Error Recognition Flashcards

Identify the error: "The company has been expanding its operations oversea for the past five years."

Answer: "oversea" should be "overseas"

'Overseas' is the correct adverb meaning in or to a foreign country. 'Oversea' is not a standard English word.

Find the grammatical error: "Please inform me as soon as the client will arrive at the office."

Answer: "will arrive" should be "arrives"

In time clauses introduced by 'as soon as,' 'when,' 'until,' and 'before,' the present simple tense is used instead of future tense.

Identify the error: "Each of the candidates were asked to submit a portfolio of their work."

Answer: "were asked" should be "was asked"

'Each' is a singular pronoun and takes a singular verb. 'Each of the candidates was asked' is the grammatically correct form.

Find the error: "The report was very well-write and impressed all of the senior managers."

Answer: "well-write" should be "well-written"

'Well-written' is the correct compound adjective using the past participle of 'write.' 'Well-write' is not a standard English form.

Identify the grammatical error: "We need to discuss about the changes to the project timeline at the next meeting."

Answer: "discuss about" should be "discuss"

'Discuss' is a transitive verb that does not take the preposition 'about.' You 'discuss something,' not 'discuss about something.'

Find the error: "The new employee has showed great initiative during her first two weeks on the job."

Answer: "showed" should be "shown"

'Shown' is the past participle of 'show' required in the present perfect tense (has + past participle). 'Showed' is the simple past, not the past participle.