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[Mary Ziller]

Mark whether the sentence has an error E or is correct C.


1. _______ You done good.

2. _______ He sung it beautiful.

3. _______ The boy swum fastly.

Paul Brians' Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

Suggestion for more practice:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/pptest.htm

[Mary Ziller]

Mark whether the sentence has an error E or is correct C.


Mark whether the sentence has an error E or is correct C.

1. __E___ You done good.

Correct:
You've done well, (where well is an adverb). OR You did well. OR You did some good, (as in a good deed, where good is a noun).

2. ___E___ He sung it beautiful.

Correct:
He has sung beautifully. OR He sang beautifully.

3. ___E___ The boy swum fastly.

Correct:
The boy's swam fast.
Normally adverbs like quickly or rapidly end in ly, but not fast. It used to be fastly, but not anymore.

Paul Brians' Common Errors in English
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/

Suggestion for more practice:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/pptest.htmMary Ziller

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