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CORRECT ANSWERS:
1. 'Some people believe that all...' (no comma after "that")
2. '... should carry a gun, while...' (don't begin a sentence with "While," - use "while"
after a comma to link contrasting ideas in the same sentence)
3. 'In my view' OR 'From my point of view' (not "From my view")
4. 'the advantages of police officers carrying guns OUTWEIGH the disadvantages'
("outweigh" NOT "have overweighed")
5. '... the disadvantages because...' ("because" is used to connect ideas in the SAME
sentence. You don't need a comma before "because")
Good work Hana, Felora and Evan
Simon
1. Some children behave badly at school because their parents are too lenient at
home.
2. Because parents are often too lenient at home, discipline in schools is
becoming more difficult to enforce.
3. Children's behaviour is getting worse nowadays. Because parents are not strict
enough.
CORRECT ANSWER:
Sentence 3 is NOT correct. 1 and 2 are fine.
...
Chutarrat,
You can use "Firstly,..." or "First,..." I normally use "Firstly" but it's find to use "First".
All the best
Simon
Posted by: SImon | Monday, October 18, 2010 at 16:27
The important difference is the use of the word 'was' in the first sentence. After
'because', you need a subject and a verb (e.g. the weather was). After 'because of', we
don't use a verb, only a noun, nouns or noun phrase.
Note:
I have tried to give the easiest solution, but many of the students' answers above are
also correct.
...
Hi Clement,
I guess the answer would be true (it's a bit confusing without the full context).
Look through my reading lessons for more practice.
IELTS Grammar: find the mistakes
Correct the mistakes in the sentences below.
1. With developments in nuclear technology, the risk of accidents are being
reduced.
2. Scientists need to make more researches to improve the safety of nuclear
power stations.
3. Using of nuclear power not only does it produce cheap electricity, but also it
does not have any pollution.
I'll put my answers in the "comments" area tomorrow.
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Feel free to share your answers in the "comments" area below. I'll post my answers
tomorrow.
5. The main thing is to make people aware of this problem. OR: The important thing is
to make people aware of this problem.
"Aware OF" not "aware for". But also, we don't say "the main important". You should
use either "the main thing" OR "the important thing".
The main problem is the use of the passive (was increased) when the verbs should be
active (increased).
Also, you need to use 'rise' (rose) instead of 'raise' (raised). The meaning of these 2
verbs is the same, but we use them differently:
"Taxes ROSE last year"
"The government RAISED taxes last year"
For the same reason, you can't use 'reduced':
"Taxes fell..."
"The government reduced taxes"
PS. Thanks to Martin for sharing this online dictionary. The 'usage notes' at the bottom
of the page are especially helpful.