this text.

Dear Sir,

On behalf off Form 3A students of SekolahMenengah Bukit e.g. of

Tinggi, I am writing to request permission to visit your factory on 1.______

BatuHamparsome timethis months. The excursion would be part 2.______

of a class project. We were doing on Malaysian industries. 3.______

2. My class consists of twenty-four students. If you grant our 4.______

permission, we would be very happiness if we could visit your 5.______

factory at the 2nd Saturday of this month. 6.______

3. We would be accompanied with our form teacher, Miss Stacy 7.______

and ours English teacher, Mr. Adam. We would strictly follow any 8.______

rules stated and we assures you of our good behaviour. I certainly 9.______

hope you will grant us the permission. Please reply at soon as 10._____

possible. Thanking you in advance for your cooperation.

PRACTICE 6

Questions 1 – 10 are based on the text. The first and last lines are correct. For the
remaining lines, there is one grammatical error in each line.
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 sentence. There are
no spelling errors in this text.

Dear Kailun,

Work hard and manage your times well and I am sure you will pass e.g. time

the PMR examination with flying colours. Here is some useful tips. 1._____________

 Pay attention to the teacher when they are teaching- this is 2._____________

important to make sure you understood what is taught. 3._____________

 Do all your homeworks conscientiously by yourself and never 4._____________

copy yours friend’s work. 5._____________

 Study systematically- this means studying topic in topic. The 6._____________

amount of time you give to each topic will depended on the 7._____________

length and degree of difficulty they have with it. 8._____________

 Drawn up a revision timetable- it will help you to manage the 9._____________

time you have for your revision. During you allocate time for 10.___________

your revision, it is important to consider the number of subjects

 to revise.

PRACTICE 7

Sheila Daud is in Form Three. She is sitting for her PMR

examination in the end of the year. She is studying very hard. She e.g. at

wants to made sure she gets good grades for her examination and 1._____________

make her parents proud about her. After completing secondary 2._____________

school, Sheila planning to go to the university to further her studies. 3._____________

However, her parents is farmers and they do not earn a lot of 4._____________

money. They also have to support Sheila brothers and sisters 5._____________

through school. So Sheila hopes to win a scholarship so that she 6._____________

will be able to study to the university. ‘I am going to make it to the 7._____________

university, no matter what happened,’ she says. ‘I will work hard at 8._____________

my studies and try to get the best results she possibly can. Then I 9._____________

will apply for a scholarship. If I don’t getting a scholarship, I will get 10.___________

a job, save through enough money and then pay my own way

through university.’
PRACTICE 8

MrMuniandy Krishnan is an extraordinary man. While most

people who are 65 year of age are complaining of aches and weak e.g. years

bodies, MrMuniandy was able to lift loads of about 150 kilograms. 1._____________

In fact, many man who are much younger than he is cannot do that. 2._____________

MrMuniandy uses his strong body to help his to earn a living. 3._____________

People hire him to load and unload good from their lorries to the 4._____________

shops. Every morning, he waits with another like him at 5._____________

JalanRodget for contractors, who require his services, to hiring him. 6._____________

He works from 8a.m. to 5p.m. unloading sacks of goods from the 7._____________

lorries and earn $24 a day. At the end of the day, he felt very tired 8._____________

and sometimes he has backaches. However, he seldom 9._____________

complaints. ‘I have been doing this job since I was in my twenties. 10.___________

Its the only job I know. I am thankful that I still have such a strong

body and can continue work despite my age.’

PRACTICE 9

DatoOnn was born in 1895 in Johor Bahru. His father,

DatoJaafar bin Haji Muhannad, is the first MenteriBesar of Johor. e.g. was

From his father, he learnt what loyalty but patriotism meant. 1._____________

DatoJaafar sent his son off to England for his education in 2._____________

the tender age of seven. It must have been a rather frightened 3._____________

experience for the young boy at first. However, he obeyed him 4._____________

father and made up his mind to do his best there. He studied at 5._____________

England for several years. The experience taught him self-reliance 6._____________

and independent. He also learnt to face challenges and not to give 7._____________

up when he have problems. 8._____________

After spending some year in England, he returned to Malaya 9._____________

and continue his education at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. He 10.___________

completed his secondary education there. He then returned from

Johor in 1911 to serve the state government.

PRACTICE 10

One night in September last year, Pak Hamid was walking

wearily home after a hard day’s works. He was a watchman at a e.g. work

factory but he used to be the soldier in the army, that was until he 1._____________

retired. 2._____________

There are not many people on the road at that early hour of 3._____________

the morning. Pak Hamid couldn’t wait to get home to some 4._____________

breakfast and then some well-deserved rest. As he near his house, 5._____________

he smelt something strange in the air. ‘Somethings burning,’ he 6._____________

said to himself, ‘but what?’ He dismissed the idea of someone burnt 7._____________

rubbish. He smelt the air again. Yes. It was definitely everything 8._____________

burning. He looked around. He walked further about and there it 9._____________

was! Smoke was coming out from the back of a bungalow. ‘Fire! 10.___________

Fire!’ shout Pak Hamid, sounding the alarm. He ran to the house.
The gate is locked. He climbed over the gate and banged on the

door. No one answered.

