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Common Mistakes in Stories. Where-were Eg: Holly ran to the coast were there were thousand of different rocks. The father entered the kitchen were the children were having dinner. Spelling. Their-there Cause Gonna Past tenses of regular verbs. because. going. Happen- happen ed.
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Common Mistakes in Stories Where-were Eg: Holly ran to the coast were there were thousand of different rocks. The father entered the kitchen were the children were having dinner
Spelling • Their-there • Cause • Gonna • Past tenses of regular verbs because going Happen- happened • Numbers written in words • 3 brothers----- three brothers • Avoid division of words into syllables • Happ- • ened
Things to remember • Punctuation in dialogue • Description of characters • Paragraph division • Title must be related to the story e.g: “Mary and the Caterpillars. (Story based on an escape) • The reader does not know what you are thinking. Don’t take things for granted! • Possessive case (pos) The mummy of John--- John’s mum The death of her husband– Her husband’s death
In a library you BORROW books • In a bookstore you BUY books • Make use of: * correction code * list of past tenses * dictionary * showing vocabulary