Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Error Identification
Easy Exercise
1. He was quite amusing when he heard what had happened.
8. After a few minutes, I look up and saw that it was getting dark.
9. I saw the blind man crossed the busy road without any help.
12. He lead me to the rear of the shop where more goods were stacked.
13. The branch struck him hard and lay him unconscious.
14. The sudden noise frightened the baby and made it to cry.
16. There was signs of neglect showing that no one was living there.
17. After a few moment, the woman opened the window and looked out curiously.
18. Can you write an article to be include in the next issue of the magazine ?
19. Decided to leave, I packed my clothes and left a note to say I had gone.
20. One of the former student donated a large sum of money to the school.
22. The firemen put off the fire quickly but the house was burnt down.
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23. The villagers carried out a through search for the missing child.
24. Please convey my best wish to your mother when you see her.
25. Unless you finish all your homework, you can watch television.
27. I am sorry to say that your son has been absence from school for a week.
28. Successful applicants will be paid attracting salary, bonus and fringe benefits.
31. The shop assistance was very helpful and I was able to buy what I wanted.
32. Have you wrote a reply to your grandmother to thank her for the present ?
33. My father told me don't stay out late at night with my friends.
34. We have to do it ourself as there are not enough workers to finish it on time.
36. We are grateful for Mrs Halimah for helping us to win the inter-school debate.
37. When Rahman reached to home, he realized that no one was there.
38. A firefighter has just crawled across the smoke-filled attic, trying to open a window for
39. Environmental experts claim that Planet Earth is steadily warming up because of human
40. The hypothesis of the psychological science study was that the more power a person
41. Everyone has occasionally sleepless nights, usually associated with states of emotional
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42. Studies of early cave art shows a level of culture that was anything but “primitive” – and
that human beings have a long record of communicating knowledge and believe.
44. Although many eateries publish caloric information of their websites, or even on food
45. Life is so fragile and we don’t know what will happen tomorrow, so experience what
you have given because you don’t know how long it is going to last.
46. Many automobile and motorcycle companies have confirmed that their
vehicles distributed in Thailand can run on gasohol 95 and 91 and ready to affix stickers
47. Name for their crossed-shaped flower petals, cruciferous vegetables like cabbage
and broccoli are the perfect foods for fighting cancer, heart disease and a lot more.
48. Today, the enemy is within a radicalism that, like Frankenstein’s monster, have
49. UNICEF reports that 28,000 weakened children die from diseases
50. She wears a black baseball cap reads SECURITY and a bulletproof vest but
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Exercise
1. Illiteracy is an enormous problem,(1) it affects(2) millions of people worldwide,(3) and is
an impediment to(4) social progress. No error (5).
2. The company president has taken(1) steps to ensure that she(2) can handle the pressure
and anxiety associated with(3) the job, including(4) joining a yoga class and enlisting the
support of a network of friends. No error (5).
3. If you are sure that(1) you are in the right,(2) you would not(3) mind an
independent examination of(4) the case. No error (5).
4. The union insisted(1) on an increase in their(2) members’(3) starting pay, and threatened
to call a strike if the company refused to(4) meet the demand. No error (5).
7. The three richest men in America have(1) assets worth more than(2) the combined
assets(3) of the sixty poorest countries of(4) the world. No error (5).
8. Shipwrecked(1) on a desert island, coconuts and other(2) fruits formed(3) the basis of
the sailor’s(4) diet. No error (5).
9. Fifty percent of the people alive today have(1) never made a phone call, but(2) thirty
percent still(3) have no electricity connections to their(4) homes. No error (5).
10. The rhododendron, which(1) ornaments so many(2) English gardens, is(3) not
native to(4) Europe. No error (5).
11. The farmer should not have been(1) so careless as(2) to leave the door of the house
unbolted when(3) he had gone(4) to bed. No error (5).
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13. The engineer, who is renowned for his ingenuity(1), has designed(2) a very unique(3)
cooling system for our new plant in(4) Spain. No error (5).
14. Shoes of those(1) kind are(2) bad for the feet;(3) low heels are(4) better. No error (5).
15. My father saw how much(1) Uncle Tom was enjoying(2) his early retirement, and(3) so
he decided to do the same(4). No error (5).
TOEIC
1. In 2004, a team led by the government environment ministry say that chemicals
from the factory had contaminated sediment in the bay and entered the food chain.
2. The minimum wage bill provides for a gradual reduction of the minimum wage from
$5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour over two years.
3. Public opinion polls have consistently demonstrated the public’s willingness for
'tradeoff' economic growth for environmental protection.
4. The technology, developed in coal-rich Germany in the 1920s, involves partly
burning coal to turn it into a gas, then using a catalyst, usually a metal, make it a
liquid.
5. The increase population, and rapid economic growth in recent years, have put a
large and increasing stress on the water resources and environment in Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam.
6. Education should emphasize our interdependence with peoples, with other species
and with the planet as a whole.
7. Most of the large industries in the country are well organised and structured and are
sometimes backed up internationally reputable mother companies.
8. Should we really speak of the “breakdown” of families when we are perhaps
witnessing new family forms and a new social structure arising late capitalism?
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9. Advocacy for child war victims, children in hazardous work, abused children
and those variously exploited or handicapped has attracted the attention and
commitment of legislators and policy-makers through the world.
10. The economy is heavy dependent on industry, and economic growth has always
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