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Editing Verb Tenses and Verb Form:

The Car Accident


Correct the errors in verb tenses and verb form ( endings, active/passive etc). There are
also one or two fragments and R.O

The Car Accident

Every day as we drive through our neighbourhoods on the way to school or work, we
have been seeing things that are need to be fix. Many of them cause us only a little trouble,
so we forget them until we have to faced them again. However, ignoring these problems can
have negative consequences as I found out recently.

Every morning, drivers in my neighbourhood have to deal with a truck that someone
park on the corner of my street. A few weeks ago, when I had tried to go to work, that truck
was block my view of the traffic Fraser Street , as a result, when I was turn onto Fraser
Street, I need to move out past the truck in the oncoming lane of traffic in order to make the
turn. Unfortunately, I was turned too soon and a car hit me. My car was suffering a lot of
damage and had to be towed away. Because an accident was happened. The police came and
asked a lot of questions.

A few days later, I have to go to ICBC to reported what was happened. Earlier, the
police told ICBC it is my fault that I got hit, so the insurance adjuster told me my insurance
rates will go up. During the meeting I am upset and said I think it is the truck that was parked
at the corner that cause the problem.

To sum up, my accident teaches me an important lesson. Because I have always


ignore the real problem. I suffer the consequences. I should have talk to the owner and asked
him to move his truck. In the future, I will remember that avoiding little problems can
sometimes cause bigger ones.

Editing Verb Tenses and Verb Form:


Practice 1: The Car Accident
Correct the errors in verb tenses and verb form ( endings, active/passive etc)

Every day as we drive through our neighbourhoods on the way to school or work, we
see things that are needing to be fix. Many of them cause us only a little bit of trouble, so we
forget them until we are facing them again. Ignoring these problems can, however, have
negative consequences. Take the following example. Every morning, drivers in my
neighbourhood have to deal with a truck that someone park right at the corner of our street. A
few weeks ago, when I tried to get to work, that truck blocked my view of the traffic Fraser
Street. As a result when I turned onto Fraser, I need to move out past the truck in the
oncoming lane of traffic in order to make the turn. Unfortunately, I was turned too soon and a
car hit me. My car was suffering a lot of damage and had to be towed away. Because an
accident was happened, the police came and ask a lot of questions.

A few days later, I have to go to ICBC to reported what was happened. Earlier, the
police told ICBC it is my fault that I got hit, so the insurance adjuster told me my insurances
rates go up. During the meeting I am upset and said I think it is the truck that was parked at
the corner that cause the problem.

To sum up, my accident teaches me an important lesson. Because I was always ignore
the real problem, the truck that was parked in a bad place, I suffer the consequences. I should
have talk to the owner and asked him to move his truck. In the future, I will remember that
avoiding little problems can sometimes cause bigger ones.

Practice # 2: Reporting at a Trial


Correct the errors in verb tense and verb form

Announcer: We have a report from Rita Holmes from the Vancouver courthouse.

We are here in the Vancouver courthouse at the trial of Jessica Jones, who has been
accused of murdering her husband. We wait for the todays session to begin. As you know
Jones pleads to this horrendous charge. Today, we will hear the testimony of her mother, who
will probably claim that Jessica always is a good girl and that she had telephoned her every
day since the day 15 years ago when she was leaving home
.
Yesterday, you remember, Jessica Jones fifth grade teacher tells quite a different
story. She had testified that when Jessica was in her class, she was stole the other childrens
pencils and money all the time.

This morning, we heard the testimony of Jessicas good friend, Harriet Bliss, who
says that she and Jones was played tennis together at 8:30 p.m. on June 21, the night or the
murder. They play for about half an hour, she said when they stopped in the middle of a game
because Harriets bad knee has bothered her again. Then, they drove to a nearby fast-food
place for a hamburger before going to Jessica Jones home, where they find her husband dead
on the floor at about 8 p.m.

This is in direct contrast to the testimony of a neighbour of the Joneses, who said that
he saw Jessica Jones and her husband Sam together at 8 p.m. At that time, from about 7:50
top 8:05, Jessica and Sam talked very loud, possibly even had an argument, the neighbour
said. Then, they both went into the house.

