Q17 There are about 10 grammar mistakes each, in the three paragraphs below. Identify and correct them. Please note DO NOT change the meaning of the words, e.g pessimistic to optimistic. Joe Smith is a fifty-five year old Englishman who lives in London all his life. He was married to a doctor for 15 years, but they have got divorced two years ago and he now lives alone. He was recently fired from his job as architect and is now unemployed. He is pessimistic that he will be able to find another job before he will retire. His two daughters, one of which is 17 and the other 13, lives with his ex-wife. The older girl has recently become pregnant and would like to keeping the baby even though she don’t intend to get married. Both Joe and his ex-wife think that she is too young for the responsibility of bringing up a child as a single parent and have advised her having an abortion. She refuses to listen to them and is running out of the room when they bring up the subject.

Joe Smith is a fifty-five-year-old Englishman who has lived in London all his life. He was married to a doctor for 15 years, but they got divorced two years ago and he now lives alone. He was recently fired from his job as an architect and is now unemployed. He is pessimistic that he will be able to find another job before he retires. His two daughters, one of whom is 17 and the other 13, live with his ex-wife. The older girl has recently become pregnant and would like to keep the baby even though she doesn't intend to get married. Both Joe and his ex-wife think that she is too young for the responsibility of bringing up a child as a single parent and have advised her to have an abortion. She refuses to listen to them and runs out of the room when they bring up the subject.

Joe Smith is a fifty-five-year-old Englishman who has lived in London all his life. He was married to a doctor for 15 years, but they got divorced two years ago and he now lives alone. He was recently fired from his job as an architect and is now unemployed. He is pessimistic that he will be able to find another job before he retires. His two daughters, one of whom is 17 and the other 13, live with his ex-wife. The older girl has recently become pregnant and would like to keep the baby even though she doesn't intend to get married. Both Joe and his ex-wife think that she is too young for the responsibility of bringing up a child as a single parent and have advised her to have an abortion. She refuses to listen to them and runs out of the room when they bring up the subject.