Error analysis is the term we use in ESL to refer to identifying which part of the sentence is incorrect. It is very challenging because all parts of the sentence need to be analyzed. There are so many different types of errors which you can "create" in a sentence. See below.
(X) As soon as the horse's feat touched the ground in Omri's backyard, he began to gallop.
Here the homophones "feat" and "feet" have been mixed up.
(X) As soon as the horse's feet touched the ground in Omri's backyard he began to gallop.
Here there is a comma missing at the end of the adverbial clause.
(X) As soon as the horse's feet touched the ground in Omri's backyard, he begins to gallop.
Here the verb tenses are not parallel.
(X) As soon as the horses' feet touched the ground in Omri's backyard, he began to gallop.
Here there is a possessive noun error.
Not only do students have to identify the error, but they must also know how to correct it. Unlike with multiple choice types of assessment, this is how you know if a student really understands a grammatical concept.
I've included a great deal of practice in my Contextualized Common Core Grammar Review.
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