Question

Decide if the words in CAPITAL LETTERS are incorrectly used or not. If all the words are correctly used, select “none of the above”.

1. I couldn’t GO into the room because it was CROWDED and THERE WAS only two chairs.
2. The hostel was pretty LUXURIOUS and the beach was near. We SUNBATHED for hours there ALTHOUGH we forgot to use sunscreen.
3. NOWADAYS I do not have a lot of LEISURE TIME but I HOPE SO to have more time next semester.
4. I am not INTO sports but at present I feel like DO some physical activity. The only problem is that the gym that was near home closed down so I will have to find ANOTHER one.
5. A: WHAT IS SANTIAGO LIKE?
B: It is a nice city but you need TO HAVE careful if you go DOWNTOWN, especially at night.
6. Some people say that fast WALKERS are also STRESSED people, but I DOUBT it.
7. These days people do several activities IN A HURRY, more THAT in the past, and they eat their meals more QUICKLY too.
8. A: The hotel had a nice VIEW of the lake… but we did not want to swim because it rained all the time we were there. Later we heard that the AVERAGE rainfall in that month was 282 mm.
B: Oh no! WHAT AWFUL!

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1. THERE WERE only two chairs. (sustantivo contable plural se usa were)

3. I HOPE to have more time next semester. (I hope so funciona más como respuesta, su traducción directa sería "eso espero". Por ello es mejor utilizar solo el verbo)

4. I feel like DOING some physical activity. (después de la palabra "like" el verbo que le siga deben ir en gerundio, osea con "ing")

5. You need TO BE careful. ("necesitas ser cuidadoso" en vez de "necesitas tener cuidadoso).

7. More THAN in the past. (aquí hay una comparación, debería decir "más que en el pasado". Cuando se compara se usa "than")

8.  B: Oh no! THAT'S awful. (es la expresión correcta)