We've had a lot of requests for another find the mistakes quiz. Like last month's lesson, all you have to do find the one mistake in each sentence. Rewrite the correct sentences in the comments area.
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1) I'll be with you in a moment, please being patient.
2) She do judo in her spare time.
To be is one of the most common and confusing English verbs. It tells us what something is, who they are and what I am.
I go home. Home is my place to rest. I like the smell of my house. I feel totally relaxed. Home refreshes me. At home, I get ready for a new day.
"Be" verbs indicate a state of being.
Subject verb agreement is very important:
I am English.
He is funny.
We are late.
Negatives:
verb + not = negative sentence
All and whole are determiners.
All the school took part in the festival. all + noun
The whole school took part in the festival. whole + noun
The can be used with all and whole:
He's busy all the time. - use the after all.
Use have to do something to talk about your responsibilities and necessities.
I have to wear a suit to work.
Do we have to give our teacher our homework now?
They're had to rewrite the report.
Although must has the same meaning, it is used when the action is not a rule or law.
Read through these ten questions. Each question has three similar sentences, only one of which is correct.
Choose the sentence you think is right from the three given choices and let us know how you did.
Each of these sentences has a mistake. Can you find the ten mistakes?
Leave your answers in the comments area.
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1) A poor remain poor.
2) These is the ones I was telling you about.
3) The horse look peaceful in the field below us.
4) Are you sure she went to an university in London?
5) He goes over all the information in him mind.
6) Sarah and Matthew has walked all the way through this valley.
The three aticles in English are a, an and the. They are used before nouns to give us more information.
A and an are indefinite articles. Use indefinite articles before countable nouns.
Use a/an when it is not imortant or not known which thing (noun) we are talking about.
Let's watch a movie tonight. - Which restaurant hasn't been decided yet.
Why is was used in the first sentence and were in the second?
If I were a millionaire, I would buy a yacht.
If I was late, it was because I got stuck in traffic.
Use were when talking about imagined, hypothetical situations.
If I were you, I would book a flight now.
If you were an animal, you would be a cat!
I would ask her out on a date if I were ten years younger!
November 27, 2014, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
_1_ 1863 Thanksgiving has been an annual holiday in America.
The holiday _2_ a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621, and is held in the US on the fourth Thursday in November. A _3_ holiday is held in Canada, usually on the second Monday in October.
Here are ten sentences. Each one has a mistake. What are the ten mistakes? As you read the sentences, think about grammar, spelling, parts of speech and word forms.
Write your answers in the comments area below.
1 - This trousers are too tight for me.
2 - Have you ever seeing a monkey in the wild?
3 - She's been living in London since six months.
4 - Its much colder today than yesterday.
5 - Driving in bad weather can be danger.
6 - We are begining to see more and more birds in our garden.
7 - Are their more of those biscuits?
