FROM GRAMMAR TO WRITING PART 1 Editing Advice 1. Use that or nothing to introduce an included statement. Don’t use what.
that
I know what she is a good driver. 2. Use statement word order in an included question.
he is
I don’t know how fast is he driving. 3. We say something. We tell someone something.
told
He said me that he wanted to go home.
said
He told, “I want to go home.” 4. Use tell or ask, not say, to report an imperative. Follow tell and ask with an object.
told
She said her parents not to worry.
me
My son asked to give him the car keys. 5. Don’t use to after tell. She told to me that she wanted to be a teacher. 6. Use if or whether to introduce an included yes/no question. Use statement word order.
whether
I don’t know teenagers understand the risks while driving.
if I should
I can’t decide should I let my daughter get her driver’s license. 7. Follow the rule of sequence of tenses when the main verb is in the past.
would
Last year, my father said that he will teach me how to drive, but he didn’t. 8. Don’t use so before a noun clause. I think so raising children is the best job. 9. Use an infinitive to report an imperative.
to
My parents told me drive carefully.
not to
My parents told me don’t text while driving.
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.
that
When I was 14 years old, I told my parents what I wanted to work as a babysitter, but they
C
1.
told me that I was too young. At that time, they told me that they will pay me $1 an hour to help 2.
3.
4.
with my little brother. A few times they asked me could I watch him when they went out. They 5.
always told me call them immediately in case of a problem. They told me don’t watch TV or text 6.
7.
my friends while I was working as a babysitter. They always told me that I have done a good job. 8.
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