A Forgetful Man
Find and underline ten mistakes (lexical and grammar) and write the wrong variant in the left and the correct variant in the right column of the table below the text.
When he saw his wife off at the station, he returned home as he hadn't to be at the airport till 9.30. He hadn't to pack, for his wife already did that for him and his case was ready in the hall. He didn't have to check the door and windows neither for his wife always did that before she had left the house. All he had to be done was to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him.
At the end he decided not to. At 8.30 he picked up his case, went out of the house and slammed the door behind him. Then he felt in his pockets for the key, for his wife had reminded him to double-lock the front door. When he had searched all his pockets and found no key he remembered where it was. He left it in his overcoat pocket. Then he remembered something else: his passport and a ticket was in his overcoat pocket as well.
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Ошибки (подумайте, как можно их исправить, прежде чем смотреть ответы):
- saw
- hadn't to be
- hadn't to pack
- already did
- neither
- had left
- had to be done
- at the end
- left it
- was in his overcoat
When he saw HAD SEEN his wife off at the station, he returned home as he hadn't DIDN'T HAVE to be at the airport till 9.30. He hadn't DIDN’T HAVE to pack, for his wife already did HAD ALREADY DONE that for him and his case was ready in the hall. He didn't have to check the door and windows neither EITHER for his wife always did that before she had left LEFT the house. All he had to be done TO DO was to decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him.
At IN the end he decided not to. At 8.30 he picked up his case, went out of the house and slammed the door behind him. Then he felt in his pockets for the key, for his wife had reminded him to double-lock the front door. When he had searched all his pockets and found no key he remembered where it was. He left HAD LEFT it in his overcoat pocket. Then he remembered something else: his passport and a ticket was WERE in his overcoat pocket as well.
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