Dear Readers,
I am your student who love to learn and never stopped learn. Please help me to correct the mistake on below and teach me some better word that I can use ..
What do you think is the best response to each question?
1) What did John say?
a) He said he would call you tonight.
b) He saying he would call you tonight.
c) He calling you tonight he said.
The correct answer is a) 'He said he would call you tonight' because it is the correct use of reported speech.
2) Have you seen Belinda?
a) I haven't seen her since 3 days.
b) I haven't seen her for 3 days.
c) I seen her 3 days ago.
Will you please proofread it? ( for any grammatical and vocabulary mistakes) thanks in advance
The confusion between amount and number is common but can be easily overcome. They are not interchangable - their use relates to countable and uncountable nouns.
Amount
Use amount is with uncountable nouns and abstract nouns:
amount of time
amount of snow
amount of noise
amount of love (abstract noun)
amount of pride (abstract noun)
Number
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.
Click 'Show Answers' to see the correct sentences.
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.
Hello,
I was reading a story and I saw this sentence:
"I had never been bowling before"
My doubts are two:
1. I've learnt that the collocation with the word "bowling" is "TO GO bowling", so I would have said: I had never gone bowling before", is the meaning the same?
2. Why have they used a continuous tense with the adverb "never", for example is there any difference between "I had never read that book" and "I had never been reading that book"
