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Grammar

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Query

Please correct this sentence.

He is abusing the money of his father.

Correct me please

Crown Prince Charles of Great Britain is ………….heir to the throne.
What's the best article to fill in?

10 sentences, 10 mistakes! But can you find them all?

Average: 3.5 (363 votes)

Below are ten sentences. Each sentence has one mistake. Only choose one option per sentence.

Use the comments area to explain what the mistakes are, why they are mistakes and what the correct sentence should be!

Which question is the most difficult? We think number nine!

Am, Are and Is

Average: 3.7 (461 votes)

English verbs have different forms in the simple present tense depending on the number and person of the subject. It is important that the verb and the subject agree. For the verb be these are:

Singular Present

I am 1st person

You are 2nd person

He is / she is / it is 3rd person

Singular Past

I was 1st person

You were 2nd person

Polite sentences

Hi,
I am trying to write a text about some work I have done and in that text I am asking my colleagues to contribute for this idea of mine. I am just confused which one is the correct and the polite way of asking.

the sentence is like this

1. No idea works without contribution, so we need your contribution.
2. No idea works without contribution, so we request you to contribute to make the learning experience better and interactive.

Please tell me which is more polite?

20 Mixed Preposition Questions

Average: 3.9 (641 votes)

Prepositions are the words found before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives.

They give us more information on where, when and why things happen.

Using the wrong preposition is a common mistake made by English learners.

Choose the best preposition in each sentence:

What parts of the speech are "right" and "back" in this sentence?

I will call you right back.

Are both "right" and "back" nouns?

Using the Past Perfect Tense

Average: 3.8 (164 votes)

The past perfect tense is used to express action completed in the past:

"She had eaten is an example of the tense."

The past perfect tense represents action that occurs BEFORE another past action:

"My boss had gone before I had the chance to see him."

How to Form the Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense uses had + the past participle of the main verb

"She had never tried surfing before she visited Australia."

Simple Past Tense Exercise

Average: 2.7 (431 votes)

Use the simple past tense to talk about actions that have already finished. It doesn't matter when in the past they happened or how long they happened for.

Take a look and compare the present tense verbs with simple past tense verbs in these two sentences.

Present:
I take my young brother to the park and buy him an ice-cream. We kick around a football, laugh and talk for hours.