✨ Activity: Error Correction - Spot the Mistake
Welcome to a fun new activity! Today, you are a Grammar Detective1. Your job is to read each sentence below and find the one error2 or mistake3.
This activity will help you analyze4 sentences and improve your own writing. When you think you have found the mistake, click on the sentence to see the correction5 and the reason. Good luck!
Sentence 1: She live in Kampot.
Mistake: The verb 'live'.
Correction: She lives in Kampot.
Reason: The subject is 'She', so we must add '-s' to the verb in the Present Simple.
Sentence 2: I am go to the market now.
Mistake: Using 'am' and 'go' together.
Correction: I go to the market now. OR I am going to the market now.
Reason: In the Present Simple, we do not use 'be' (am, is, are) with an action verb. (We will learn about 'am going' in a future lesson!)
Sentence 3: What is you name?
Mistake: The possessive adjective 'you'.
Correction: What is your name?
Reason: To show that the name belongs to 'you', we must use the possessive adjective 'your'.
Sentence 4: my friend is a tour guide.
Mistake: Capitalization.
Correction: My friend is a tour guide.
Reason: Every sentence must start with a capital letter.
Sentence 5: I have a orange.
Mistake: The article 'a'.
Correction: I have an orange.
Reason: The word 'orange' starts with a vowel sound, so we must use the article 'an'.
Sentence 6: Where is the hotel.
Mistake: Punctuation.
Correction: Where is the hotel?
Reason: A sentence that asks for information must end with a question mark (?).
📝 Final Challenge: Correct the Paragraph
You are the teacher now! Find and correct all the mistakes in this paragraph.
my friend dara are a fisherman. he have a small boat. every morning, he go to the river to catch fish he like her job very much. what do he do in the afternoon.
Corrected Paragraph:
My friend Dara is a fisherman. He has a small boat. Every morning, he goes to the river to catch fish. He likes his job very much. What does he do in the afternoon?
Vocabulary Glossary
- Detective: (Noun) - អ្នកស៊ើបអង្កេត (neak sœ̄p'ângkeet) - A person whose job is to find information and solve crimes or problems. ↩
- Error: (Noun) - កំហុស (kâmhŏh) - A mistake. ↩
- Mistake: (Noun) - កំហុស (kâmhŏh) - An action or judgment that is wrong. ↩
- Analyze: (Verb) - វិភាគ (vĭphéak) - To examine something in detail to understand it. ↩
- Correction: (Noun) - កំណែ (kâmnae) - A change that makes something right or better. ↩