Nur Azizah Zaidi My Activities Every Weekend Every weekend, I usually wake up at 7.30 oclock.

After wake up, I go to took a bath. I wake up early because I want to go to Pekan Kuala Krau with my friend. The Store is the place we usually go to. My friend and I like to go to cyber caf to online. We go to food court to took lunch. The food court on third floor. We goes to Kbox to sing songs and to release our stress. We likes to spent our time in the karaoke lounge. Milkist is the place that we usually go to buy milky tea pearl, waffle and so on. Beside that, we also like to go to CRS to buy our daily use such as soap, tooth paste, shampoo or junk food. KFC is the place that we like to buy before we go back to hostel. That is my activities during the weekend with my friend. I love to goes with my friend because we can release our stress. That is why I do not want to change my activities during the weekend.

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Error Correct

: We goes to Kbox to sing songs and to release stress. : We go to Kbox to sing songs and to release stress.

Reason : Wrong form of Subject-Verb Agreement. The third person singular inflection is used with the first person plural pronoun (we). In SVA, the verb of a sentence must agree with the subject in number and in person. Addition of es.

Error

: We likes to spend our time in the karaoke lounge.

Correct : We like to spend our time in the karaoke lounge. Reason : Wrong form of Subject-Verb Agreement. The third person singular inflection is used with the first person plural pronoun (we). In SVA, the verb of a sentence must agree with the subject in number and in person. Addition of s.

INFINITIVE to

Error

: After wake up, I go to took a bath.

Correct : After wake up, I go to take a bath. Reason : An infinitive will always begin with to, followed by the simple form of the verb. The word after to must be in the base form. Misformation

Error

: We like to spent our time in the karaoke lounge.

Correct : We like to spend our time in the karaoke lounge. Reason : An infinitive will always begin with to, followed by the simple form of the verb. The word after to must be in the base form. Misformation

Error

: I love to goes with my friend because can release our stress.

Correct : I love to go with my friend because we can release our stress. Reason : An infinitive will always begin with to, followed by the simple form of the verb. The word after to must be in the base form. Misformation

Error

: We go to the food court to took lunch.

Correct : We go to the food court to take lunch. Reason : An infinitive will always begin with to, followed by the simple form of the verb. The word after to must be in the base form. Misformation

DETERMINER

Error Correct Reason

: My friend and I like to go to___ cyber caf to online. : My friend and I like to go to the cyber caf to online. : Determiner-definite article.

The absence of the for specific places or locations. Omission

Error Correct Reason

: We go to___ food court to take lunch. : We go to the food court to take lunch. : Determiner- definite article.

The absence of the for specific places or locations. Omission

Error Correct Reason

: The food court is on ____ third floor. : The food court is on the third floor. : Determiner- definite article.

The absence of the for specific places or location Omission

Error: KFC is the place that we like to buy before we go back to___ hostel. Correct: KFC is the place that we like to buy before we go back to the hostel. Reason :Determiner- definite article. The absence of the for specific places or locations. Omission

Error: That are my activities during the weekend with my friend.

Correct: Those are my activities during the weekend with my friend. Reason: Demonstrative determiner. 'That' is singular and is used with 'is' and it is the singular form of the verb 'to be'. While, those refers to things (plural) that are located at a distance from the speaker. In this sentence, the student is referring to many activities, not one activity. Misformation

LINKING WORDS

Error

: Beside that, we also like to go to CRS to buy our daily uses such as soap, tooth paste, shampoo or junk food.

Correct : Besides that, we also like to go to CRS to buy our daily uses such as soap, tooth paste shampoo or junk food. Reason : Grammatically, besides is an adverb or a preposition, and beside is a preposition.

In this sentence, it functions as an adverb where besides here means as well or furthermore. Misformation.

NUMBER AGREEMENT

Error

: Besides that, we also like to go to CRS to buy our daily use such as soap, tooth paste, shampoo or junk food.

Correct : Besides that, we also like to go to CRS to buy our daily uses such as soap, tooth paste, shampoo or junk food. Reason : Number Agreement. A noun and the words that modify a noun must agree in number. In this sentence, the marked noun daily use is referring to plural sense. Deletion

COPULA BE Error : Those is my activities during the weekend with my friend.

Correct : Those are my activities during the weekend with my friend Reason : Wrong form of the copula be. Use of the singular form for the plural form.

Misformation

GLOBAL ERRORS

Error

: The Store is the place we usually go to.

Correct : The Store is the place we usually go to __ (verb) __. Reason : Incomplete sentence-verbal error. It is incomplete because it is either a phrase or a dependent clause. Dependent clauses or phrases are called fragments because they are missing

one or more parts needed to make a sentence. In this sentence, it is missing the verb after the infinitive to or also known as incomplete infinitive phrase. Misformation

Error

: KFC is the place that we like to buy before we go back to the hostel.

Correct : KFC is the place that we like to buy __(obj)____ before we go back to the hostel. Reason : There is no object added after the verb to buy. Misformation