WRITING CORRECTION CODE
 
A D Gr P Sp
T WF WO WW Missing
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Nouns Verbs Adjectives & Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Subject
Object
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A

Agreement

My brother live [A] in Bangkok.

 

 

My brother lives in Bangkok.

 

 

 

 

 

I was in England for 2 year [A].

 

 

I was in England for 2 years.

 

 

 

D

Determiner

I rode bike [D] to school.

 

 

I rode a bike to school.

 

 

OR: I rode my bike to school

 

 

 

 

 

I live in the Melbourne [D].

 

 

I live in Melbourne

 

 

 

 

Determiners:

a, an, the, ___ (nothing)

 

 

two, three, some, many…

 

 

this, that, these, those

 

 

my, his, their, our…

 

 

 

Gr

Grammar

This is John [Gr] book.

 

 

This is John's book.

 

 

 

 

 

Are they live [Gr] in Melbourne?

 

 

Do they live in Melbourne?

 

 

 

P

Punctuation

Peter said hello [P].

 

and capital

Peter said "hello".

 

letters

 

 

 

yesterday [P] was thursday [P]

 

 

Yesterday was Thursday.

 

 

 

 

Punctuation:

. , ! : ; " -

 

Capital letters:

ABC

 

Lowercase letters:

abc

 

 

 

Sp

Spelling

Sometime [Sp] I go swimming.

 

 

Sometimes I go swimming.

 

 

 

T

Tense

I study [T] yesterday.

 

 

I studied yesterday.

 

 

 

 

Tenses

 Eg: Present Simple

 

 

I drink coffee every day.

 

 

Present Continuous

 

 

I am drinking coffee.

 

 

Past Simple

 

 

I drank coffee yesterday

 

More information:

 

Chosing the right tense

Making the tenses

 

 

 

WF

Wrong Form

I am very happiness [WF].

 

 

I am very happy.

 

 

 

 

 

Please speak slow [WF].

 

 

Please speak slowly.

 

 

 

 

Nouns, Verbs,

Adjectives

and Adverbs:

  a noun – something/someone.

To describe nouns, we use adjectives:

Eg: Joe is hungry.

(“hungry” is describing “Joe” – a noun)

 

 

a verb – an action.

 

 

To describe verbs, we use adverbs:

 

 

Joe ate hungrily.

 

 

(“hungrily” is describing “ate” – a verb)

 

 

 

WO

Word order

What your name is? [WO]

 

 

What is your name?

 

 

 

WW

Wrong word

Anne is making lunch in the chicken [WW].

 

 

Anne is making lunch in the kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

I lost [WW] the bus.

 

 

I missed the bus.

 

 

 

?

I don’t understand

THIS MEANS YOU SHOULD TALK TO ME

 

 

 

Missing (1)

Missing word

I [Missing Verb] very happy.

 

 

 

 

 

I am very happy.

 

 

 

 

 

We talked [Missing Preposition (look up "talk")] Peter [Missing Preposition] the movie.

 

 

We talked to Peter about the movie.

 

 

 

 

Prepositions:

in, on, at, under, about, from, to,

 

 

into, back, for, by, of, with, after,…

 

look up:

Find a word in a dictionary

 

 

Eg: Look up "talk"

 

 

Go to my webpage: englishpron.org –Dictionaries –Longman dictionary

 

 

Look up “talk” (Search for “talk” in the dictionary).

 

 

You can see these examples:

 

 

“English people love to talk about the weather.  

 

 

“She spent a long time talking to him.”

 

 

From these examples, you can see that

 

 

we talk to someone and talk about something.

 

 

 

Missing (2)

 

He wanted $10 [Missing Conjunction] I didn’t give it to him.

 

 

He wanted $10 but I didn’t give it to him.

 

 

 

 

Conjunctions:

Conjunctions join two things together.

 

 

Eg: and, or, but, so

 

 

after, before, when, while

 

 

because, although

 

 

if, unless

 

 

than, that

 

 

 

Missing (3)

 

[Missing Subject] Looked for my keys [Missing Conjunction]  found [Missing Object] on the table.

 

 

I looked for my keys and found them on the table.

 

 

 

 

Subject:

Every verb has a subject.

 

 

Eg: Sam died.

 

 

Question: Who died?

 

 

Answer: Sam.

 

 

Sam is the subject of the verb.

 

 

Korea is in Asia.

 

 

Question: What is in Asia?

 

 

Answer: Korea

 

 

Korea is the subject of the verb.

 

 

 

 

Object:

Some verbs have an object.

 

 

Eg: Anne loves Tim.

 

 

Question: Who does Anne love?

 

 

Answer: Tim.

 

 

Tim is the object.

 

 

John ate an apple.

 

 

Question: What did John eat?

 

 

Answer: An apple.

 

 

An apple is the object .