Welcome to the launch of a fantastic new teaching tool “The Wachy Wicki”. It could even replace “Kill the Cat” in my students’ affections. Based on an exercise popular with many of my students (at least that is what they tell me), Wacky Wicki takes the “Correction Slot” idea and puts it on line.
I will place a text under comments which contains ten errors. Readers will then copy and paste the text into Word, make a number of corrections (using underlining or highlighting (resaltar). and paste it back as a new comment. I will then indicate how many errors are left; you could have made more errors in your attempt to correct the text. The errors could be either punctuation, spelling, collocations, binominals, particles in phrasal verbs or verb patterns. It is best to study other attempts to identify where the mistakes are and what the correct form is.
Good luck. Enjoy.
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WACKY WICKI TEXT
My brother who lives in England, in the same town where we grew up, has got four children. This is very amazing considering he never liked children and always said he would never have any of his own. If having four children is not enough difficult for my sister-in-law, them being boys must be a whole nightmare. The only woman in a house with five males, could you imagine it?. The oldest two both have jobs but show no enthusiasm to leave the familiar home. If that were me, I would demand them to go. I value my quiet and peace. At least that’s what I say now but I don’t know whether I will be saying the same things when my own son is twenty-one or more. In England we value independence greatly and think young adults should stand on their own two feet as soon as possibly.
My brother who lives in England, in the same town where we grew up, has got four children. This is very amazing considering he never liked children and always said he would never have any of his own. If having four children is not enough difficult for my sister-in-law, them being boys must be a whole nightmare. The only woman in a house with five males, could you imagine it?. The oldest two both have jobs but show no enthusiasm to leave the familiar home. If that were me, I would demand them to go. I value my quiet and peace. At least that’s what I say now but I don’t know whether I will be saying the same things when my own son is twenty-one or more. In England we value independence greatly and think young adults should stand on their own two feet as soon as possibly.
My brother who lives in England, in the same town where we grew up, has got four children. This is very amazing considering he never liked children and always said he would never have any of his own. If having four children is not enough difficult for my sister-in-law, they being boys must be a whole nightmare. Only a woman in a house with five males, could you imagine it? The oldest and the next one, both have jobs but they show no enthusiasm to leave the familiar house. If I were him, I would demand them to go. I value my quiet and peace. At least that’s what I say now but I don’t know whether I will be saying the same things when my own son will be twenty-one or more. In England we value independence greatly and think young adults should stand on their own feet as soon as possible.
Josep
One correction, very well done!!!Remember this is a collaborative task. However, now you have to see where the correction is because you have made three extra errors (not counting "two feet" which is a typographical error, of course)
One right plus 3 wrong equals 12 errors.
Next please. I never said it would be easy, tee hee hee!!
My brother who lives in England, in the same town where we grew up, has got four children. This is (very) amazing considering he never liked children and always said he would never have any of his own. If having four children is not (enough difficult) difficult enough for my sister-in-law, them being boys must be a whole nightmare. The only woman in a house with five males, could you imagine it?. The (oldest) older two both have jobs but show no enthusiasm to leave the familiar home. If (that were) it was me, I would demand them to go. I value my (quiet) quietness and peace. At least that’s what I say now but I don’t know whether I will be saying the same things when my own son (is) will be twenty-one or more. In England we value independence greatly and think young adults should stand on their own two feet as soon as (possibly) possible.
Hi Susanna, still top of the class I see!!!
Well, You have correctly identified 4 mistakes but only succesfully corrected three of them. You have also invented three mistakes which don't exist and,of which, one is a gramatical error.
So there are now 8 mistakes left (3-1).
We are making progress!!!
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