Debbie and Julie
The name of the author who wrote this short story.
Who is Dorris Lessing?
The error in this sentence: "Many American servicemen actually get along good with their colleagues."
What is that the adjective 'good' must be substituted by the adverb 'well' as 'well' describes the verb phrase 'get along with'.
Please don't make this mistake!
This is what we know about Parvez's wife.
What is nothing much? We hear that Parvez does not really talk to her and that she is confined to sewing in the bedroom. She does not seem to be as integrated into British society as Parvez is.
Americans love to abbreviate [forkorte] their names. Joe Biden's first name - Joe - is a short form of this name.
What is Joseph?
This is why the title of the text is significant.
What is that the title shows us that many immigrants must accept low-income jobs, for instance driving other people around, when immigrating to a new country? Often the expectations of immigrants of a new and better beginning are not met.
This is a short summary of the entire story: when, where, what and who?
What is that you must remember to summarise the entire story, from the beginning to the end? The analysis and interpretation you must save for later.
The error in this sentence: "The bad news are that the situation is not going to change in the near future."
What is that the noun 'news' is uncountable and ALWAYS in the singular. Consequently, the verb form IS (third-person singular) must be chosen here.
This is what we are told about Ali.
What is that you must say quite a lot here, among other things that Ali is transforming into a radical opponent of British society and a firm believer in the teachings of the Koran, which becomes apparent in quite a few ways in the text?
This is the capital city of U.S. state Hawaii.
What is Honolulu?
This is how we can see that this text is a poem.
What is that you can probably think of something in terms of sentence structure, atmosphere and choice of words - even if this text is chopped-up prose and in many ways resembles a short story?
This is the conflict in the text and the reason why Julie decided to run away from home.
What is that you can say anything you want, but in your answer you must include elements like teen pregnancy, city vs. suburbia and a lack of communication and a lack of interest in other people in your answer.
The error in this sentence: "He was not sure if he had send the application for the job."
What is that the verb 'send' is spelled 'sent' (with the ending -t) in the past tense and - as here - as a past participle (perfektum participium)?
This is what we are told about Parvez.
What is that you must say quite a few things here, for instance that Parvez used to have a close relationship to his son Ali and that he has always done everything possible to make his son's life a success? Besides, you must mention that Parvez seems not only to have integrated but to have assimilated even into British society, accepting western ideas and ways of life. You could also say that Bettina, the prostitute, is his confidante.
This is the name of the capital city of Northern Ireland AND what is understood by 'The Troubles' from approximately 1968 to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
What is Belfast AND words like Catholics and Protestants, social and religious conflict, republicans (Ireland) and loyalists (Great Britain), paramilitary groups (IRA and UVF) and British soldiers, Bloody Sunday and marches for equal rights et cetera?
This is what we learn about the contrast between rural [landlig] Berbice and urban [bymæssig] London.
What is that you can easily answer this question by looking into the text? It is obvious, however, that life in Berbice is simple and slow whereas life in London is quite the opposite.
This is what we learn about modern London in the text.
What is that modern London (Debbie's place) is definitely differet from Julie's parents' house and that London consists of good people and bad people? What is also that Debbie's flat can be considered a micro-cosmos of London, which means that what goes on in London also happens in the flat, only on a minor scale?
The error in this sentence: "I need more information, but I do not know where to get them."
What is that we cannot (as in REALLY NOT) refer to an uncountable noun like 'information' using the personal pronoun 'them' (third-person plural) as uncountable nouns are ALWAYS in the (third-person) singular? We must refer to an uncountable noun using the personal pronoun 'it' in the (third-person) singular.
This is what the text tells us about the challenges in British society of coming from a different cultural and religious background.
Bemærk, at den bestemte artikel 'the' fjernes foran substantivet 'society' i denne generelle betydning. Det kan være vanskeligt for en dansker at forstå!
What is that the answer seems obvious? You can easily find something to say here, for instance why some young people of foreign descent choose to become radicalised even though they were born and bred in England.
This is the year when U.S. troops tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the Word Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001.
What is (2 May) 2011?
This is how we could describe the taxi driver.
What is that you can say anything you like? But it may be a good idea to include adjectives of negative connotations like estranged, disappointed, frustrated, angry, vengeful, lustful and dissatisfied.
These are some of the themes of the text AND what the author would like to tell us through her story, her message.
What is that you must work out the themes (lack of communication, teen pregnancy, loneliness, city vs. suburb etc) and the message yourselves? Please remember that everybody must be pleased with your answers.
The error in this sentence: "There is a feeling in today’s America that the gender divide might could be growing wider."
What is that after a modal verb like 'might' we CANNOT have another classic modal verb, in this case 'could'? After a modal verb we MUST have the infinitive of the second verb, and 'could' is NOT the infinitive form of the modal verb. We must find another solution, for instance 'be able to': ... might be able to ... The best solution, however, would be to leave out 'could' alltogether: ... might be growing ..."
This is what Hanif Kureishi would like to tell us through his text - and the reason why he chooses to give Ali the last word.
What is that perhaps this cultural conflict is not as black and white as we would like to think, that something can be viewed from a number of angles?
This is the number of gold medals won by American athletes during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
What is 39 gold medals (and 41 silver medals and 33 bronze medals)?
This is what David Dabydeen would like to tell us through his text, his message.
What is that it is plain to see that life among (some) immigrants in multicultural London is not as idyllic as perhaps portrayed in the "Chicken Tikka Masala" speech by Robin Cook?