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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Help! Doing a tefl course and need help with 1 question!
Any help would be appreciated with the following spoken mistake -
'The people was very kind' (pre-intermediate level)
1.identify what is wrong with the sentence.
2.write what probably caused the mistake.
3.identify what type of mistake it is.
4.write how you would correct it.
My answers:
1.singular vs. plural problem
2.The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun as 'person'.
3.grammer
4.make aware of the subject + verb agreement.
My tefl tutor has asked me to re do this question and gave the following comments:
'What kind of mistake was it? think of their own language. Do all languages think of people as plural'.
From the tutor's comments I can see that she is implying 'mother tongu interference' but would appreciate any comments on this!
Many thanks,
Denise.
'The people was very kind' (pre-intermediate level)
1.identify what is wrong with the sentence.
2.write what probably caused the mistake.
3.identify what type of mistake it is.
4.write how you would correct it.
My answers:
1.singular vs. plural problem
2.The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun as 'person'.
3.grammer
4.make aware of the subject + verb agreement.
My tefl tutor has asked me to re do this question and gave the following comments:
'What kind of mistake was it? think of their own language. Do all languages think of people as plural'.
From the tutor's comments I can see that she is implying 'mother tongu interference' but would appreciate any comments on this!
Many thanks,
Denise.
Top answer
1. Wrong verb form. The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun -- OK 3.
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- Wrong verb form.
- The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun -- OK 3.
- singular vs.
- plural problem 4.
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1. Wrong verb form.
2.The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun -- OK
3. singular vs. plural problem
4. The people were very kind
From the tutor's comments I can see that she is implying 'mother tongu interference' but would appreciate any comments on
2.The student is not aware of subject + verb agreement or perhaps the student considered 'people' to be a singular noun -- OK
3. singular vs. plural problem
4. The people were very kind
From the tutor's comments I can see that she is implying 'mother tongu interference' but would appreciate any comments on
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