Correct your English Errors yourself

Correct your English Errors yourself

Error correction is often done by the teacher providing corrections for mistakes made by students. However, it is probably more effective for students to correct their own mistakes. In order to do this, students and the teacher should have a common shorthand for correcting mistakes.

Correcting Mistakes

Correction Key

• T = tense                             P = punctuation                            WO = word order
• Prep = preposition         WW = wrong word                         GR = grammar
• Y upside down = word missing      SP = spelling

Find and mark the mistakes in the following short biography.

Yasin was born to Lahore in October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six and continued until he was 18 years. He then went to Lahore University to learn Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While he was to University he met his wife Saleena. Saleena was a beautiful woman with hair long black. They went along for years before they decided getting married. Yasin began to work like a doctor as soon as he graduated to Medical School. They had two children named Jackie and Saleem, and have lived in Queenssince the past two years. Yasin is very interested painting and likes to paint portraits of his sun Saleem.

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Compare your corrected version with the following:

Yasin was born in Lahore on October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six and continued until he was 18 years old. He then went to Lahore University to learn Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While he was at University, he met his wife Saleena. Saleena was a beautiful woman with long black hair. They went out for years before they decided to get married. Yasin began to work as a doctor as soon as he had graduated from Medical School. They have had two children named Jackie and Saleem, and have lived inQueens for the past two years. Yasin is very interested in painting and likes to paint portraits of his son Saleem