See if you can correct these mistakes (the solutions are below)
Mistakes
In the far
On August it was very cold nights
I listened all of the stories
There was not enough people to complete this project
I haven't been taking days off during 4.5 years
We would like to rent a summer house near far from Moscow
It have no sense
If you didn't pass the exams 5 times they are sending you to the psychological centre
Solutions
In the distance
There are very cold nights in August generally
I have listened to all of the stories
In English we always say 'Listen + to'
There were not enough people to complete this project
I haven't taken many days off for 4.5 years
'For' is used for duration.
'During' is a period of time within a larger space of time.
We would like to rent a summer house not far from Moscow
It doesn’t make sense
If you don’t pass the exams 5 times (in a row) they will send you to the psychological centre
Mistakes
I am in an office with air conditioned
I have also to clean my house
The different is the person that tells
I don't received a lot of calls from abroad
If I go to work in Saturday or Sunday
Solutions
I am in an office with air conditioning
I also have to clean my house
The difference is the person that is speaking
Different = adjective. Difference = noun. -ence = nouns. -ent = adjectives.
I don't receive a lot of calls from abroad
If I go to work on Saturday or Sunday
Mistakes
Someone stayed for camp
We are using in our correspondence more often dollars
Will take place at 21st of August
We have no enough time to deal with it
We had to wrote a lot of essays
I don’t know how much is it
Solutions
Someone stayed to camp
We use dollars in our correspondence more often
It will take place on the 21st of August
We don’t have enough time to deal with it
We had to write a lot of essays
I don’t know how much it is
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