2015-06-22 Workshop: correct house paragraph

Greg Malivuk
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With your partners, find and correct the 11 mistakes.

At the house where I grew up had a great yard for playing outside.
-> The house where I grew up had a great yard for playing outside. (or: to play outside)
-> At the house where I grew up, I had a great yard… / we had a great yard…
-> At the house where I grew up, there was a great yard for playing outside.

My house have a large yard with a lot tree.
-> My house had a large yard with a lot of trees.

I enjoyed climbing trees in the spring and summer. (no mistakes)

In autumn, the leaves falled off the trees.
-> In (the) autumn, the leaves fell off the trees.

We putted the leaves into a big pile and jump in them.
-> We put the leaves into a big pile and jumped in them.

In the winter, we make a snowman.
-> In the winter, we made a snowman. (we made snowmen)

Sometimes we were went sledding on the hill in front of my house.
-> Sometimes we went sledding on the hill in front of my house.

When I am a teenager, we built a swimming pool.
-> When I was a teenager, we built a swimming pool.

My sister and I went swimming many time.
-> My sister and I went swimming many times.

Sometimes I am sad now because I don't have big yard to play outside.
-> Sometimes I am sad now because I don’t have a big yard to play outside.