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Introduction
Music
The Universe
Cell phones
- How many errors ?
- What needs correcting (1)?
- What needs correcting (2)?
- What needs correcting (3)?
- Correct the mistakes level 1 (Easy).
- Correct the mistakes level 2 (More difficult)
- Conclusion

Correct the mistakes level 1 (Easy).

Now decide what the student should have written: choose the correct form from the three items given. Note your choice on a piece of paper (this exercise is not interactive). The parts of the sentence that need correcting are in red. Only one item per segment is correct.

Question

Cell phone is becoming indispensable for most of us.

a) Cell phones is

b) Cell phones are

c) Cells phones are

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Question

Now, (1) you can do a lot of things with (2) your mobile phone. One of these things is (3) the geolocalization.

a) we can do a lot of things

b) a lot of things can be done

c) it can be done a lot of things

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d) our

e) a

f) its

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g) geolocalization

h) a geolocalization

i) geolocalizations

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Question

This technology of locating is based on the same system (1) when (2) you are having a call.

a) as

b) than

c) for

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d) you receive

e) someone receives

f) someone is receiving

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Question

(1) In each area, there are antenna towers positioned. (2) There is more antenna towers in urban areas than in rural areas. These antenna towers detect a signal sent by your cell phone and determine (3) where is the closest tower.

a) In each area, antenna towers are positioned

b) There are antenna towers positioned in each area

c) Antenna towers are positioned in each area

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d) there are

e) it is

f) we have

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g) where is the closer tower

h) where the closest tower is (situated).

i) which tower is the closer

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Question

The system (1) which we use to locate (2) you is (3) the triangulation.

a) we can use

b) used

c) using

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d) us

e) one

f) someone

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g) a triangulation

h) triangulation

i) the triangulations

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Question

(1) As a conclusion, (2) cell phone have strongly evolved and most of us think that (3) cell phone is the future.

a) As conclusion,

b) In conclusion,

c) For conclude,

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d) cells phone have

e) cell phones have

f) cell phone has g)

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h) cell phones are

i) a cell phone is

j) cell phone have

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Question

But we have to be careful (1) on them, (2) their sent waves can be very dangerous.

a) about

b) with

c) of

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d) their waves sent

e) they send waves

f) the waves they send

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Correct the mistakes level 2 (More difficult) (page suivante)What needs correcting (3)? (page Précédente)

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