Name the error present in each sentence.
- The report was thorough, it covered every region.
- Walking home, the rain started to fall.
- She likes hiking, to swim and cycling.
- The list of exceptions are on page three.
- A) dangling modifier
- B) faulty parallelism
- C) misplaced apostrophe
- D) double negative
- E) subject–verb disagreement
- F) comma splice
Дұрыс жауабы мен түсіндірмесі
Жауабы: The report was thorough, it covered every region. — comma splice; Walking home, the rain started to fall. — dangling modifier; She likes hiking, to swim and cycling. — faulty parallelism; The list of exceptions are on page three. — subject–verb disagreement
Үтірмен ғана жалғанған екі тәуелсіз сөйлем; бастауышы жоқ есімшелі тіркес; параллелизмнің бұзылуы; “list … is” келісімі.
«Сөйлеу нормаларымен жұмыс» тақырыбынан тағы
- Which verb form is spelled correctly?
- Identify the phrases containing a redundancy (pleonasm).
- Which adjective is spelled correctly?
- Connect every confusable word with its definition.
- Which sentences show correct subject–verb agreement? Choose all.
- Assign the register that fits each sentence.
- Tick every sentence with correctly used apostrophes.
- Which sentences are acceptable in standard written English?