A Weekend Story to Edit
About this practice test
Practise A2 Use of English through sentence editing. Build accuracy with past narrative and agreement and time expressions.
What you’ll practice
Grammar and vocabulary
Choose forms and words that work together.
Meaning in context
Follow meaning across sentences and texts.
Accurate expression
Use natural phrases and sentence patterns.
What to expect:
10 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- A2. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Error correction
How to approach this practice
Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.
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Question 1 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. Last Sunday we goed to the beach.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- Last Sunday we went to the beach.
Went is the irregular past of go.
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Question 2 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The weather were sunny all morning.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The weather was sunny all morning.
Uncountable weather takes singular was.
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Question 3 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. I was swim when I saw the boat.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- I was swimming when I saw the boat.
Past continuous needs was plus swimming.
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Question 4 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. My friends didn't brought any towels.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- My friends didn't bring any towels. / My friends did not bring any towels.
Did not takes the base form bring.
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Question 5 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. We ate lunch in two o'clock.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- We ate lunch at two o'clock.
Use at with a clock time.
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Question 6 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. There was many people on the beach.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- There were many people on the beach.
Plural people takes were.
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Question 7 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. I buyed a postcard for my aunt.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- I bought a postcard for my aunt.
Bought is the irregular past of buy.
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Question 8 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. We stayed until the sun go down.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- We stayed until the sun went down.
The completed past narrative requires went.
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Question 9 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. The journey home took a hour.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- The journey home took an hour.
Hour starts with a vowel sound and takes an.
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Question 10 · Error correction
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the grammatical error.
Correct the one language error. Write the complete corrected sentence. Everyone was tired after walk so far.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- Everyone was tired after walking so far.
After as a preposition takes an ing form.
What to review next
Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.
A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.