FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. After a modal, use the base form. You must to pay your rent on time. 2. A modal has no -s form. He cans carry his bike upstairs. 3. Don’t forget to after be permitted, be allowed, be supposed, be able, and ought.
to
We’re not permitted leave a bicycle in the hallway. ^ to I don’t like my apartment. I ought look for a new one. ^ 4. Don’t forget be before permitted to, allowed to, supposed to, and able to.
am
I not supposed to have a pet in my apartment. ^ 5. Use the correct word order in a question.
should I
What I should do in case of fire? 6. Don’t use can for past. Use could + a base form.
couldn’t find
I can’t found a roommate, so I live alone. 7. Don’t forget would before rather.
would
I rather live with my parents than live alone. ^ 8. Don’t forget had before better.
had
You better not park here. You can get a ticket. ^ 9. Don’t forget have before got to.
’ve
I got to change the batteries in the smoke detectors. ^ 10. Don’t use maybe before a verb.
may
I maybe will move next month. 11. Use not for negative modals.
not
I don't like garage sales. I’d rather don’t buy used things.
PART 2 Editing Practice Some of the shaded words and phrases have mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them. If the shaded words are correct, write C.
C
I am renting an apartment, and I would like to give you some advice. First, before you move 1.
in, you should to take pictures of the empty apartment, keep a copy of the pictures for yourself, 2.
and email a copy to the landlord. The pictures will show the condition of the apartment before you moved in, so the landlord can’t to blame you for damage you didn’t do. Test everything, like 3.
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