Writing - good and bad lines

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Writing - good and bad lines

How to do this:

You see 15 sentences.

They were written by students in M4A or M4C. 

First, you get a dark blue slide where you have to indicate if a certain sentence is 'correct' or 'incorrect'.  

If it is incorrect, you have to rewrite it on a sky blue slide. 

You get some help rewriting the sentences. 

1. I was to the Ardennen with school.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Rewrite the sentence "I was to the Ardennen with school".
1. Replace the word 'was' with the correct verb in the past tense.
2. Replace the word 'school' with a more appropriate word / words.

2. I choose Terschelling because I love islands and the sea.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I choose Terschelling because I love islands and the sea".
You only have to change one word to make this a great sentence. Which word is that? What should it be? Write down the correct word.

3. School is normally very boring, but this trip was going to be fun.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

4. I preaperd for this trip by pakking my suitcase.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I preaperd for this trip by pakking my suitcase".
Which two words in this sentence have not been spelled correctly?
Write down the correct forms.

5. I bringed my back with full of clothes and games.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I bringed my back with full of clothes and games".
1. Replace the verb (bringed) with the right form in the past tense.
2. Which word did this person mean instead of 'back'?
3. "with full of" doesn't make sense. Throw out one of these 3 words.
Rewrite the entire sentence below.

6. I also prepared my mind for this trip.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

7. I had some chewing gum on me to help me concentrate in stressful positions.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I had some chewing gum on me to help me concentrate in stressful positions."
This is, in fact, a beautiful sentence, but the last word is not quite right.
Which word would be better here instead of 'positions'?
Write down the correct word.

8. Well, we all know that being with your frients is funn as hell.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"Well, we all know that being with your frients is funn as hell."
This sentence has two spelling mistakes and one word that is not allowed in a school essay.
Rewrite the entire sentence using the correct spelling and replacing the forbidden word.

9. Most of the clothes I didn't even wear because it was too hot.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

10. In the evening we went swimming and watched the sundown. I really liked that.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"In the evening we went swimming and watched the sundown. I really liked that."
This is a beautiful pair of sentences. Only one word is wrong. Can you spot that word and write the right word down below?

11. we need to make our own Food we learned much from this week and it was very usefull

1. correct
2. incorrect

"we need to make our own Food we learned much from this week and it was very usefull"

How do you INSTANTLY know this sentence is incorrect?

1. It does not have a capital letter at the start.
2. It does not have a period at the end.
3. A random word has been capitalised in the middle of the sentence.
4. All of the above.

12. We has a bike and we are biking to the camping.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"We has a bike and we are biking to the camping".
First of all, this sentence needs to be in the past tense.
Second, the word 'camping' should be 'campsite' or 'camping site' in English.
Rewrite the entire sentence correctly.

13. I didn't liked that on the third night we couldn't go outside.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I didn't liked that on the third night we couldn't go outside."
This sentence has only one mistake: a double past tense.
Write down the correct form below.

14. What I have learned is how to cook for yourself and your friends.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

15. I did not learn much, but i did beat my fear of hights.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

"I did not learn much, but i did beat my fear of hights."

This sentence contains two spelling mistakes.
Write the correct words down below.

Reflection

You will get some statements to reflect on this exercise. 

Please indicate the right response in your case. 

A sentence from my own essay featured in this exercise.

Sadly, no.

Sadly, yes.

I'm not sure.

I could spot the mistakes easily.
(0 = not at all, 10 = definitely)

010

This kind of exercise helps me to write better English. (0 = not at all, 10 = definitely)

010

And now for some fun!

The following sentences were also taken from the students' essays. I have deleted one word from the sentence. 

Guess which word!

I thought there was a chance that I might get ______, and I was right.

1. dirty
2. rich
3. bitter
4. unalived

Half of our ___________ didn't want to do anything.

1. teachers
2. mosquitos
3. bikes
4. tent people

My advice for some people is to be more _______ because they were really lazy.

1. intelligent
2. helpful
3. beautiful
4. absent

I learned that I could ______ many things if I really wanted to.

1. refuse
2. throw up
3. do
4. forget

All the ______ people went to Terschelling.

1. friendly
2. annoying
3. stupid
4. pretty

I hated not being able to use my phone because I need _____ to fall asleep.

1. podcasts
2. my girlfriend
3. a picture of Donald Trump
4. music

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