Grammar Overview
Find the mistake in each sentence:
1. You can have an apple or an orange. SIMPLE SENTENCE
2. You can have an apple, or you can have an orange. COMPOUND SENTENCE
.or , and ,but ,so FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so
3. The English teacher began talking / began to talk right at 10:20.
She likes to ski. She likes skiing.
He hates to ski. He hates skiing.
He dislikes tofu.
4. The small children are playing in the park.
The small child is playing in the park.
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
5. They are going to see a movie.
They are going to the theatre to see a movie.
They are going out to see a movie.
PREPOSITIONS
6. Can I have your old phone? If you buy that new one?
SENTENCE FRAGMENT
Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one?
If you buy that new phone, can I have your old one?
ADVERB CLAUSE
when
When it’s cold, I wear a sweater.
I wear a sweater when it’s cold.
because
I will come late because I feel sick.
Because I feel sick, I will come late.
7. In the park by the tree over there.
The dog is in the park by the tree over there.
8. He can go to Science World.
MODALS can could would should might may will must
9. He has a coat. The coat is red.
He has a red coat. He has a coat which is red. He has a coat that is red.
He has a cat who is red.
He has a coat, and the coat is red.
10. My aunt was a good student when she was a child.
11. His daughter is a five-year-old girl.
NOUN MODIFIES A NOUN NO S
His daughter is five years old.
His daughter is a five-year-old girl.
This is a two-hour English class.
12. She asks him to help her fold the laundry.
13. The boxes of photographs are stored/ are kept in the attic.
PASSIVE VOICE
14. It’s supposed to rain today.
Let’s cancel our picnic because it’s supposed to rain today.
15. She wants to go, but she has to work. Maybe she’ll be late.
RUN ON SENTENCE
16. This is the happiest day of my life!
ADJECTIVE FORM
17. Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs.
APPOSITIVE
Shelley who is my best friend has two dogs.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE
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