In-class assignment 1 – common errors
1. There were five members in my family.
2. I studied primary school in Kowloon.
3. After I gave birth to my first child, I stopped working.
4. I enrolled a diploma course in Marketing at Hong Kong Polytechnic.
5. On graduating, I worked as a sales assistant.
6. I furthered my study by enrolling a part-time degree course.
7. To further my study I decided to study a business course in college.
8. Up to now I am still a teacher.
9. My early childhood was the happiest moment in my life.
10. I graduated from primary school and further my studies in secondary school.
11. I was borned in Hong Kong on 1980.
12. At my age of 13, I started secondary school.
13. I found a job in a garment company.
14. Now I am working in an American company.
15. When I was at the age of thirteen, I started a new school.
16. I was studying in the same secondary school as my brothers.
17. When I was study in primary 6, I met a girl called Annie.
Answers
1. There were five of us in my family.
2. I went to primary school in Kowloon.
3. After I had my first child, I stopped working.
4. I took a diploma course in Marketing at Hong Kong Polytechnic.
5. On graduating, I found a job as a sales assistant.
6. I took a part-time degree course.
7. I decided to take a business course at college.
8. I am still a teacher. / I have been a teacher ever since.
9. My early childhood was the happiest time in my life.
10. I left primary school and started secondary school.
11. I was born in Hong Kong in 1980.
12. At the age of 13, I started secondary school.
13. I found a job with a garment company.
14. Now I work for an American company.
15. When I was thirteen, I started at a new school.
16. I went to the same secondary school as my brothers.
17. When I was in primary 6, I met a girl called Annie.