What it is: Most lost marks come from five small slips. You can find and fix them in the last five minutes.
| Error | Wrong | Right |
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Yesterday I go to the museum. | Yesterday I went to the museum. |
| Agreement | My friend live in Leeds. | My friend lives in Leeds. |
| Articles | I want to be engineer. | I want to be an engineer. |
| Register mix | Dear Sir, can u help? | Dear Sir, could you help? |
| Verb pattern | I am agree with you. | I agree with you. |
- tense
- the time of the verb
- agreement
- he goes, they go
- article
- a, an, the
- preposition
- in, on, at, for
- proofread
- to check for errors
Remember: Time words like yesterday, last year and when I was a child need past tenses. Check every verb after them.
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Find four errors (a formal email to the head teacher): Hey miss, I write to give you my opinion. Yesterday I don't wear the uniform and nobody say anything. I want that you remove it.
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Five minutes, four checks
1
Verbs
Past time words need past tenses.
2
Agreement
he goes, everyone has, plurals.
3
Register
One register from greeting to closing.
4
Task and length
Every task point, 250–400 words.
Verbs → Agreement → Register → Task