Now, here comes the judge, the Honorourable Sheldon OMalley. We are waiting for
him for more than an hour. In a few minutes todays session of the trial will begin. Oh whats
that. The judge says something. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it now is seeming that todays
session of the trial is going to be postponed. The defendants lawyer requests one more day to
call a very important witness to the stand. He says his witness could prove the innocence of
his client.

For CBC News, this is Rita Holmes.

Editing Verb Tenses and Verb Form:


Practice 1: The Car Accident
Correct the errors in verb tenses and verb form ( endings, active/passive etc)

Every day as we drive through our neighbourhoods on the way to school or work, we see
things that need to be fixed. Many of them cause us only a little bit of trouble, so we forget
them until we face them again. Ignoring these problems can, however, have negative
consequences. Take the following example. Every morning, drivers in my neighbourhood
have to deal with a truck that someone has parked ( or regularly parks) right at the corner of
our street. A few weeks ago, when I tried to get to work, that truck was blocking ( at that time
short term) my view of the traffic Fraser Street. As a result when I was turning onto Fraser,
I need to move out past the truck in the oncoming lane of traffic in order to make the turn.
Unfortunately, I turned ( active NOT passive) too soon and a car hit me. My car suffered
( completely finished. Not remporary or short term continous ) a lot of damage and had to be
towed away. Because an accident
had happened, ( intransitive verbs CANNOT be passive. past bebore past) the police came
and asked a lot of questions.

A few days later, I had to go to ICBC to report ( no ed on infinitives) what


happened. ( No passive on intransitive verbs. Simple past. We know when. not comparing
time frames) Earlier, the police told ICBC it was / had been my fault that I got hit, so the
insurance adjuster told me my insurances rates would go/ were going to go ( future in the
past) up. During the meeting I was upset and said I thought it was the truck that was parked
at the corner that had caused / or caused the problem.

To sum up, my accident has taught me an important lesson. Because I always ignored
the real problem, the truck that was parked in a bad place, I am suffering the consequences. I
should have talked to the owner and asked him to move his truck. In the future, I will
remember that avoiding little problems can sometimes cause bigger ones.

Practice # 2: Reporting at a Trial


Correct the errors in verb tense and verb form

Announcer: We have a report from Rita Holmes from the Vancouver courthouse.
We are here in the Vancouver courthouse at the trial of Jessica Jones, who has been
accused of murdering her husband. We are waiting for the todays session to begin. As you
know Jones has pled innocent to this horrendous charge. Today, we will hear the testimony
of her mother, who will probably claim that Jessica has always been a good girl and that she
has telephoned her every day since the day 15 years ago when she left home
.
Yesterday, you remember, Jessica Jones fifth grade teacher told quite a different
story. She testified that when Jessica was in her class, she stole the other childrens pencils
and money all the time.

This morning, we heard the testimony of Jessicas good friend, Harriet Bliss, who said
that she and Jones were playing tennis together at 8:30 p.m. on June 21, the night or the
murder. They had been playing for about half an hour, she said when they stopped in the
middle of a game because Harriets bad knee was bothering her again. Then, they drove to a
nearby fast-food place for a hamburger before going to Jessica Jones home, where they
found her husband dead on the floor at about 8 p.m.

This is in direct contrast to the testimony of a neighbour of the Joneses, who said that
he saw/ had seen ( both okay) Jessica Jones and her husband Sam together at 8 p.m. At that
time, from about 7:50 to 8:05, Jessica and Sam were talking very loud, possibly even having
an argument, the neighbour said. Then, they both went into the house.

Now, here comes the judge, the Honorourable Sheldon OMalley. We have been
waiting for him for more than an hour. In a few minutes todays session of the trial will begin.
Oh whats that. The judge is saying something. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it now seems that
todays session of the trial is going to be postponed. The defendants lawyer has requested/ is
requesting one more day to call a very important witness to the stand. He says his witness
can prove the innocence of his client.

For CBC News, this is Rita Holmes.

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