ANNOTATION KEY

1) Underline the words which are wrong; 2) correct the mistakes

TYPES OF MISTAKES SYMBOLS EXAMPLES OF MISTAKES
1] CAPITALIZATION I’m a graduate of admc in abu dhabi.
CAP
Adj. → He spoke to me very friendly.
2] Change adjective to adverb
Adv
3] Change adjective to noun The probable of that happening is very low.
adj → n
4] Change noun to verb You must analysis that report.
n →v
cl →n We understood him in spite of he has a strong
5] Change clause to noun phrase
phr. accent.
7] Wrong word Officer! My dog’s been robbed!
ww
8] Spelling He’s going to study physchology.
sp
9] Wrong verb form You should stop to smoke – it’s bad for you.
vb form
10] Preposition needed here I don’t get with my boss at all.
/ \prep
11] Wrong preposition If you don’t’ stop shouting to me, I’ll tell the boss!
w\prep
12] Punctuation He shouted stop
pun
13] Wrong verb tense I’m here for 6 years.
VT
The number of cars in Abu Dhabi are increasing
14] Subject/verb agreement
sub\v every year.
15] Word Order I don’t know where is the post office.
wo
18] Missing article House on corner is mine.
\art
/

19] Lower case My father works as a Civil Engineer.

lc
21] Singular to plural The teachers’ wife are going to the party.
pl
23] Wrong article I generally prefer to sit in a shade.
w\art
24] Auxiliary verb missing I lived in Abu Dhabi since 1998.
\aux v
/

One of the country involved didn’t sign the

25] Change from singular to plural
s →pl agreement.
They marked the students’ reports on Nov. 5th last
26] Change from active to passive.
act → pas year.
27] Wrong auxiliary verb used The cat has killed by a bus.
w\aux v
28] Verb missing I don’t know where the photocopier.
/\ v