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1. Activity 20
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Error Correction

2. Correct any errors in these
sentences.
(Some sentences may not have any
errors.)

3. 1. Although she is a good wife, we
are a happy family.

4. This sentence is wrong because there is
no contrast.You can say
Although she is not a good wife, we are
a happy family.
OR
Although she is a good wife, we are not
a happy family.

5. 2. I don’t know much about U.S.
history. Although I took several
courses.

6. 2. I don’t know much about U.S.
history although I took several
courses.
This is one sentence with no comma.

7. 3. Even they look very different,
they have similar personalities.

8. 3. Even though they look very
different, they have similar
personalities.

9. 4. Even though I was a good
student, but I didn’t get a
scholarship.

10. 4. Even though I was a good student,
but I didn’t get a scholarship.
OR
I was a good student, but I didn’t get a
scholarship.

11. 5. Although I had heard that word
many times, so it sounded so
strange to me.

12. 5. Although I had heard that word
many times, so it sounded so
strange to me.

13. 6. Although it was an old car, it
didn’t run very well.

14. 6. Although it was an old car, it
ran well.

15. 7. He is very generous even
though he doesn’t have much
money he gives everything to his
friends.

16. 7. He is very generous. Even
though he doesn’t have much
money, he gives everything to his
friends.

17. 8. My family lives in a small house
near Seattle. Despite the only
three rooms that the house has,
we never feel crowded.

18. This is awkward, but not really wrong.
Here is a better way to say it:
8. My family lives in a small house
near Seattle. Even though the house
has only three rooms, we never feel
crowded.