Posted by
alcheng
12 yrs ago
My son who is studying P1 just received his English writing project back from his teacher with two minor grammatical corrections. However, I am somewhat puzzled with one correction since I think it wasn't wrong at all!
The original sentence was: "Suddenly, I heard my Dad call me and I quickly woke up." But, his English teacher wants it corrected to: "Suddenly, I heard my Dad called me and I quickly woke up."
As an option, I am even thinking of changing the sentence to: "Suddenly, I heard my Dad calling me and I quickly woke up."
Which sentence is correct? Explanations are most welcome! Thanks in advance!
My opinion is your son and yourself are correct. The teacher is wrong. Call and calling is present tense and called is past tense.
I think it's a bit like the "s" being added where they shouldn't be. I don't think you should have "suddenly" (which is a word to describe something happening without warning) in the same sentence as "called" which is something I did before hand.
Do you ask the hotel for a "wake up called" or wake up call"
He called you slow and not He call you a slow
Good lucks and me thinks the teacher may's really thinks they are rights. It will become a face thing.
Thanks for your reply Beermoney! You're also definitely right about the "face thing". . . I'll have to tread carefully.
Is the teacher a native speaker of the English language?
In this instance,"to hear somebody calling" is the approriate one as he did not "witness" the entire duration of your calling.
I also think your sentence is correct, but not your son's or his teacher's.
The correct answer is "I heard my dad CALL me" Not "CALLED". When you use two verbs in a sentence, the first will show the tense change, not the second. So it could be: "I PROMISE to write" or "I PROMISED to write". Not "I promised to wrote".
Your sentence is also correct and it may be more appropriate, that would depend on context. "Call" would indicate just one call and "calling" many times.
I am actually a very experienced private tutor, so I can really assure you that this is correct! It isn't the first time I have seen this kind of thing, believe me!
Thanks for all your comments!
You must be logged in to be able to reply.
Login now
Copy Link
Facebook
Gmail
Mail