9 8

1. Page 9
8. Error Correction

2. 1. I really admire my father. He is a mechanic, and he
know a lot about cars, stoves and other machines.

3. I really admire my father. He is a mechanic, and he
knows a lot about cars, stoves and other machines.

4. My father is self-employed, so he
travel to people’s houses to fix
things.

5. My father is self-employed, so he
travels to people’s houses to fix
things.

6. Whenever I’m home, I go with him
on his jobs so I can watch him.

7. Whenever I’m home, I go with him
on his jobs so I can watch him.
This sentence has no errors.

8. In my opinion, anyone who know
how to fix things is a genius.

9. In my opinion, anyone who knows
how to fix things is a genius.

10. I guess that make my father a
genius.

11. I guess that makes my father a
genius.

12. 2. My grandfather take very good care of
himself.

13. 2. My grandfather takes very good care of
himself.

14. 2. He is get up early in the morning, so he can
do tai chi in the park near his house.

15. 2. He is get gets up early in the morning, so he
can do tai chi in the park near his house.

16. He always try to get his wife, my
grandmother, to join him, but she
doesn’t like to exercise, so he always
go by himself.

17. He always try tries to get his wife,
my grandmother, to join him, but
she doesn’t like to exercise, so he
always go goes by himself.

18. 3. My mother is the most hard-working person I
know. She don’t have a paying job like my father;
she has a job that don’t pay.

19. 3. My mother is the most hard-working person I
know. She don’t doesn’t have a paying job like my
father; she has a job that don’t doesn’t pay.

20. My mother takes care of our house.
She take care of everyone and
everything in our house.

21. My mother takes care of our house.
She takes care of everyone and
everything in our house.

22. She keep the house clean, and she
cook the best food you will ever
have.

23. She keeps the house clean, and she
cooks the best food you will ever
have.

24. Beyond all this, I think my mother is
the only person who understand
me.

25. Beyond all this, I think my mother is
the only person who understands
me.

26. 4. I am from Costa Rica, but my roommate is from
the U.S. Needless to say, her English is a lot better
than mine.

27. 4. I am from Costa Rica, but my roommate is from
the U.S. Needless to say, her English is a lot better
than mine.
These sentences have no errors.

28. The thing that I especially like about
her is that she help me with my
English.

29. The thing that I especially like about
her is that she helps me with my
English.

30. Whenever I say something
incorrectly, she just says it correctly
for me.

31. Whenever I say something
incorrectly, she just says it correctly
for me.
This sentence has no errors.