IELTS Grammar: correct the mistakes

Find and correct the mistake in each of the sentences below:

1. Technology allowed the growing of factories.
2. Parents should be more conscious on their children’s online activities.
3. The Internet allows people from all over the world to involve in discussions about current events.

I'll put my answers in the "comments" area tomorrow.

Comments

[sulaiman]

1. Technology allowed the growing of factories.
Technology allowed the growing factories
2. Parents should be more conscious on their children’s online activities.
Parents should be more conscious on children’s online activities.

3. The Internet allows people from all over the world to involve in discussions about current events
The Internet allows people from all over the world to be involved in discussions about current events

[Marguerite]

Here is my answer:

1.Technology allows the growth of factories. (Telling a fact so the simple present tense should be used)

2.Parents should be more conscious of their children’s online activities.

3.The Internet allows people from all over the world to involve in discussions on current events.

I really enjoy all your IELTS Grammar - correcting mistakes. I've found them very helpful. Thank you very much, Simon.

[Rocky]

1... Technology allowed the growth of factories.
2... Parents should be more conscious with their children’s online activities.
3... The Internet allows people from all over the world to get involve in discussions about current events.

[Ghurdan]

1.Technology allows the growth of factories.
2.Parents should be more conscious of their children's online activities.
3.The Internet allows people from all over the world to get involved in discussions about current events.

[Sunny]

Here is my answer:

1.Technology allowed the growth of factories.
2.Parents should be more conscious of their children’s online activities.
3.The Internet allows people all over the world to be/get involved in discussions about current events.

[Nafei Ahmed]

Hi Simon,
Sunday morning programs,on BBC is really amazing. Three topics extremely important.
1-If you witness a crime should you walk on by.
2-Should we assist immigrant to speak English.
3-It is right to leave your money to animals.
I would like to help me about this topics if you can.
Thanks
Nafi

[ahmed S]

1.Technology allows the growing of factories.

2.Parents should be more conscious of their children’s online activities.

3.The Internet allows people from all over the world to involve themself in discussions about recent events.

[Allan]

Technology allows the growth of factories.
Parents should be more conscious in their children's online activities.
Internet allows people from all over the world to involve in discussions about recent events.

[Kathy]

Technology allowed factories to grow.
Parents should be more aware of their children's online activities.
The internet allows people from all over the world to be involved in discussions about current events.

[Kathy]

or... Parents should be more conscious about their children's online activities.

[dizzy]

hi, Simon.
Just have a question regarding the writing task one blog you posted before.
I always find 150 words is not enough to cover all the important points in question. I have heard form my partner that write a good paragraph to describe the general information, and in the next paragraph all I need to do is to compare or write about the ' highest' 'biggest', etc.
what is your suggestion? Do I lose marks for not being able to cover all the points? and what does the 'highest' 'biggest' mean?

Thanks
Dizzy

[Masuma]

Hi Simon
1. Technology allows the growth of factories.
2. Parents should be more concious of their children's internet activities.
3.The Internet allows people from all over the world to involve in discussions of current events.

thanks Masuma

[Simon]

CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:

1. Technology allowed the GROWTH of factories.
(past or present simple depending on the context)
2. Parents should be more conscious OF (or "aware of") their children’s online activities.
3. The Internet allows people all over the world to BE/BECOME/GET involvED in discussions about current events.

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Hi Nafei,

I definitely recommend watching those programmes. Maybe you could make some notes about what the people say on the programme, or you could search for those topics on the Internet to find articles about them.

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Hi Dizzy,

You don't have time to describe everything shown on the chart/graph etc.

Have a look through my task 1 lessons here on the site to see examples of how I select and describe the information.

The highest numbers shown on a chart or graph are usually good points to include in your essay.

[Amad]

1.Technology allowed the growth of factories.
2.Parents should be more cacious about their children’s online activities.
3.The Internet allows people from all over the world to be involved in discussions about current events.

[Simon]

Correct Amad. Just check the spelling of "conscious".

[Hamza]

Technology allowed the growth of factories.

Parents should be more conscious of their children’s online activities.

The Internet allows people from all over the world to get involved in discussions about current events.

[Simon]

Correct.

[SamJones]

Thanks Simon for your posting
why do we have to use get/be/become involved here?

[Simon]

Hi Sam,

You can't say, for example, "he involve(s/d) in". You need to say "he IS/GETS/BECOMES involved in".

It's just the way we use the word "involve" when talking about people.