EXERCISE 31. Error analysis. (Charts 4-1 - 4-8)
Directions: Correct the errors. Most of the errors are in verb usage, but some are
miscellaneous (e.g., capitalization, word order, spelling, agreement, etc.).
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- I have beend $nglish for eight year,, , but I still have a lot to learn.
- I want to learn English since I am a child.
- Our class has have three tests since the beggining of the term.
- I have started the English,classes since three weeks ago and I am learning some
English since that time.- I have been thinking about how to improve my English ability since I came here, but I
still don't fmd a good way.- All of us has learn many thing since we were children. I+. 8 A;
, ' - When I was at my sister's house, we had an argument. Since then I didn't talk to her
for three days.- Since I was very young, I like animals.
LLI. 9. I have been study english since three and a half month.- I like very much the English. Since I was young my father found an American girl to
VL. teach my brothers and me English, but when I move to another city my father hasn't
find one for five years. Now I'm living here and studying in this English program.- I almost die in an automobile accident five year ago. Since that day my life changed
completely.- In my country, women are soldiers in the army since the 1970s.
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