Chuyên Đề Tìm Lỗi Sai (HSG & LTĐH) - Phần 1

Ngoài Chuyên đề viết lại câu (Sentence Transformation) mà bạn thường thấy trong đề thi, còn có một phần cũng khá hay và quan trọng không kém, đó là phần tìm lỗi sai và sửa lại. Nếu bạn dự thi học sinh giỏi các cấp thì phần này sẽ là một đoạn văn. Đoạn văn đó cho bạn biết có bao nhiêu lỗi và yêu cầu bạn tìm và sửa lại. Còn nếu bạn tham gia những kì thi khác trong đó có thi Tuyển Sinh Đại Học thì việc duy nhất của bạn là chỉ tìm lỗi sai mà không cần sửa lại dựa vào 4 đáp án có sẵn (hơi dễ nhỉ). Nói chung, cho dù bạn tham gia kì thi nào đi chăng nữa thì phần Ngữ Pháp là điều tiên quyết không thể thiếu được nếu bạn không muốn rớt. Các bạn có thể xem phần ngữ pháp tại đây (từ cơ bản đến nâng cao) trước khi đi vào phần này.

The original:

Find out 14 mistakes in this text and make corrections (with capitals if needed)

Yesterday, I gone to a party with my friend David. He study english with me at university. He wanted to be introduced to Lucy wo he fancied. David and I satt in the corner of the room. He didn't making the first move to go and see her. He waited for so long to tell her that he had a crush on her. He taked a drink to get some energy and after a few minutes of endless hesitation, he walked to her. David remained mute. She gave a hint of a smile, noticing David blushing. She asked him if he enjoyed the party. He whispered “Yes” and had a glance at me. I wincked at him. That was it. Feeling reassured and confident, he told her which feelings he was experiencing. She suddenly sullened. She looked embarased. She could hardly say a word but after a little seconds, she said: ' I'm sorry to deceive you but actually I fancy Sebastian' . David fainted: 'a friend in need is a friend inded'!

Errors & Corrections:

Yesterday, I gone -> went (1) to a party with my friend David. He study -> studies (2) english -> English (3) with me at university. He wanted to be introduced to Lucy wo -> who (4) he fancied. David and I satt -> sat (5) in the corner of the room. He didn't making -> make (6) the first move to go and see her. He waited  -> had been waiting (7) for so long to tell her that he had a crush on her. He taked -> took (8) a drink to get some energy and after a few minutes of endless hesitation, he walked to her. David remained mute. She gave a hint of a smile, noticing David blushing. She asked him if he enjoyed -> was enjoying (9) the party. He whispered “Yes”' and had a glance at me. I wincked -> winked (10) at him. That was it. Feeling reassured and confident, he told her which feelings he was experiencing. She suddenly sullened. She looked embarased -> embarrassed (11). She could hardly say a word but after a little -> few (12) seconds, she said: “I'm sorry to deceive -> disappoint (13) you but actually I fancy Sebastian.” David fainted: “a friend in need is a friend inded -> indeed (14)!”

Explanations:

(4), (5), (10), (11), (14): misspelled words.

(1), (8)  As you see, “yesterday” implies that the stuff happens in the past, so the simple past must be used in this context.

(2) This sentence tells us that he is a student at a University, and it is absolutely real; so the simple present is properly used in this sentence.

(3) It falls into a proper noun which is a language, so it must be capitalized.

(6) There is an auxiliary “didn’t” that must be followed by a bare infinitive, the subject-verb agreement, therefore, sounds smooth.

(7) I am going to separate this sentence into two segments called the first clause and the second clause.

+ “So long” in the first clause tells us that the action happens continuously from a certain point in the past to the point he is going to tell her. (*)

+ The action “he is going to tell her” in the second clause is in the past. Thus, the tense of the action which happens before the action in the past must be properly used as a past perfect. (**)

+ (*) and (**): The past perfect continuous must be applied here.

(9) It depends on the context, the simple past continuous works properly here.

(12) A little + uncountable nouns, meanwhile a few + countable nouns.

(13) An improper word.

Have a good one!

Tommy Bảo - Yêu Tiếng Anh