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Identify incorrect verb tenses, subject-verb disagreement, and sentence structure errors in business passages.
Find 3 grammar errors in the passage. Look for subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, and article usage.
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This exercise is designed to help you build the proofreading skills commonly assessed in job screening tests. Read the instructions carefully, complete the exercise, and review your result to understand where to focus your next practice session.
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Create Free Account →Identifying when the verb form does not match the grammatical subject — common in sentences with intervening clauses.
Detecting when a passage shifts tense without reason — mixing past and present tense in the same narrative.
Spotting missing or incorrect use of "a", "an", or "the" — particularly common errors in business writing by non-native writers.
Recognising incomplete sentences, dangling modifiers, and poorly constructed compound clauses.
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