EF2/3 Grammar Overview

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

3.    The English teacher began to talk/ began talking right at 10:20.

VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

4.    The small child is playing / children are playing in the park.

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

5.    They are going out to see a movie.

PREPOSITIONS

6.    Can I have your old phone if you buy that new one?

SENTENCE FRAGMENT

7.    The dog is in the park by the tree over there.

SENTENCE FRAGMENT

8.    He can go to Science World.

MODALS/ MODAL AUXILIARIES

9.    He has a coat, and the coat is red.

He has a red coat.

He has a coat which is red. ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

10.                       My aunt was a good student when she was a

child.

VERB TENSE

11.                       His daughter is five years old.

His daughter is a five-years-old girl.

His daughter is a five-year-old girl.

NOUNS AS MODIFIERS

12.                       She asks him to help her to fold the laundry.

CAUSATIVE VERBS

13.                       The boxes of photographs are stored in the attic.

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

14.                       It’s supposed to rain today.

Because it’s supposed to rain today, we need to carry an umbrella.

SENTENCE FRAGMENT

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 is my best friend.  She has two dogs.

Shelley who is my best friend has two dogs.

Shelley, my best friend, has two dogs.

APPOSITIVE