Several people wrote sentences below yesterday's lesson, but some of them contained mistakes. Can you correct the sentences below?
- The two teachers had alike ideas about using technology in education.
- My three children had received an academic reward alike at the end of the term.
- The profits gained from the selling of bouquets of flowers are given for the sellers and the poor alike.
- CCTV footage confirm your safety, prevent losing of precious items from footpath,shopping mall and alike.
1 has 2 received 3 gave 4 and (shall be Cross out) above tense : simple past
Posted by: JJ | October 08, 2017 at 11:06
1. the two teachers had similar ideas about using...
2.each of my three children received an academic reward at the end...
3.the profits... are shared by both the sellers and the poor
Posted by: jyoti | October 08, 2017 at 12:07
1.The two teachers' ideas about using technology in education were alike.
2. My three children's academic results were alike in the end of the term.
3. The profits gained from the selling of bouquets of flowers were given to both the sellers and the poor.
4. CCTV footage confirms your safety, prevents to lost your precious items in streets, shopping malls and alike.
Posted by: asker | October 08, 2017 at 14:01
1. alike ideas>>>ideas alike
2. an academic reward>>>>> academic rewards
3. gained>>> gaining
4. and alike>>>> alike
Posted by: Linh Lam | October 08, 2017 at 16:55
Good day Simon!
Please let me know sir if I did it correctly or if there are still some grammar that I need to improve. Thank you.
1. The ideas of two teachers in using the technology in education were alike.
2. My three children will receive an academic award at the end of the term alike.
3. The profits gained from selling of bouquets of flowers were given to both the sellers and the poor.
4. CCTV footage confirms your safety and prevents loosing of precious items from footpath and shopping mall alike.
Posted by: alexa | October 09, 2017 at 00:07
1.The two teachers idea about using technology in education are alike.
2. At the end of the term my three children's academic reward were alike.
3.The profit gained from the selling of flower bouquets are given to the seller and poor alike.
4. CCTV surveillance aid our security, preventing loss of precious items from footpath,shopping mall alike.
Posted by: Bikram | October 09, 2017 at 10:08
1.Two teachers' idea about using technology in education seems alike.
2. My three children all had received a similar academic award at the end of the term.
3. profits gained from the selling of flower bouquets are sent to the seller and the poor alike.
4. CCTV surveillance helps secure our safety and keep precious items safe from the footpath and shopping malls alike
Posted by: dave | October 09, 2017 at 12:33
1. The two teachers had similar ideas about using technology in education.
2. My three children had received an academic reward alike at the end of the term.
3. The profits gained from the selling of bouquets of flowers are given to the sellers and the poor alike.
4. CCTV footage confirms your safety, prevent losing of precious items from the footpath, shopping mall and alike.
Posted by: sujit | October 09, 2017 at 22:49
CORRECTIONS FROM SIMON:
1. We don't put "alike" in front of a noun, so "alike ideas" seems very strange. Just use "similar":
The two teachers had SIMILAR ideas about using technology in education.
2. "alike" doesn't work with some verbs. For example, "we received a letter alike" doesn't work - we would simply say "we BOTH / ALL received a letter.
My three children ALL received an academic AWARD at the end of the term.
3. The use of "alike" is ok here, but "are given for" is wrong.
The profits gained from the selling of bouquets of flowers are given TO the sellers and the poor alike.
Note: Instead of the sentence above, I think it would be more normal to write something like this:
A proportion of the profits from the SALE of bouquets of flowers is given to the poor / given to charity.
4. There are several problems in this sentence, but the main one is the phrase "and alike". Don't use "alike" after the word "and".
Here's what I think the student wanted to write. I don't think "alike" really works here, so I've missed it out.
CCTV footage keeps us safe and prevents the loss of precious items in public places like shopping malls.
Posted by: Simon | October 10, 2017 at 12:16
Thank you so much for your correction, teacher Simon.
Posted by: Phong | October 10, 2017 at 16:36
Thank you so much for your analysis and correction. It is very easy to understand for me. Thanks
Posted by: Tae | October 12, 2017 at 09:43
You did not clearly gave a task . No one understood really what are you asking. Therefore, there were no correct answers.
Posted by: Janet | October 12, 2017 at 18:51
Thank dear Simon Sir
Posted by: sujit | October 15, 2017 at 01:33