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1. Making a Choice and
Giving Reasons –
Common Mistakes
MODULE 1: CHOOSING A HANDBAG
Cynthia C. James
SK Kunak 2

2. Common Mistake 1:
BAD HANDWRITING

3. 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.

4. BAD HANDWRITING 2
I can’t read
your
handwriting!
Can you see the lines in
your book? Please use the
lines as your guide.

5. Common Mistake 2:
USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS

6. USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS 1
Use uppercase letters
for proper nouns.
The first word of a
sentence must begin
with a capital letter.

7. USE OF LOWERCASE & UPPERCASE LETTERS 2
This should be written in
capital letter.
Wrong use of apostrophe
‘s’.
Never write capital letters for words in
the middle of a sentence, unless it is a
proper noun or an abbreviation.
The first word for every sentence
must begin with a capital letter.
The ‘c’ looks like a capital ‘C’. Be
careful. Form your letters properly.

8. Common Mistake 3:
USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS

9. USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS 1
Uppercase or
lowercase?
Spell correctly:
‘cheap’
Don’t forget the
fullstop!
You should end
every sentence
with a fullstop.

10. USE OF PUNCTUATION MARKS 2
This should be in
small letter.
Wrong
spelling:
‘first’
Form your
letters
properly.
COMMAS!!!
Don’t mix capital and
small letters!
Beginning of sentence –
capital letter
FULLSTOPS!!!

11. Common Mistake 4:
DOES NOT INCLUDE APPROPRIATE REASONS

12. NO REASONS GIVEN 1
This is not a proper
reason.

13. NO REASONS GIVEN 2
Wrong spelling!
‘my mother’
No reasons are given, only facts. You can’t get
marks for this.

14. Common Mistake 5:
WRONG SPELLING

15. WRONG SPELLING 1
‘Handbag’ is a compound
word. It should be spelt
together, not separated.

16. WRONG SPELLING 2
Wrong spelling.
This would cause
you to lose mark.
Structural error. Should
be: ‘It is made of…”