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In my book say: Read the story. Find the eight grammar errors and correct them. (The theme is the past continuous tense with stative verbs) Last summer, I'm eating dinner in a restaurant with two friends. We are talking and laughing when I was noticing a woman coming in. It was very hot outside, but the woman was wearing a heavy winter coat. The restaurant was nearly empty, but she was sitting next to our table anyway. The woman was looking at me for a second and gave me a friendly smile. After that, I forgot about her. Later one, we was paying our bill and getting ready to go home when one of my friends was realizing that his wallet was missing from his back pocket. We were calling the police, and they came right away. Unfortunately, I wasn't seeing anything, so I couldn't help very much. As it turned out, the police knew the woman and were looking for her. They never found her, and my friend never got his money back. My correction: Last summer, I'm WAS eating dinner in a restaurant with two friends. We are talking and laughing when I NOTICED a woman coming in. It was very hot outside, but the woman was wearing a heavy winter coat. The restaurant was nearly empty, but she was sitting next to our table anyway. The woman was looking at me for a second and gave me a friendly smile. After that, I forgot about her. Later one, we WERE paying our bill and getting ready to go home when one of my friends was realizing that his wallet MISSED from his back pocket. We CALLED the police, and they came right away. Unfortunately, I DON'T SEE anything, so I couldn't help very much. As it turned out, the police knew the woman and were looking for her. They never found her, and my friend never got his money back. I can't find the 2 missing ones. For me: - WEAR is an active verb. - SIT is an active verb. - LOOKING AT (to focus the eyes on something) is an active verb. - LOOKING FOR (what is like the verb "search") is an active verb. Help me, please.
Jun 19, 2023 1:42 AM
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. My correction: Last summer, I WAS eating dinner in a restaurant with two friends. We were talking and laughing when I NOTICED a woman coming in. It was very hot outside, but the woman was wearing a heavy winter coat. The restaurant was nearly empty, but she sat next to our table anyway. The woman looked at me for a second and gave me a friendly smile. After that, I forgot about her. Later on, we WERE paying our bill and getting ready to go home when one of my friends realized that his wallet was missing from his back pocket. We CALLED the police, and they came right away. Unfortunately, I DIDN'T SEE anything, so I couldn't help very much. As it turned out, the police knew the woman and were looking for her. They never found her, and my friend never got his money back.
June 19, 2023
In my book say: Read the story. Find the eight grammar errors and correct them. (The theme is the past continuous tense with stative verbs) Last summer, I'm eating dinner in a restaurant with two friends. We are talking and laughing when I was noticing a woman coming in. It was very hot outside, but the woman was wearing a heavy winter coat. The restaurant was nearly empty, but she was sitting next to our table anyway. The woman was looking at me for a second and gave me a friendly smile. After that, I forgot about her. Later one, we was paying our bill and getting ready to go home when one of my friends was realizing that his wallet was missing from his back pocket. We were calling the police, and they came right away. Unfortunately, I wasn't seeing anything, so I couldn't help very much. As it turned out, the police knew the woman and were looking for her. They never found her, and my friend never got his money back. My correction: Last summer, I'm WAS eating dinner in a restaurant with two friends. We are talking and laughing when I NOTICED a woman coming in. It was very hot outside, but the woman was wearing a heavy winter coat. The restaurant was nearly empty, but she was sitting next to our table anyway. The woman was looking at me for a second and gave me a friendly smile. After that, I forgot about her. Later ON, we WERE paying our bill and getting ready to go home when one of my friends REALIZED that his wallet WAS MISSING from his back pocket. We CALLED the police, and they came right away. Unfortunately, I DIDN'T SEE anything, so I couldn't help very much. As it turned out, the police knew the woman and were looking for her. They never found her, and my friend never got his money back. I can't find the 2 missing ones. For me: - WEAR is an active verb. - SIT is an active verb. - LOOKING AT (to focus the eyes on something) is an active verb. - LOOKING FOR (what is like the verb "search") is an active verb. Help me, please.
Some of the tenses in the first portion were odd, but since I can't think of why specifically I decided to leave them alone. I hope this helps.
June 19, 2023
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