HMO2 feedback on writing quiz

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Feedback on writing quiz

What are some of the most common mistakes?

Choose the correct word:
''____ going to a party tomorrow''

1. There
2. They're
3. Their

There -> look over there!

Their -> It is their birthday!

They're = they are going to a party

Choose the correct word:
''Thank you, ____ my favorite customer.''

1. You're
2. Your

Choose the correct word:
''He hates blue, ____ is why he painted it red.''

1. Wich
2. Whitch
3. Which

Choose the correct word:
''I took two _____ of the sky.

1. photos
2. photo's

____ been a year since the last time they met.

The computer looked as though ___ power supply had failed.

A car is no good without ___ wheels.

The house, while old really has ___ charms. 

It's

Its

It's

It’s is a contraction of the words it is or it has. (Interestingly, we don’t really contract it was into it’s.)

'It's his birthday today.''

Its

Its is a possessive form of the pronoun it, meaning belonging to it.

''The hotel raised its rates.''

Rewrite the following sentence:
''he said he never talks to jane on friday but i don't believe that.''

Hoofdletters in het Engels

• Begin van een zin
• I = ik
• Namen
• Maanden en dagen

How to create an English sentence

• Tijdsbepaling altijd aan het begin of einde van een zin:
  EX: We will see him tomorrow OR Tomorrow we will see him
  NOT: We will tomorrow see him. 
• Algemene regel: subject, verb dan de rest van de zin
  EX:  Tom reads a book. 
  Subject: Tom
  Verb: reads
  Object: a book

Paragraphs!

New topic? New paragraph!

New idea? New paragraph!

Introducing a text? Paragraph!

Concluding your text? Paragraph!

FORMAL

Dear ...,

Could, would, should

NO contractions

Indirect questions (advanced)

INFORMAL

Hi, Hello,

Can, will

Contractions are okay

Idioms

Laatste tip: maak het jezelf makkelijk

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