What do you of it? What have you think of it?
61 Sentence [81] is incorrect because subject He does not match with be verb.
Subject He is a third singular pronoun. Past form of be for Subject He is was not were.
The correct answer is
“…was not…” d Mixed Tenses
[82]
Student‟s answer: I called Roger at nine last night, but he is did not at
home. R 47 There are two verbs in sentence [83]. They are
be ‘is’ and auxiliary verb did. The first verb is in present tense, while the second verb is in past tense. It is
incorrect answer when these two verbs occur in one phrase.
3 Other Errors in Simple Past Tense
a Omission of Verb Verbless
[83] Student‟s answer: A: Have you read his last book?
B: Yes, I have.
A: What do you of it?
B: I liked it very much. R 19 Sentence [83] is incorrect. It needs a verb in the interrogative sentence.
Auxiliary do is followed by a simple verb while in dialogue [83] does not provide simple verb. It requires the word think as a word in parentheses. The correct
answer is “...did you think…” b Wrong Verb Form in Auxiliary have
[84]
Student‟s answer: A: Have you read his last book? B: Yes, I have.
A: What have you think of it?
62 B: I liked it very much. R 34
Auxiliary have or has must be followed by past participle. Sentence [84] is incorrect. In present perfect tense, havehas is followed by past participle. In this
case, sentence [84] should be in past, in simple past tense not in the present perfect context. It expresses an activity that began and ended in the past at one
particular time in the past.
c Wrong Context and Word Order
[85]
Student‟s answer: I called Roger at nine last night, but he must be not
at home. R 42 The question asked about the existence of Roger, not about the conclusion.
The use of must be is to express a conclusion, something certain. Sentence [85] is incorrect both in context and in word order. The order is must not be not must be
not . Not immediately follows an auxiliary verb or be Azar, 1989: A18. Not is put
after auxiliary must.