Skills

NH

Choose the bold part in each sentence that needs correcting:

1. Linda has worn her new yellow dress only once since shebuys it.

2. Last week Mark told me that he got very bored with his present job and is looking for a new one.

3. Having fed the dog, he was sat down to his own meal.

4. When I turned on my computer, I was shocked to find some junk mail, and I delete it all.

5. They are ging to have to leave soon and so do we.

6. The boss laughed when the secretary has told him that shereally needed a pay rise.

7. The telephone rag several times and then stop before I couldanswer it.

8. Debbie, whose father is an excellent tennis player, has beenplaying tennis since ten years.

9. I have seen lots of interesting places when I went on holiday last summer.

10. When my cat heard a noise in the bushes, she stopped movingand listen intently.

11. I think it's time you change your way of living.

12. Roger felt the outside of his pocket to make sure his wallet is still there.

13. When I'm shopping in the supermarket, I ran into an old friend who I hadn't met for five years.

14. The police arrested the man while he is having dinner in a restaurant.

15. Peter and Wendy first met in 2006, and they are married for three years now.

16. Some people are believing there is life on other planets.

17. Recently, the island of Hawaii had been the subject ofintensive research on the occurrence of earthquakes.

18. Every morning, the sun shines in my bedroom window andwaking me up.

19. The man died as a result of falling asleep when he drives.

20. Caroline has worn her new yellow dress only once since shebuys it.

21. We'll be cycled to Hoa's village at this time next Sunday.

22. What will you do when your friends won't come?

23. Someone was knocking at the door when I was doing thewashing up.

24. My friend didn't drink any beer since we came to live here.

25. We have written to each other when we were in primary school.

26. After breakfast, I'm gone to walk to school with my friends.

27. Will he go to the pop concert this weekend for a change?