3.2.2. ERRORS IN WORD FORMS
These errors relate to using word forms wrongly between nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs, plural nouns, singular nouns ...
- Misusing adverbs and adjectives
Ex. I feel both excited and nervously because I have an interesting interview
A B C D
tomorrow.
The correct answer is B (nervously => nervous) because after “feel” we use
adjectives not adverbs.
After some verbs such as: be, get, feel, seem, look, smell, taste, keep ... we
have to use adjectives not adverbs.
- Misusing adjects ending “ing” and adjectives ending
“ed” Ex. Jane is not such a celebrating actress as her mother
The correct answer is C (celebrating => celebrated) because “celebrated” the
same meaning with “famous”
- Misusing special adverbs not ending “ly”
Ex. In order to earn a lot of money my father works as harly as possible.
The correct answer is D (hardly => hard) because “hard” is an adverb
Some adverbs (hard, fast, late, early) don’t have ending “ly”, which makes us
misuse them
- Errors relate to the order of words in a sentence
Ex. He has taken recently an English course.
The correct answer is B (taken recently => recently taken)
- Misusing adjectives and nouns
Ex. Higher education is very importance to national economies and it is also a
A B
source of trained and educated personnel for the whole country.
C D
The correct answer is A (importance => important) because after “is” and “very”
we have to use an adjective not an adverb.
- Misusing singular nouns, plural nouns, countable and uncountable
nouns ...
Ex. All of the alumnus are attending the reception at the president’s house.
The correct answer is A (alummus => alumni) because the plural noun is
“alumni” not “alummus”
- Words connected by “and”, “but” or “or” have the same word form. Ex.
The puppy stood up slowly, waged its tail, blinking its eyes and barked.
The correct answer is D (blinking=> blinked)
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