Question

PLEASE WRITE THE TYPES OF ERROR IN THE FOLLOWING TEXT?

Noticing patterns of error in students’ written texts is not always easy to do, but it is an important skill to develop.If you can identify patterns of error, you will be able to prepare appropriate remedial exercises to address those problems.

In the example student text below you will see a number of different types of error.However, you must look carefully and identify the MAIN type of error made by this Intermediate level student.



News story – escaped criminal

A prioner escaped from the low-security prison near the Denver last night.The police say that he may be dangerous, and warn that he may have weapon.He escaped over the prison wall at about 3 a.m. The ladder was found at the scene of a crime.Police do not know how he got a ladder.Perhaps he has an accomplice.Police think that he may still be in local area, and are continuing to search in the 10-mile radius.This is the third prisoners in three years to escape from a prison.A prisoner which escaped last year was caught at home eating the breakfast with his wife five hours after escaping.Town mayor has asked for an investigation and better security at prison.

QUESTİON : Type of error ?

Answer 1

ERRORS & TYPE OF ERROR:

Prioner - spelling error - should be prisoner

the Denver - should be just "Denver" and not "the Denver" because it is a place.

may have weapon - missing word - should be -> may have a weapon

The ladder - wrong word - should be A ladder because it was not mentioned before.

Police do not know... - missing word - should be The police do not know...

be in local area - missing word - should be - in the local area

third prisoners - should not be plural - should be - this is the third prisoner in three years...

eating the breakfast - should not be "the" (wrong word/article) - should be eating breakfast

Town mayor has asked - missing determiner and "town" should not have a capital letter. It also should be in past tense - should be The town mayor had asked

at prison - missing article - should be at the prison

TYPES OF ERROR:

Wrong Word

Word Order

Missing Word

Word From

Article

Unnecessary Word

Unclear

Punctuation

Tense

Conjunction

Plural/Singular