Вопрос:

3 Read the dialogue and find four mistakes (an unnecessary word, a word missing or an incorrect word). Circle the mistakes and write the corrections. There are no mistakes in two of the lines.

Ответ:

Corrections:

  1. Joe: This summer I'll travel around Europe by train - Mum just bought me a ticket. (No mistake)
  2. Ben: Wow. You're lucky. Probably I'll just stay in this country.
    Mistake: 'just' is unnecessary or misplaced.
    Correction: Probably I'll stay in this country.
  3. Joe: Are you going see your grandma this summer like you usually do?
    Mistake: Missing auxiliary verb 'to'.
    Correction: Are you going to see your grandma this summer like you usually do?
  4. Ben: Definitely. But I'm going to have extra maths lessons too - that's my worst subject. (No mistake)
  5. Joe: If I don't pass my exams, I have to study this summer too.
    Mistake: 'too' is unnecessary or misplaced.
    Correction: If I don't pass my exams, I have to study this summer.
  6. Ben: Oh well, good luck. I hope you pass because it's going to be a great summer!
    Mistake: 'it's' should be 'it is' or 'it's going to be a great summer!' is slightly awkward phrasing, but grammatically acceptable as a colloquialism. However, a more common and slightly better phrasing would be 'it will be a great summer'. If 'it's' is considered a mistake, it would be 'it will be'. Assuming 'it's' is not the mistake, and looking for a more clear error, the word 'because' might be used incorrectly here if the meaning is 'in anticipation of'. A more direct correction for a potential error would be to change 'because it's going to be a great summer!' to 'for a great summer!'. However, the prompt says 'There are no mistakes in two of the lines.' and we've already identified three definite mistakes. Let's re-examine. The most likely intended mistake in this line is the contraction 'it's' if the context requires a more formal tone, or 'because' if it's meant to imply the reason for hoping he passes is *that* it will be a great summer, which is a bit illogical. A simpler interpretation is that 'because it's going to be a great summer!' is fine. Let's stick to the clearer errors. Re-evaluating line 2: 'Probably I'll just stay' is not necessarily a mistake, 'just' can mean 'only'. Line 5: 'study this summer too' is also not definitively a mistake, it could mean study instead of relaxing. Let's look for clearer grammatical errors.

    Rethinking:
    1. Joe: 'just' in 'Probably I'll just stay' is likely meant to be unnecessary.
    2. Joe: 'going see' is missing 'to'.
    3. Joe: 'study this summer too' - 'too' is likely unnecessary.

    Let's assume there are exactly four mistakes as stated.

    Revisiting the lines again:
    Line 2 (Ben): 'Probably I'll just stay in this country.' - 'just' might be considered unnecessary. Let's mark it as a potential mistake.
    Line 3 (Joe): 'Are you going see your grandma...' - Missing 'to'. This is a clear mistake.
    Line 5 (Joe): 'If I don't pass my exams, I have to study this summer too.' - 'too' is likely unnecessary. This is a potential mistake.
    Line 6 (Ben): 'Oh well, good luck. I hope you pass because it's going to be a great summer!' - The word 'because' here is the most likely mistake. The reason for hoping he passes is not *because* it's going to be a great summer, but rather he hopes he passes *in order to have* a great summer, or simply, he hopes he passes, and it's going to be a great summer. A correction could be 'for a great summer!' or by rephrasing. Let's assume 'because' is the mistake.

    Let's try to find four clear mistakes.

    1. Line 2 (Ben): 'Probably I'll just stay in this country.' - 'just' is likely unnecessary. Correction: 'Probably I'll stay in this country.'
    2. Line 3 (Joe): 'Are you going see your grandma...' - Missing 'to'. Correction: 'Are you going to see your grandma...'
    3. Line 5 (Joe): 'If I don't pass my exams, I have to study this summer too.' - 'too' is likely unnecessary. Correction: 'If I don't pass my exams, I have to study this summer.'
    4. Line 6 (Ben): 'I hope you pass because it's going to be a great summer!' - 'because' is used incorrectly. Correction: 'I hope you pass for a great summer!' or 'I hope you pass, and it's going to be a great summer!' Let's use 'for' as it's more concise for a correction.

    Let's re-examine the instruction: