Read through these ten sentences. Each sentence has one mistake. Find the mistakes, tell us why they are mistakes and what should the correct sentence be? Write your answers in the comments area.
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The world's media has been captivated by Oprah Winfrey's recent interview with _1_ cyclist Lance Armstrong. Watched by tens of millions, In his first interview since he was stripped of his Tour de France titles, Armstrong admitted using _2_ drugs or blood transfusions during all seven of his victories.
How would you answer this question?
"How long have you been learning English?"
"I have been learning English for ___."
"I have been learning English since ___."
For and since can be used when talking about time in present perfect sentences (for can be used with all tenses).
With the present perfect tense we can use both been and gone.
Been is the past participle of be.
Gone is the past participle of go.
Aesop's fables are a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop. Aesop lived over 2000 and his many fables are known throughout the world.
The main characters in these stories, and in all fables, are animals they teach us a moral lesson.
What type of person do you go for (what kind of person are you attracted to)? If you hit it off with someone then you immediately like and become friendly with them. When you talk in a way that shows them that you are attracted to them and you try to make them attracted to you, you chat up that person. You pair off with someone when you start a relationship with them.
Read the following article about libraries and fill the gaps with the missing words. I hope you take the advice offered!
How would you read LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and how would you read NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
LCD is an abbreviation. When we say the word we say it as three separate letters L-C-D.
NATO is an acronym. When we say an acronym we say it like a usual word, nato.
Wow, where did 2012 go? It seems like it was only a short time we were _1_ the start of 2012.
Last night from the _2_ New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to fireworks in London, the world was already welcoming 2013!
Did you celebrate the new year, if you did, how did you? Did you _3_ a party or stay at home with friends?
A carpenter uses both nails and screws. Nails are used with hammers. Screws are used with screwdrivers. Nail and screw are also used in these expressions.
Screw up: to make a mistake; to do something incorrectly.
“I don't know what I did, but I somehow screwed up the computer.”
