Writing prompt: Lucy's grandmother is telling her about life several years ago. The environment where she lived has changed significantly. Using the provided hints and sentence patterns, write a short English essay about these changes.
Writing hints: different; flats; fields; bushes; buildings.
Reference sentence patterns: There was/were... ; There wasn't/weren't any... ; There was/were no...

Student essay:
Lucy's grandma lived in a village in a few year but now the village have a big change. It becomes very different. In a few year, there was a big lake and many hills around it. There was a big field and many bushes. Now, there were many flats on the hills and there are many buildings. The live is more better.

Corrected essay:
Lucy's grandma lived in a village a few years ago, but now the village has a big change. It becomes very different. A few years ago, there was a big lake and many hills around it. There was a big field and many bushes. Now, there are many flats on the hills and there are many buildings. Life is better.

Error analysis:
error_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village in a few year but now the village have a big change.
correct_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village a few years ago, but now the village has a big change.
error: in
error_type: Word Redundancy Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Word Redundancy Error: According to the sentence meaning, this should indicate past time, therefore the redundant preposition 〈in〉 is deleted and modified to the correct time adverbial 『a few years ago』 to conform to grammatical rules.
error_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village in a few year but now the village have a big change.
correct_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village a few years ago, but now the village has a big change.
error: year
correction: years ago,
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 5
error_description: ① Noun Number Error: According to English grammar rules, 〈year〉 indicating a period of time needs to be in plural form to match the plural meaning, so the singular noun 〈year〉 is changed to the plural noun 『years』 to maintain number consistency; ② Adverb Error: According to the sentence meaning and English time expression conventions, the time adverb 『ago』 needs to be added to clarify the action happened in the past, therefore 〈year〉 is modified to the complete time adverbial phrase 『years ago』 to make the time expression more accurate.
error_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village in a few year but now the village have a big change.
correct_sentence: Lucy's grandma lived in a village a few years ago, but now the village has a big change.
error: have
correction: has
error_type: Subject-Verb Agreement Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Subject-Verb Agreement Error: The subject 〈the village〉 is in the third-person singular form; according to the English subject-verb agreement principle, the predicate verb needs to be in the singular form, therefore the plural verb 〈have〉 is changed to the singular verb 『has』 to maintain subject-verb agreement.
error_sentence: In a few year, there was a big lake and many hills around it.
correct_sentence: A few years ago, there was a big lake and many hills around it.
error: In a few year
correction: A few years ago
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 5
error_description: ① Preposition Error: According to the sentence meaning, this should be a past time adverbial, therefore the preposition 〈in〉 is deleted and modified to the correct time adverbial 『a few years ago』 to conform to grammatical rules; ② Noun Number Error: According to English grammar rules, 〈year〉 indicating a period of time needs to be in plural form to match the plural meaning, so the singular noun 〈year〉 is changed to the plural noun 『years』 to maintain number consistency; ③ Adverb Error: According to the sentence meaning and English time expression conventions, the time adverb 『ago』 needs to be added to clarify the action happened in the past, therefore 〈year〉 is modified to the complete time adverbial phrase 『years ago』 to make the time expression more accurate.
error_sentence: Now, there were many flats on the hills and there are many buildings.
correct_sentence: Now, there are many flats on the hills and there are many buildings.
error: were
correction: are
error_type: Verb Tense Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Verb Tense Error: According to English grammar rules, the present simple tense should be used to describe the current state or fact, therefore the past tense verb 〈were〉 is changed to the present tense verb 『are』 to make the tense conform to the contextual requirements.
error_sentence: The live is more better.
correct_sentence: Life is better.
error: The live is more
correction: Life is
error_type: Word Redundancy Error
error_severity: 5
error_description: ① Determiner Error: According to the original sentence, expressing 'life is getting better' does not require the determiner 〈the〉 to modify the specific noun 『life』, therefore 〈the〉 needs to be deleted to conform to determiner modification rules; ② PoS Confusion Error: According to the sentence meaning and English part-of-speech collocation rules, the noun form should be used here to express the concept of 'life', therefore the verb 〈live〉 is changed to the noun 『life』 to ensure part-of-speech accuracy; ③ Word Redundancy Error: According to English grammar rules, 〈better〉 itself is already in the comparative form; adding 〈more〉 constitutes a double comparative error, therefore the redundant adverb 〈more〉 is deleted, retaining the correct comparative form 『better』.