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S1 English: Present Simple and Present Continuous (Error Clinic, 10 Questions)
S1 English: Present Simple and Present Continuous (Error Clinic, 10 Questions)
This error clinic targets the ten commonest slips in S1: a missing third person -s, an extra s after doesn’t, is with a plural subject, state verbs forced into the continuous, always combined with be, and -ing spelling, each with an answer and a note.
Quick answer Answers in order: goes, like, are playing, know, Does she have, studies, always come, wants, catches, is knocking. Name the rule that was broken before writing the corrected sentence.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 questions |
| Suggested time | about 30 minutes |
| Difficulty mix | Error redo 10 |
| Chapter | Chapter: S1 English: Present Simple and Present Continuous |
| Level | S1 |
02 Questions (10 items)
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: She go to school by bus every day.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: He doesn’t likes coffee.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: Look! The boys is playing football.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: I am knowing the answer.
- Error redoFill in the blanks: ______ she ______ (have) a bicycle?
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: My brother study English every night.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: They are always come to class late.
- Error redoFill in the blanks: She ______ (want) a drink now.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: Every morning he catch the bus at seven.
- Error redoCorrect the mistake: Listen! Someone is knock at the door.
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | goes (the error is go; write She goes) | Every day signals a habit, so the present simple is needed, and with a third person singular subject go becomes goes. |
| 2 | doesn’t like (drop the s in likes) | The auxiliary doesn’t already carries the third person -s, so the main verb stays in its base form: like. |
| 3 | are playing (change is to are) | Look! points to an action happening now, so the continuous is used, and the plural subject The boys takes are. |
| 4 | know (drop am and use the present simple) | Know is a state verb describing a state that simply exists, so it stays in the present simple rather than the continuous. |
| 5 | Does she have a bicycle? | After the question word Does the main verb takes its base form, so have is used and has is wrong. |
| 6 | studies (change y to ies) | A verb ending in a consonant plus y changes y to ies for the third person singular: study becomes studies. |
| 7 | always come (drop are) | Always describes a habit and pairs with the present simple; a clause cannot carry both are and the base verb come. |
| 8 | wants | Want is a state verb, so even with now it stays in the present simple, and a third person subject adds -s. |
| 9 | catches (add es) | Verbs ending in ch, sh, ss or o add es for the third person singular: catch becomes catches. |
| 10 | is knocking (add ing and use knock at) | Listen! signals the continuous, formed with be plus the -ing form, so knock becomes knocking; we knock at a door. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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