For this activity, you will read a paragraph that has many errors. You will identify the errors, and re-write the paragraph usin
g correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and mechanics. Original Paragraph
Malcolm was an avid photographer. He and his family likes to take pictures of nature and also taking portraits. When he was in california Malcolm liked to visit lake tahoe and takes pictures of the wildlife and sometimes the animals were moving to fast and they was blurry but the pictures of the lake were always perfect. Including pictures of sunsets over the lake with the mountains in the background.
Check for:
Subject verb agreement
Run-ons and sentence fragments
Capitalization and Punctuation
Grammar and Understandability
Sentence variety and style
Malcolm was an avid photographer. He and his family likes to take pictures of nature, also taking portraits. When he was in California, Malcolm liked to visit lake Tahoe and take pictures of the wildlife. Sometimes the animals were moving to fast and they were blurry but the pictures of the lake were always perfect. Including pictures of sunsets over lakes with mountains in the background.
This isn't perfect but it is better than the original, if you would like you can edit it.
Malcolm was an avid photographer. He and his family likes to take pictures of nature and portraits.
When he was in California, Malcolm liked to visit Lake Tahoe and he takes pictures of the wildlife.
Sometimes, the animals were moving too fast and they were blurry, but the pictures of the lake were always perfect; including pictures of sunsets over the lake, with the mountains in the background.
Some of the things which i corrected in the sentence include:
Answer: The speaker has knowledge of famous British artists.
The name "Turner" refers to J. M. W. Turner, an English Romantic painter and watercolourist. One of Turner's favourite subjects was scenes of violent events in the ocean. This is what Walcott means when he refers to "Turner's ships." From the reference, we can assume that the speaker has some knowledge of famous British artists.