Common Errors in English by Hong Kong Students Book 1

Features

  ◊ A collection of mistakes commonly made by students in public exams, with real examples taken from students' work

  ◊ Explains grammar concepts in a concise and user-friendly approach by classifying common errors into ten categories, including a special chapter devoted to "the 5 senses errors"

  ◊ Exercises attached for practice and for self-correction

  ◊ Chinese translation provided for easy understanding

  ◊ Helps students lay a solid foundation at an early stage

About the author

  ◊ The author is a native English-speaking teacher of 30 years who grew up and was educated entirely in the United Kingdom. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Aberdeen and started his teaching career at an international school in Antwerp, Belgium where he taught English, history and economics before returning to Hong Kong in 1992. He took his teaching practice degree at Hong Kong University and worked in a Band 2 and Band 3 school and an 'elite' Band 1 boys school for 23 years. He has been an English Panel and History Panel Chairman for a total of 15 years. Though not an English major at university, the author scored 4.7 out of 5.0 in the Language Proficiency Aptitude Test as required by the EDB and has previously written English text books for the now defunct HKCEE as well as his most recent books, the Mastering English Series and Common Errors in English Series. He is now retired and writes professionally.