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Finding/ Identifying Errors: Errors To Look For On ISE Questions 1. Verbs

The document outlines common errors to look for when identifying errors in sentences, including verbs, pronouns, gerunds, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, nouns, and relative pronouns. It notes that verbs and pronouns are most likely to contain errors. The document also provides strategies for identifying sentence errors such as reading the entire sentence, examining each answer choice individually, and checking for errors in comparisons and lists.

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Finding/ Identifying Errors: Errors To Look For On ISE Questions 1. Verbs

The document outlines common errors to look for when identifying errors in sentences, including verbs, pronouns, gerunds, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, nouns, and relative pronouns. It notes that verbs and pronouns are most likely to contain errors. The document also provides strategies for identifying sentence errors such as reading the entire sentence, examining each answer choice individually, and checking for errors in comparisons and lists.

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Finding/ Identifying Errors

Errors to Look for on ISE Questions


1. Verbs
• Is the verb in the correct form and tense?
• Does it agree with the subject?

2. Pronouns
• Does the pronoun agree with the noun it's replacing?
• Is it in the correct case?

3. Gerunds (-ing verbs)


• Is the gerund replacing a main verb and creating a sentence fragment?
• Is it part of a list that isn't parallel?
• Has it been incorrectly switched with an infintive?

4. Prepositions
• Is the preposition idiomatically correct?
• Does it incorrectly complete a word pair?

5. Adjectives and Adverbs


• Is the modifier of the correct type?
• Are -er and -est used appropriately? (Rare)

6. Conjunctions
• Is the conjunction creating a sentence fragment?
• Does it logically connect ideas?

7. Nouns
• Is the noun part of a faulty comparison?
• Is the sentence consistent in its use of plural and singular nouns? (Rare)

8. Relative pronouns (who, which, that, etc.)


• Is the correct pronoun used for the context?
• Does the pronoun have a clear noun antecedent?

Other issues to watch out for:


• "Any" underlined often indicates an illogical comparison
• The presence of comparison words like "than," "like," and "as" also tends to indicate
illogical comparisons
• A sentence with a list often has a parallelism issue

Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo


• Make sure to watch for redundancy: the use of different two words or phrases that
have the same meaning
• Double negatives are always wrong in a sentence
• Adjective-adverb confusion (Example: bad vs. badly)
• Indefinite pronouns may be singular or plural, so better watch out!

Key Identifying Sentence Errors Strategies


 Always read the entire sentence
 When looking for the error, examine each choice individually
 Check verbs and pronouns first, since they're the most likely to include errors
 When an answer choice contains more than one type of word, check both
 Don't be afraid to pick E, "no error," if you've ruled out all the other choices
 Always make sure you can explain what error the answer contains
 Even if you think you know the answer, quickly check the other choices to confirm

Helpful Identifying Sentence Errors Tips


 Watch for comparisons and lists as you read the sentence; both often create errors
when they appear
 "Any" often indicates a faulty comparison
 Longer phrases are less likely to contain an error

Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo

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