3.2.1. ERRORS IN VERBS
Errors in verbs often relates to the verb tenses, verb forms, the harmony
between subjects and verbs.
- Verb tenses
These errors relate to using the wrong tense or wrong part of tense. We
can base on the signs of time of the tenses to identify these errors.
Ex1. He saw an accident when he walked to school this morning.
AB C D
The correct answer is C (walked => was walking) because this is the use of the
past continuous tense
Ex2. If It didn’t rain hard yesterday, our class could have gone camping
A B C D
The correct answer is A (didn’t rain => hadn’t rained) because this is the
conditional clause of the conditional sentense type 3.
- Verbs in passive or active voice
We can base on the meaning of sentence, the subject, or “by” to know the verbs
are used in active or passive voice.
Ex. A new bridge will be build over this river.
The correct answer is C (be build => be built)
- Verb forms
These errors relate to Ing-form, to infinitive, infinitive without to or
present participle, past participle.
Ex1. We were advised not drinking the water in the bottle.
The correct answer is C (drinking => to drink) because after verb “advise” we
have to use “to infinitive”
Ex2. Establishing in 1984 for students who wanted to study art and music
A B
subjects , LaGuardia was the first public school of its kind.
C D
The correct answer is A (Establishing => Established) because in this sentence
we have to use past participle not present participle.
Ex3. It is essential that cancer is diagnosed and treated as early as possible in
order to assure a successful cure.
The correct answer is A (is diagnosed => be diagnosed) because this phrase is in
that clause of the structure “It is +adjective+ that +S+ V (bare infinitive)”
- The harmony between subjects and verbs
+ Verbs in the present simple tense
Ex. My mother usually get up late from Monday to Friday.
The correct answer is B (get up => gets up) because “My mother” is a singular
noun.
+ Some nouns ending “s” used as a singular nouns
Economics, mathematics, linguistics, informatics, measles, Athens, The United
States ….
Ex. The United States come to of the list of countries ranked by economic
A B C
performances.
D
The correct answer is A (come => comes)
+ Subjects are “A number of ...+V (inf )” , “The number of ...+Vs/es” Ex.
A number of large insurance companies has their headquarters in the capital
city.
The correct answer is B (has => have)
+ Subjects combined by “and”, “both” +Vinf
Ex. Both his mother and he likes listening to music.
ABCD The correct answer is C (like
=>likes)
+ Subjects combined by “either ... or”, “neither .... nor”, “not only ... but
also” verbs depending on the second subject
Ex. Not only they but also she like learning English
The correct answer is B (like => likes) because the subject is “she”
+ Subjects combined by “as well as”, “together with”, “along with”,
“accompanied by” verbs depending the first subject.
Ex. Industrial emissions, together with littering, is causing many problems in
A BCD our large industrial cities today.
The correct answer is C (is => are) because the subject is “Industrial emissions”
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