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The document provides sample conversations and identifies errors in some of the responses. The errors relate to incorrect verb forms or word choices. For each conversation, an corrected version is provided. The document is an exercise to help practice identifying and correcting grammatical errors in conversational English.
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Page 16 18 error correction
- 1. Page 16 18. Error Correction
- 2. Correct any errors in these conversations. (Some conversations may not have any errors.)
- 3. A: Is this your car? B: No, I don’t own a car.
- 4. A: Is this your car? B: No, I don’t own a car. (This conversation has no errors.)
- 5. A:The chess club is meeting tonight. Are you going? B: No, I’m not belonging to that club.
- 6. A:The chess club is meeting tonight. Are you going? B: No, I’m not belonging I don’t belong to that club.
- 7. A: Are you preferring to stay home tonight? B: I don’t care.What do you want to do?
- 8. A: Are you preferring Do you prefer to stay home tonight? B: I don’t care.What do you want to do?
- 9. A:What’s that noise? B: I’m not hearing anything.
- 10. A:What’s that noise? B: I’m not hearing anything. or I don’t hear anything. (The second is more likely, but the first is possible.)
- 11. A:Why do you look at me like that? B: Like what? A: Angry.You look angry.
- 12. A:Why do you look are you looking at me like that? B: Like what? A: Angry.You look angry.
- 13. A:What are you thinking of thisTV? Do you like it better than the other one? B:Well, this one is bigger, but the other one is cheaper.
- 14. A:What are you thinking do you think of thisTV? Do you like it better than the other one? B:Well, this one is bigger, but the other one is cheaper.
- 15. A:What are you looking at? B:There’s something on the street over there. A:What is it? B: I’m not sure. It looks like a box. (This conversation has no errors.)
- 16. A:What are you looking at? B:There’s something on the street over there. A:What is it? B: I’m not sure. It looks like a box.
- 17. A: Is it wood or plastic? B: I can’t tell. It’s feeling like plastic.
- 18. A: Is it wood or plastic? B: I can’t tell. It’s feeling It feels like plastic.
- 19. A: Are you looking for something? B:Yes. I’m needing something to write with.
- 20. A: Are you looking for something? B:Yes. I’m needing I need something to write with.