Portfolio 2: Grammar mistakes
1. I am afraid of the dogs.
Correct answer: I am afraid of dogs.
2. Ben walks every morning to work.
Correct answer: Ben walks to work every morning.
3. I must work every day from 8.30 to 5.30.
Correct answer: I have to work every day from 8.30 to 5.30.
4. Why do you always look so boring?
Correct answer: Why do you always look so bored?
5. There was a long queue of people in the bus stop.
Correct answer: There was a long queue of people at the bus stop.
6. Everybody blamed me on the accident.
Correct answer: Everybody blamed me for the accident
7. Everybody blamed the accident for me.
Correct answer: Everybody blamed the accident on me.
8. The fridge is not working. That’s because you have not plugged.
Correct answer: The fridge is not working. That’s because you have not plugged it in.
9. Things are not going so well for her. She has few problems.
Correct answer: Things are not going so well for her. She has a few problems.
10. Julia got married as she was 22.
Correct answer: Julia got married when she was 22.
11. They are nice persons.
Correct answer: They are nice people.
12. Three years are a long time to be without a job.
Correct answer: Three years is a long time to be without a job.
13. The building was total destroyed in the fire.
Correct answer：The building was totally destroyed in the fire.

The paragragh：
He sees English as likely to become the “first among equals” rather than have the global field to it…The share of the world’s population that speaks English as the native language is falling, Graddol report in a paper in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.
Correct one:
He sees English as likely to become the “first among equals” rather than having the global field to itself…The share of the world’s population that speaks English as a native language is falling, Graddol reports in a paper in Friday’s issue of the journal Science.