Homophones
A or an?
____ hour can be extremely long at school.
An
The eiffel tower is visited by thousands of tourists every year.
The Eiffel Tower is visited by thousands of tourists every year.
Needs capital letters -> proper noun.
I can see that (your / you're) worried.
you're
Comma needed?
Let's eat grandma!
Let's eat, grandma! = call to eat and grandma should also join the meal
Let's eat grandma! = call to eat grandma (basically to be a cannibal)
A storm of feelings, thoughts, and memories suddenly arised/arose within me that I could not fall asleep.
arose
arise - arose - arisen
To - too - or two?
The soup was ____ hot for me ____ eat right away.
I'm rumanian and can thus speak rumanish very well.
I'm Rumanian.and can thus speak Rumanian very well.
Nationality and language are misspelled -> capital letters
I went to (your / you're) house to borrow (your / you're) math book. (It's / its) very heavy!
affected
(to affect = betreffen, tangieren)
to effect (verursachen, bewirken)
Choose and place the punctuation: , or ;
Tila wants to go home Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.
Tegan wants to go home; Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.
two main clauses (=independent sentences that can stand on their own) need a semi colon (stronger than colon)
Form a question in the past progressive:
Nora - 3 hours - tennis - for - play.
Nora was playing tennis for 3 hours.
Lose or Loose: This shirt is way too ________ for me!
loose (locker)
lose (verlieren)
Remember: Lose has lost an o.
I always enjoy visiting new Places in Summer.
I always enjoy visiting new places in summer.
seasons aren't capitalized; place is common noun
There/They're/Their?
_______ over _______ in _______ car.
They're - there - their
Place the comma(s): My little sister likes singing drawing and dancing.
My little sister likes singing, drawing(,) and dancing.
Accept or Except?
The store is open every day, _________ for holidays.
except (außer)
accept (akzeptieren)
This church has been build in 1743.
This church was built in 1743.
Spelling and tense in passive voice.
There weren't much people at the local concert last week.
many people (countable!)
Comma: yes or no?
My friends mostly support me but also joke around quite often.
My friends mostly support me but also joke around quite often.
-> "but also joke around very often" = dependent clause (Nebensatz)
My teacher is strict but fair. I love skiing but snowboarding even more.
VS.
Mom is a good cook, but she's even better at baking Christmas cookies.
Fill in the gaps using simple past and past perfect:
Mark _____________ (call) his friend before he _____________ (go) to the party.
Mark had called his friend before he went to the party.
-> both actions already lie in the past but calling his friend was even before going to the party
complement(s) or compliment(s)?
I was pleased to have received so many ____________ on my new dress and shoes today.
compliments = words of praise
to complement = to complete sth, to add, to round sth up with sth (ergänzen)
I'll definately gain alot of experiance and boost my langauge skills during my internship abroad.
(4 mistakes)
I'll definitely gain a lot of experience and boost my language skills during my internship abroad.
Last year's historic blizzard heavily (affected / effected) North and South Dakota.
affected
to effect = bewirken, verursachen
to affect = betreffen, tangieren
Choose and place the punctuation:
Sir there are many options of snacks to choose from chips candy or cookies
(4-5 punctuation marks)
Sir, there are many options of snacks to choose from: chips, candy(,) or cookies.
Turn the utterance into reported speech:
Eric said: ”I will call her tomorrow.”
Eric said that .....
Eric said that he would call her the next day.