Cover of the textbook Engage B2 with Exam Skills

The key answer of exercise 38

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Unit 11 - Mind over matter for the textbook Engage B2 with Exam Skills with authors Barbara Bettinelli e Jane Bowie from Pearson Longman

Question

Find and correct the eight mistakes in the email below. Say what type of mistake each one is.

Answer

Mistakes

  1. "at" should be "to" → Preposition error.
  2. "if" should be "when" or "once" → Incorrect conjunction.
  3. "that can be fragile" should be "how fragile a guitar can be" or "that a guitar can be fragile" → Syntax error.
  4. "a" should be removed before "guitar" → Indefinite article error.
  5. "thing" should be "things" → Plural noun error.
  6. "explaned" should be "explained" → Spelling error.
  7. "I’m really sorry eddie" should be "I’m really sorry, Eddie" → Lack of punctuation and capitalization.
  8. "I apologise to you" should be "and apologize to you" → Inconsistency in verb usage.