EST1501
Assignment Portfolio
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
,EST1501
Assignment Portfolio
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
Academic Proficiency in English for student Teachers
QUESTION 1: GRAMMAR
1.1.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
❖ Incorrect sentence: The students is excited about the upcoming university
orientation.
❖ Error explained: The subject students is plural, but the verb is is singular.
Agreement requires both to match in number.
❖ Corrected sentence: The students are excited about the upcoming university
orientation.
1.1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
❖ Incorrect sentence: The professor and the students was eager to discuss the
new syllabus.
❖ Error explained: The subject is compound (professor and the students), which is
plural. A plural verb is required.
❖ Corrected sentence: The professor and the students were eager to discuss the
new syllabus.
, 1.1.3 Misuse of Adverb
❖ Incorrect sentence: She runs very quick every morning.
❖ Error explained: Quick is an adjective. The verb runs requires the adverb
quickly. The adverb very intensifies quickly.
❖ Corrected sentence: She runs very quickly every morning.
1.1.4 Misuse of Adverb
❖ Incorrect sentence: The professor explains the concepts clear to the students.
❖ Error explained: Clear is an adjective. To modify the verb explains, the adverb
clearly is needed.
❖ Corrected sentence: The professor explains the concepts clearly to the
students.
1.1.5 Run-on Sentence
❖ Incorrect sentence: I went to the library to study I forgot my notebook at home.
❖ Error explained: Two independent clauses are joined without proper
punctuation, creating a run-on.
❖ Corrected sentence: I went to the library to study, but I forgot my notebook at
home.
1.1.6 Sentence Fragment
❖ Incorrect sentence: Because I was tired after the long day.
❖ Error explained: The word because makes the clause dependent, leaving the
thought incomplete.
❖ Corrected sentence: Because I was tired after the long day, I went to bed early.
1.1.7 Compound Sentence with Conjunction
❖ Incorrect sentences: I wanted to go to the concert. I couldn't find my tickets.
❖ Corrected sentence: I wanted to go to the concert, but I couldn’t find my tickets.
Assignment Portfolio
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
,EST1501
Assignment Portfolio
Semester 2 2025
Due October 2025
Academic Proficiency in English for student Teachers
QUESTION 1: GRAMMAR
1.1.1 Subject-Verb Agreement
❖ Incorrect sentence: The students is excited about the upcoming university
orientation.
❖ Error explained: The subject students is plural, but the verb is is singular.
Agreement requires both to match in number.
❖ Corrected sentence: The students are excited about the upcoming university
orientation.
1.1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
❖ Incorrect sentence: The professor and the students was eager to discuss the
new syllabus.
❖ Error explained: The subject is compound (professor and the students), which is
plural. A plural verb is required.
❖ Corrected sentence: The professor and the students were eager to discuss the
new syllabus.
, 1.1.3 Misuse of Adverb
❖ Incorrect sentence: She runs very quick every morning.
❖ Error explained: Quick is an adjective. The verb runs requires the adverb
quickly. The adverb very intensifies quickly.
❖ Corrected sentence: She runs very quickly every morning.
1.1.4 Misuse of Adverb
❖ Incorrect sentence: The professor explains the concepts clear to the students.
❖ Error explained: Clear is an adjective. To modify the verb explains, the adverb
clearly is needed.
❖ Corrected sentence: The professor explains the concepts clearly to the
students.
1.1.5 Run-on Sentence
❖ Incorrect sentence: I went to the library to study I forgot my notebook at home.
❖ Error explained: Two independent clauses are joined without proper
punctuation, creating a run-on.
❖ Corrected sentence: I went to the library to study, but I forgot my notebook at
home.
1.1.6 Sentence Fragment
❖ Incorrect sentence: Because I was tired after the long day.
❖ Error explained: The word because makes the clause dependent, leaving the
thought incomplete.
❖ Corrected sentence: Because I was tired after the long day, I went to bed early.
1.1.7 Compound Sentence with Conjunction
❖ Incorrect sentences: I wanted to go to the concert. I couldn't find my tickets.
❖ Corrected sentence: I wanted to go to the concert, but I couldn’t find my tickets.
