General grammar revision – typical errors

Here are 19 sentences, each of which has one or two grammatical mistakes.

Can you say what the mistakes are and why they are mistakes?

1. Oh yes, they are married a very long time now.

2. The stones on that beach are sharp. One ought to wear shoes. Otherwise one may cut his feet bad.

3. However hardly I try I can never succeed to arrive before the boss.

4. We have been introduced to him once upon a time.

5. He has no one of the charm of his father.

6. I don’t go to the cinema very often nowadays because I use to study three or four hours every night for the examination next month.

7. I don’t know how to begin to thank you. You are really the most generously.

8. In life, a humour is as necessary as a good health.

9. That clock that we repaired only last week, has stopped again.

10. The doctor said to him to go to bed and stay there.

11. The news are a good deal better this morning.

12. He told that they might meet each other a little bit later today.

13. A wet Sunday can be put top good use by doing all the things that we have been putting off doing.

14. No we shall not go there unless we shall be asked.

15. You know, between you and I, I think he may not be telling the truth.

16. No, sir! I deny it absolutely. I have never and I could never do such a thing.

17. Being such a miserable morning, I decided to have a lie-in.

18. He went neither to the cinema or to the theatre during the whole of last term.

19. The curry tastes hot just like it should do.

SOLUTIONS:

1. have been married for…

2. one’s feet

3. hard

4. were introduced

5. none of his father’s charm

6. I’m used to studying

7. where to begin, generous

8. humour, good health

9. That clock, that…

10. told him

11. much better

12. told me, meet a little bit later that day

13. to good

14. No, we, we are asked to

15. you and me

16. could have never done

17. It being…

18. nor to the theatre

19. just as