PRACTICE 11

The most memorable time in my life was when my family

moved to another town. I will remembered the event as a time of e.g. remember

sadness as well in happiness. In the old town, I had lots of friends. 1._____________

My best friend were Kamal. We went to school together in the 2._____________

mornings and in the evenings we played games and had a lots of 3._____________

fun. He lived two doors away from me and we visited each other’s 4._____________

homes almost any day. Our parents were also good friend. I was 5._____________

very sad when I had to leave Taiping but I understand that we had 6._____________
to move as my father had a new job. I was nine year old when we 7._____________

moved to TelukIntan. It affected my life great. At the start, it was not 8._____________

easy for me at all. I was new to the place but I had no friends. 9._____________

However, I soon adapted to the new environment. I made friends 10.___________

with my neighbours and I felt happiest. Life became better

afterwards.

PRACTICE 12

Fitness is a way of life for many people today. Fitness or

keeping fit is recognized as a ways to slow down and reverse e.g. way

ageing. Nowadays, it is being practised by million of people from all 1._____________

around the globe. Public has realized that the key to the healthy life 2._____________

lies in the steps we take to keep fit. But what is fitness and how do 3._____________

one achieve it? 4._____________

Fitness means the ability of your body to functioning at the 5._____________

best possible way for the length of one’s lives. It is not necessary to 6._____________

work out in a gym everyday, jog great distances or pedal a 7._____________

stationary bicycle at hours on end. All it takes is 20 and 30 minutes 8._____________

a day of exercising. 9._____________

The health benefits of exercise has been recognized for 10.___________

centuries. As early as 600 BC, an Indian physician use exercise to

treat diabetes. In most recent times, exercise has been used to help

treat and prevent heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis and

depression.

PRACTICE 13

Malaysia is a fascinating place for visitors. Its unspoilt natural

beauty and multi-racial population offer visitor great experience and e.g. visitors

excitement. Visitors can brought home with them memories of the 1._____________
places they visit, the great variety of food they tasted and the varied 2._____________

cultures they see. At Kuala Lumpur, the largest city in the country, 3._____________

tourists can visited the National Museum, the National Monument, 4._____________

Chinatown and Batu Caves. The National Museum displayed the 5._____________

rich historical and cultural heritage of Malaysia. A National 6._____________

Monument is a great piece of sculpture erected to remember that 7._____________

Malaysian warriors who have died for the country. For those who 8._____________

like shops, Chinatown offers an exciting shopping experiences- a 9._____________

wide range of foodstuffs and textiles are available here. Batu Caves 10.___________

is holy limestone caves. Thousands of Hindus make religious trips

to these caves every year.

PRACTICE 14

His name is Azlan, but most of us call him Kecil because of

his tiny body. He is just above 1 metre tall. Him hair looks like e.g. His
coconut husk. I loves his sparkling eyes. They show a lot of life. 1._____________

When he laughs, his mouth opens wide, showing a set of uneven 2._____________

tooth. His two front teeth are especially larger. We like to laugh at 3._____________

his teeth but he does not get angry- that is what makes him so 4._____________

likeable. A shirts that he wears are much very large for him. 5._____________

According to Azlan, large shirts make him look fatter. Azlan is a 6._____________

smart boy. He is usually the first to answer the teachers questions. 7._____________

Whenever we play Scrabble with him, he always came out the 8._____________

winner. However, he is not selfish about his knowledge and 9._____________

intelligence. He helps us with our homeworks but in return he will 10.___________

ask for a sweet. He always finishes his work at time and he is also

teachers’ pet. Azlan is truly a nice boy. I am glad to be his friend.

PRACTICE 15
 I went for a youth camp organized by the scouts last

December. There were fifty of us in the camp. We were divide into e.g. divided

5 teams. One of the most memorable game that we played was 1._____________

filling up a pail with water through methods other that using 2._____________

containers like a bottle, a bucket or a bowl. You can imagine our 3._____________

reaction when we are told about the rule. There were five team 4._____________

consisting of ten members each. The source of water was the small 5._____________

stream located about 100 metres away. At the word ‘Go!’, each 6._____________

member ran as fast that he could to the stream. Most of us used 7._____________

only our palms. Many did not bring out even a drop of water by the 8._____________

time they reached the pail. The most creative ones used their shirts 9._____________

and one boy even used his cap! There was many laughter and 10.___________

noise as each member of the team return to the pail. I shall never

forget the fun we had on that particular day.