How to see it
Find-the-mistake questions come in two layouts. GL-style: a line in four groups, A to D, with N for no mistake. Quest-style: a sentence in parts, with None as the last choice. The mistake could be spelling, punctuation or grammar. So read slowly, one check at a time. And a line can have no mistake.
A worked example
Spelling first, word by word. When, we, got, back, form. Slow down: f, o, r, m. The sentence needs from. Then punctuation: the comma after beach is right. Then grammar: the tide had come right in. Fine. One mistake, in part B.
The common mistake: assuming every line must have a mistake, or reading what you expect to see
The trap has two sides. Read fast, and your eyes turn form into from, because you expect from. So you choose None. Or you are sure there must be a mistake, and pick a part that was right. Read what is written, and let a clean line be clean.
Try one
Which group has the mistake? Or is it N?
- AOur neighbour's
- Bcat has
- Cclimbed onto
- Dthe shed again.
- Nno mistake
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Right: N, no mistake
Neighbour's is spelt correctly, and the apostrophe shows one neighbour owns the cat. Cat has climbed is right. No mistake.
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