Mistake correction

Mistake correction 1. For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct put a tick (√), if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Can you advise me? 0 I am writing to you because I would like to become a journalist when I leave √ 00 from school. Since you are the editor of the local newspaper, I was hoping 41 that you might be able to give me some advice about what I should do. I from …… 42 have written some articles during my spare time and I am enclosing in two of …… 43 them. I hope that you won't mind it looking at them and telling me whether …… 44 you think they are good or not. I would appreciate for any comments you …… 45 make because I am keen to learn. I also would wonder if you could advise me …… 46 about a few other matters. Do you think it is the better to do a course in …… 47 journalism at a college or to try to get a job as a junior reporter as soon as I …… 48 will finish school? Do newspapers prefer to employ people with a qualification …… …… 49 in journalism or to train them while that they are actually doing the job? 50 Another question I would like to ask is, would you advise me to specialize in …… 51 one kind of reporting, such as politics, or although is it advisable to know a …… 52 little bit about a lot of subjects? I am sure that you are likely very busy but …… 53 I would be grateful for get any advice you could give me. Finally, would it be …… 54 possible to come into the newspaper offices one day and so that I could see …… 55 how a real newspaper operates? I would welcome the opportunity to do that. …… 2. For questions 1 – 15 correct mistakes. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). Starting University My first few days at university were being very exhilarating and exciting, it was my first time away from home and suddenly I found myself on my own in a whole new world. Although this was been somewhat 2) …… 0) being 1) …… 00) √ 4) …… 5) …… 6) …… 9) …… 10) …… 7) …… 8) …… daunting to begin with, living in college with a dozens of 3) …… other students gave me a sense of the security. With no rules to cramp our lifestyle, most of us spent the first week staying up all night for talking and getting to know each one other. After numerous nights of no sleep, however, life settled itself down a bit and I began to pay attention to my studies. University it is very different to school and it is very strange at first to have so such much freedom. As a student of English Literature 11) …… I only had one hour a day of lectures, but I was expected 12) …… to spend the rest of the day on studying in the library. I must to admit, though, that most of my first year was a time of meeting people and learning to be independent. 3. For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. The School Magazine 0 Thanks a lot for your last letter. I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to reply 00 but I've been very busy lately. I'll tell to you why. A few weeks ago, some of 13) …… 14) …… 15) …… √ to 41 us at school decided to start a school magazine. We discussed about how to …… 42 do it and we all came up with our own ideas about the kind of things that …… 43 should go in it. I suggested that it ought to have an entertainments page, …… 44 with the lists of what's on at local cinemas and theatres, and details of …… 45 concerts in the area. I said that perhaps it could also have with brief reviews …… 46 and I offered for to organize it and write some of it. Everyone else at the …… 47 meeting they said that it was a really good idea. The others had their own …… 48 ideas for articles and sections but they didn't seem like very sure about how …… 49 to produce them. I gave them a bit of some advice and the next thing I …… 50 knew, they wanted to make me being the editor and put me in charge of the…… 51 whole thing! I said them that I wouldn't have time but suddenly there was a …… 52 vote and it was too late me to do anything about it. I'm certainly glad to be …… 53 involved but I hadn't been expecting to end up running it! So if I don't write …… 54 to you again for a while, you'll know it why. I'll be far too busy in my new …… 55 role as editor. I don't suppose if you fancy writing an article, by any chance? …… 4. For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√), if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00). A letter of apology Dear Richard, 0 00 41 Thanks very much for your letter. It was good to hear √ all your news and I'm glad that your family are all as well. It's very kind of you to invite for me to stay with you in …… as …… …… 47 42 the June, but unfortunately my final exams are that month 43 and I don't yet know of the dates. I think they may be in …… 44 the week that you've suggested. In any case, judging …… 45 from my last Geography results, I will need to be studying 46 rather more than having a good time with my friends. …… As soon as I will get the dates, I'll let you know but I …… 48 don't much expect I'll be able to come. Perhaps we'll be …… 49 able to get something organized for July. It's a long time …… 50 ever since we got together and I'd love to catch up on …… 51 what has been happening to you. If only your parents …… 52 don't want their house full of visitors in the holiday, you …… 53 could come over to stay with me. There's a plenty of …… 54 room and the house is just at a short bike ride from the …… 55 beach, so there would be lots to do. Let me know it if you …… think this is a good idea. Best wishes 5. For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. A difference of opinion 0 00 A musician friend of mine once went on an English course during his summer holidays. What he really wanted to do was to improve with his √ with 41 ability to think and react quickly and correctly in the spoken English. …… 42 He said speaking in a foreign language always made him nervous, even if …… 43 after three years of study. It turned out so that one of the teachers on the …… 44 course had very strong views on music, and was not afraid to express …… 45 them in the lessons. He claimed that music it was a drug, just like alcohol …… 46 or cigarettes, and people who could not live through their lives without it …… …… 47 were to be pitied. Whatever was the subject of the lesson, the teacher 48 always managed to include in some reference to this idea. You can …… 49 imagine that my friend was not very impressed. In the end, he lost his …… 50 temper, and spent most of the remaining lessons for arguing about music …… …… 51 and its role in people's lives. When his course had finished, he came 52 home still being angry about the experience. However, whether he …… 53 has enjoyed the course or not, my friend had to admit that the teacher's …… 54 technique had worked ever since his nervousness in English had completely …… …… 55 disappeared and he was speaking far more fluently than before.