Intermediate Paragraph Corrections

I’ve had a terrible cold 1) about several days. I’ve been blowing my nose, sneezing, and coughing.

• for several days.

• for days several.

• during several days.

• for a few days.

• Both (for several days.) and (for a few days.) are correct

2) I’m been eating chicken soup and drinking orange juice for a couple days.

• I’ve eating

• I’m being eating

• I’ve been eating

• I’ve being eaten

• I be eating

I’ve been taking aspirin and 3) coffe sirrup since the weekend.

• coff sirup

• cofe syrup

• cough syrup

• couhgh syrup

• Correct as is

I I’ve been at home watching TV 4) for Monday.

• by

• during

• since

• once

• Correct as is

I’ve talked 5) my mother on the phone every day of the week, I’ve watched every bad movie that came on the TV.

• to my mother

• for my mother

• while my mother

• about my mother

• Both (to my mother) and (while my mother) are correct

I’ve talked my mother on the phone every day of the 6) week, I’ve watched every bad movie that came on the TV.

• week. I’ve

• week: I’ve

• week; I’ve

• week - I’ve

• Correct as is

I wonder 7) I’ll well again. I wonder when I can go back to work.

• when I’ll get well again.

• when I’ll well again.

• when I would get well.

• whenever I’ll get well again.

• Correct as is

I’m 8) tired of the cough, sneezing, and complaining!

• tired of a cough

• tired of coughing

• tired for coughing

• tired about coughing

• Correct as is

When I turned the doorknob, 9) it open easy.

• the door opened easy.

• it opened easy.

• the door easily opened.

• it opened easily.

• Correct as is

I was immediately 10) spicious; the door should of been locked on a weekend at midnight.

• spisious

• suspicious

• suspishus

• sespisious

• Correct as is