III: Find and correct the mistakes if necessary.
1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work, she was cooking dinner.
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down.
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.
4. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I delete it all.
7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we.
8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise.
9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it.
10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years.
11. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer.
12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently.
13. I think it’s time you change your way of living.
14. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there.
15. When I’m shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadn’t met for five years.
16. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.
17. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now.
18. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.
19. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject of intensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.
20. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window and waking me up.
21. The man died as a result of falling asleep while he drives.
22. I haven’t finished the report yet, but by the time you return I will certainly complete it.
23. Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it.
24. We’ll be cycled to Hoa’s village at this time next Sunday.
25. What will you do when your friends won’t come?
26. Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing the washing up.
27. My friend didn’t drink any beer since we came to live here.
28. We have written to each other when we were in primary school.
29. After breakfast, I‘m gone to walk to school with my friends.
30. Did he go to the pop concert next weekend for a change?
31. At present, I’m working as a teacher in a secondary school and I plan to work here for 2 or 3 years before going to Australia to study.
32. Fire is one of the most important inventions in history.
33. Beyonce was now very well-known all over the world and she has released several albums in her singing career.
34. In the future, I came back to Indonesia to work after having a long vacation in Japan.
35. They haven’t seen each other for a long time.
36. The person I love the most is my elder brother, who is a very brave person.
37. Mr. Hung teaching us the subject “Applied Linguistics” when we were freshmen in the university.
38. George Clooney, a famous actor, achieved many prizes in his acting career so far.
39. It was a cloudy day in November 2013 and I am having to take the last exam of my student life.
40. Smartphones helped us a lot in our daily life.
Mistake
1. After Mrs. Wang had returned to her house from work she was cooking dinner -> cooked
2. Jimmy threw the ball high in the air, and Betty catching it when it came down. -> caught
3. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since she buys it. -> bought
4. Last week Mark told (A)me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one. -> was
5. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal. -> sat
6. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I delete it all. -> deleted
7. They are going to have to leave soon and so do we -> are
8. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that she really needed a pay rise. -> had
9. The telephone rang several times and then stop before I could answer it. -> stopped
10. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has been playing tennis since ten years. -> for
11. I have seen lotsof interesting places when I went on holiday last summer. -> saw
12. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped moving and listen intently -> listened
1. Was cooking -> Cooked
2. Catching -> Caught
3. Buys -> Bought
4. Is looking -> Was looking
5. Was sat -> Sat
6. delete => deleted
7. do => are
8. has told => told
9. stop => stopped
10. since => for
11. have seen => saw
12. listen => listened