Making a Choice and Giving Reasons –

Common Mistakes MODULE 1: CHOOSING A HANDBAG

Cynthia C. James

SK Kunak 2

Common Mistake 1: BAD HANDWRITING

BAD HANDWRITING 1

Please use an

eraser to erase

mistakes.

Leave some spaces

in between words!

Please write ALL letters

and words properly and

legibly.

BAD HANDWRITING 2

I can’t read

your

handwriting!

Can you see the lines in

your book? Please use the

lines as your guide.

Common Mistake 2: USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS

USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS 1 Use uppercase letters

for proper nouns.

The first word of a

sentence must begin

with a capital letter.

USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS 2 This should be written in

capital letter.

Wrong use of apostrophe

‘s’.

The first word for every sentence

must begin with a capital letter.

Never write capital letters for words in

the middle of a sentence, unless it is a

proper noun or an abbreviation.

The ‘c’ looks like a capital ‘C’. Be

careful. Form your letters properly.

Common Mistake 3: USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS

USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS 1

You should end

every sentence

with a fullstop.

Don’t forget the

fullstop!

Uppercase or

lowercase?

Spell correctly:

‘cheap’

USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS 2 Don’t mix capital and

small letters! This should be in

small letter.

Wrong

spelling:

‘first’

Form your

letters

properly.

Beginning of sentence –

capital letter

FULLSTOPS!!!

COMMAS!!!

Common Mistake 4: DOES NOT INCLUDE APPROPRIATE REASONS

NO REASONS GIVEN 1

This is not a proper

reason.

NO REASONS GIVEN 2

No reasons are given, only facts. You can’t get

marks for this.

Wrong spelling!

‘my mother’

Common Mistake 5: WRONG SPELLING

WRONG SPELLING 1

‘Handbag’ is a compound

word. It should be spelt

together, not separated.

WRONG SPELLING 2 Wrong spelling.

This would cause

you to lose mark.

Structural error. Should

be: ‘It is made of…”