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towcats1

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Hello.
I've found only two mistakes.
How many mistakes can you find?

-When did you begin to study English?
- Well, it was a long time ago. I think I was around 4 years old and we had an English teacher in the kindergarten. If I’m right, the first thing she showed us was the alphabet.
- Why do you study English?
- I find this question very hilarious because it’s pretty obvious. It is a language spoken by the whole world.
- Do you need English in your everyday life?
- Of course, I do. As an example, when I use my phone I read a lot of stuff in English. Also a few times a week I may watch some movies or series on Netflix at the original language. If it’s not English then I use English subtitles.
- Do you have English books at home?
- Yes, I have one book on my own and a few magazines. My mum has some but that’s none of my business. I prefer to read books online because it takes a lot of time to find the right book in English in Saint-P.
- How many foreign languages do you want to learn?
- I think at least four but English and Spanish would be enough. Learning them takes up a lot of time and I don’s have so much of it.
 
What is the exercise for?

- We usually say "If I'm not wrong/mistaken...".
- The answer (not the question) is obvious.
- Some comma in #6 are missing
- in the original language
- I have one book for myself
 
Please state the source and author of the quoted text, towcats.
 
the source - at my lesson
the author - a student
the reason-- I can't find mistakes
 
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- When did you begin to study English?
- Well, it was a long time ago. I think I was around 4 years old and we had an English teacher in [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] kindergarten. If I’m right, the first thing she showed us was the alphabet.
- Why do you study English?
- I find this question [STRIKE]very[/STRIKE] hilarious because it’s pretty obvious. It is a language spoken by the whole world. (Grammatically correct but not true.)
- Do you need English in your everyday life?
- Of course no comma here I do. As an example, when I use my phone I read a lot of stuff in English. Also, a few times a week I [strike]may[/strike] watch some movies or series on Netflix [STRIKE]at[/STRIKE] in the original language. If [strike]it’s[/strike] they're not in English, [STRIKE]then[/STRIKE] I use English subtitles.
- Do you have English books at home?
- Yes, I have one book [STRIKE]on[/STRIKE] of my own and a few magazines. My mum has some but that’s none of my business. I prefer to read books online because it takes a lot of time to find the right book in English in Saint-P.
- How many foreign languages do you want to learn?
- I think at least four but English and Spanish would be enough. Learning them takes up a lot of time and I [STRIKE]don’s[/STRIKE] don't have [STRIKE]so[/STRIKE] much of it.

See above for the corrections I would make. Your student's English is very good so I would perhaps make more corrections than I would with a beginner.
 
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