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Instructions Always check your work for spelling and grammar mistakes before submitting it. This will improve the accuracy of your work. When you check, use a coding system. You can use the codes below or create your own. Whichever you choose, use a consistent system for easy reference. This makes it easier to see any recurrent problems, so you can identify any issues which you need to revise.
First look at the codes on the left. Then study the passage on the right. It contains 14 grammar and spelling mistakes. Use the codes to mark the mistakes.
Code
Type of error
Air-conditioning tecnology should probably regarded as one of the
p
punctuation
greatest inventions in the history of science. The invention enables
sp
spelling
we humans to ‘make’ the environment adapts to us, not vice versa.
cap
capitals
a/the
wrong use of article
We should remember that heating was the earliest form of
sbj/vb
subject-verb agreement
'air-conditioning'. The first heating system can be traced back to
tense
wrong verb tense
the time of the roman Empire. The rich constructed their houses
pr
wrong, missing or unnecessary preposition
with ventilation ducts below the floor. Hot air generated by fire is
^
insert missing word(s)
pumped through the ducts and provided a warmer indoor
word
delete
environment in winter.
order
word order
word
wrong word
/
start new sentence
temperature, the technique was first used in refrigeration. But
//
start new paragraph
air-conditioning in buildings and cars have become an almost
means?
meaning not clear
essential part of our lifes.
infml
too informal
To most people, the air-conditioning modern means cooling the air
Air-conditioning will also help us explore the final frontier – space. It's literally vital in order to adapt for a hostile environment. Air-conditioning within space suits provide astronauts with a means of regulating the temperature and quality of the air they breathe.
Now check your own writing using these codes. Have you made the same mistake more than once? What points do you need to revise?
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