FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Use the correct question formation.
does Chimene go
did her family come
Where Chimene goes to school? When her family came to the United States?
Barrington
Where was born Barrington? ^ 2. Don’t use be with a simple present or past verb. Children are need confidence. Sixty kids were built an airplane. 3. Use the base form after do, does, and did.
speak
She didn’t spoke English when she arrived in the United States.
go
Where does she goes to school? 4. For the simple present, use the -s form when the subject is he, she, it, family, or a singular noun.
s
Lena love Washington, DC. ^ 5. Use the correct past form for irregular verbs.
left
Salopek leaved Ethiopia in 2013. 6. Use the base form after to.
study
He wants to studies human migration. 7. Use the base form after a modal.
study
Lena should studies hard. She must to wear professional clothes to work. 8. Use an infinitive after some verbs (but not after a modal), adjectives, and certain expressions with it.
to
to
She needs choose a major. She’s not ready make a decision. ^ ^
to
It’s important inspire kids. ^ 9. Don’t use the present continuous with nonaction verbs.
wants
Irving is wanting to inspire kids now. 10. Don’t forget to include a form of be in a present continuous sentence.
are
We learning about people on the move. ^ 11. Don’t use the future in a time clause or an if clause. Use the simple present.
s
When she will graduate from college, she’ll go to law school. ^
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