FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Don’t confuse the -ing form and the past participle.
taking
I’ve been taken a course in genealogy.
given
My parents have giving me family photos. 2. Use the present perfect, not the simple present or present continuous, to describe an action or state that started in the past and continues to the present.
have you been
had
He has his laptop for two years. ^ 3. Use for, not since, with the amount of time.
How long are you studying math? ^
for
I’ve been interested in my family’s history since three years. 4. Use the simple past, not the present perfect, with a specific past time.
studied
He has studied algebra when he was in high school.
did
study
When have you studied algebra? 5. Use the simple past, not the present perfect, in a since clause.
put
He has collected $5,000 since he has put his project on a crowdfunding site. 6. Use the correct word order with adverbs.
ever heard
never studied
I have studied never my family history. Have you heard ever of Dr. Spencer Wells? 7. Use the correct word order in questions.
has your family
How long your family has been in this country? 8. Use yet for negative statements; use already for affirmative statements.
yet
I haven’t taken advanced algebra already. 9. Don’t forget the verb have in the present perfect (continuous).
have
I been studying my family history for two years. ^ 10. Don’t forget the -ed of the past participle.
ed
He’s watch a math video several times. ^
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.
have you
C
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2.
How many changes you have made since you came to the U.S.? For our journal, our teacher asked us to answer this question. I have come to the U.S. two and a half years ago. Things have 3.
change a lot for me since I’ve come here. Here are some of the changes: 4.
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