CSS Special 2023English (Precis & Composition)Q. 4
Correct only FIVE of the given sentences ("looking forward to see you"; "ready to give the test"; "all of them did not respond"; "would not rather go out"; "Our economical situation"; "eating nutritiously on the internet"; "I could not found you"; "brought about by his grandfather").
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Outline
- Common Pakistani-English errors: look forward to + -ing, take (not give) a test, economic versus economical
- Negation (none of them responded; would rather not) and verb forms (could not find)
- Phrasal verbs (bring up, not bring about) and a misplaced phrase (on the internet)
Answer
Corrected sentences
Only five are required; all eight are given. One copy of the paper reads "ready to give the test today", the other omits "today"; the correction is the same.
1. I am looking forward to seeing you on Monday. ("To" in "look forward to" is a preposition, so it is followed by a gerund.)
2. How many students are ready to take the test today? (A candidate takes or sits a test; the examiner gives it.)
3. I contacted my five colleagues, but none of them responded. ("All … did not" wrongly suggests that some did respond; "none" states that no one did.)
4. I am tired and would rather not go out this evening. (The negative follows "rather".)
5. Our economic situation is worsening day by day. (Economic = relating to the economy; economical = thrifty, not wasteful.)
6. On the internet, one can find useful information about eating nutritiously. (As printed, "on the internet" seems to describe where the eating happens.)
7. I could not find you there yesterday. (A modal verb is followed by the base form.)
8. Orphaned in infancy, he was brought up by his grandfather. (Bring up = raise a child; bring about = cause something to happen.)
Tip
Several of these are errors common in Pakistan ("give a test", "economical situation", "all did not"). Read the sentence aloud as a native speaker would and check fixed patterns such as "look forward to + -ing".
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