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My Country: Passive Error Correction

Look at the short essay written by a student from South America. She has made some mistakes
using the passive and active verb forms. Find and correct them in the table below. Highlight the
mistakes in the text.
The most important part of my country is the north. This is where coal is mined and we earn a lot of
money from this. There are also some beautiful beaches in the north. Tourists are spent a lot of
money, especially in the casinos that is found there.
In the center of the country, agriculture is considered the most important thing. Apples are grown in
the Santa Ana valley and nearby, spring water are bottled - the famous Santa Ana Mineral Water,
which is tastes wonderful and is sold all over the world.
In the south, my family and I are lived. It is the colder part of the country. In winter, it is possible to
ski. Thousands of people are visited every year and, if the snow is good, even people from other
countries come to ski here. There is also a lot of industry in this region. Cars are made in big
factories and our largest export, huge tractors for working in the fields, produced.
I love my country. It is a large, busy place. Everyone is loved it!

GRAMMAR MISTAKE CORRECTION


Are spent spent
Is tastes tastes
Are lived lived

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