Mistakes That Everybody Makes
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Correction Key T = tense P = punctuation WO = word order Prep = preposition WW = wrong word GR = grammar Y upside down = word missing SP = spelling
Mistakes that everybody makes. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences
1. I have twenty one years old. 2. My friend he is a system analyst. 3. This is for to use in the computer. 4. Could you borrow me your book? 5. He don´t work here anymore. 6. That store is near to my house. 7. How long time were you in Mexico? 8. She can to go right now. 9. How frequent do you watch sitcoms? 10. I go to the gym one time a week. 11. I need do my homework today. 12. How long do you work here? 13. Childrens usually don´t like vegetables very much. 14. I´m not understanding. Could you repeat, please? 15. Did you went to the movies in the last week? 16. I´ve knowing my best friend since for 10 years. 17. I don´t have nothing to do. 18. I want you to tell to her I am very busy. 19. The peoples usually like to work in a group. 20. I´ll attend the phone. 21. I borned in SP. 22. I have afraid of ghosts. 23. I was doing my homework yesterday night. 24. I told my wife to change your car. She bought a very old one! 25. I got up late and I lost my bus!!! 26. A: Have a nice weekend. B: For you too! 27. Have twenty five people in my department. 28. I have particular Spanish classes. 29. We have differents products in your company. 30. I tripped to London last year. 31. Always I ask my boss to take easy. 32. We go out work at 6:00 pm. 33. When I will win the lottery, I will buy a huge apartment. 34. Are you calling me today at night? 35. You must train your Spanish. 36. Did you used to play a lot as a kid?
1 Find and mark the mistakes in the following short biography.
Jack Friedhamm was born to New York in October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six and continued until he was 18 years. He then went to New York University to learn Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While he was to University he met his wife Cindy. Cindy was a beautiful woman with hair long black. They went along for yeers before they decided getting married. Jack began to work like a doctor as soon as he graduated to Medical School. They had two children named Jackie and Peter, and have lived in
Queens since the past two years. Jack is very interested painting and likes to paint portraits of his sun Peter.
This reading comprehension focuses on social networks. It's followed by key vocabulary relating to social networks and technology and a follow-up quiz to test understanding.
Social Networks 2 Do the names MySpace, Facebook, Orkut, etc. ring a bell? They probably do because they are some of the most popular sites on the internet today. These sites are all called 'social networking' sites because they help people meet and discuss things online. Each of these social networking sites has its own strengths: MySpace is especially popular among teenagers, Facebook is popular with college age people, Orkut is especially loved in Brazil, and CyWorld is the site to visit in South Korea. The common thread between all of these social networks is that they provide a place for people to interact, rather than a place to go to read or listen to 'content'.
Web 2.0
Social networks are considered to be web 2.0. What does this mean? To understand this, it's important to understand what the original web did (often called web 1.0). Back in the nineties, the internet - or web - was a place to go to read articles, listen to music, get information, etc. Most people didn't contribute to the sites. They just 'browsed' the sites and took advantage of the information or resources provided. Of course, some people did create their own sites. However, creating a site was difficult. You needed to know basic HTML coding (the original language the internet uses to 'code' pages). It certainly wasn't something most people wanted to do as it could take hours to get a basic page just right. Things began to get easier when blogs (from web log) were introduced. With blogs, many more people began writing 'posts', as well as commenting on other people's blogs.
MySpace Surprises Everybody
In 2003 a site named MySpace took the internet by storm. It was trying to mimic the most popular features of Friendster, the first social networking site. It quickly became popular among young users and the rest was history. Soon everyone was trying to develop a social networking site. The sites didn't provide 'content' to people, they helped people create, communicate and share what they loved including music, images and videos. They key to the success of these sites is that they provide a platform on which users create the content. This is very different from the beginning of the internet which focused on providing 'content' for people to enjoy.
Key to Success
Relying on users to create content is the key to the success of web 2.0 companies. Besides the social networking sites discussed here, other huge success stories include: Wikipedia, Digg.com and the latest success - Twitter. All of these companies rely on the desire of users to communicate with each other, thereby creating the 'content' that others want to consume.
Key Vocabulary social network to ring a bell site strength - weakness common thread to interact content nineties internet - web to contribute to browse a site to create code / coding blog - web log post to comment on to take by storm to mimic the rest was history platform to consume
Social Networking Sites - Reading Comprehension Quiz Choose the correct answer to these questions based on the reading selection on the Social Networking Sites. Each question has only one correct answer. When you are finished click on the "Next Question" button. There are 10
3 questions in this quiz. Try to use only 1 minute for each question. At the end of the quiz, you will receive a quiz with feedback. If you have problems, read the Social Networking Sites comprehension again.
Q: Which social networking site was not mentioned in the reading?
MySpace
Q: What is Facebook?
A blog
A content site
A social networking site
Q: Where is Orkut especially popular?
In Japan
In South Korea
In Brazil
Q: Which phrase best describes what people do at social networking sites?
They interact with other people.
They browse articles and other content.
They code pages in HTML.
Q: Social networks are considered:
Web 1.0 sites
Web 2.0 sites
Web blogs
Q: What was the original web mainly used for?
Interacting with other people
Browsing content
Creating pages in HTML
Q: Why didn't many people create web pages in the beginning?
4 They didn't like communicating with others.
They didn't feel comfortable coding HTML pages.
They didn't know they could create web pages.
Q: Which is the best description of web 2.0 sites?
They are content driven sites.
They are platforms for interaction.
They are like blogs, but better.
Q: What do web 2.0 sites rely on?
Articles written by professional journalists
Users creating content
Fast internet connections
Q: What is most important for these new sites?
Users' desire to communicate with each other
Users' desire to read interesting content written by professionals
Users' desire to learn coding
Compare your corrected version with the following:
5 Jack Friedhamm was born in New York on October 25, 1965. He began school at the age of six and continued until he was 18 years old. He then went to New York University to learn Medicine. He decided on Medicine because he liked biology when he was at school. While he was at University, he met his wife Cindy. Cindy was a beautiful woman with long black hair. They went out for years before they decided to get married. Jack began to work as a doctor as soon as he had graduated from Medical School. They have had two children named Jackie and Peter, and have lived in Queens for the past two years. Jack is very interested in painting and likes to paint portraits of his son Peter.
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