CORRECTION OF SENTENCES EXCERCISE 1

EXERCISE. 1

1. The last innings of the test match is underway.

• The last inning of the test match is underway.
• The last innings of the test match are underway.
• The last inning of the test match is underway.
• The last innings of the test match is underway.

2. He had forty cattle.

• He had forty cattles.
• He had forty heads of a cattles.
• He had forty head of cattle.
• He had forty head of cattles.

3. Do your hairs, they look so untidy.

• Do your hairs, they look so untidy.
• Do your hair, it look so untidy.
• Do your hairs, it look so untidy.
• Do your hair, they look so untidy.

4. This spectacle is very costly.

• This spectacle is very costly.
• This spectacles is very costly.
• These spectacles is very costly.
• These spectacles are very costly.

5. His performance was better than me.

• His performance was better than I.
• His performance was better then I.
• His performance was better than me.
• His performance was better than mine’s.

6. Give some books to him and I.

• Give some books to him and me.
• Give some books to I and he.
• Give some books to him and I.
• Give some books to he and me.

7. I am sincerely your’s.

• I am sincerely your.
• I am sincerely yours.
• I am sincerely your’s.
• I am your’s sincerely.

8. I have no objection to your going there.

• I have no objection to you going there.
• I have no objection to your going there.
• I have no objection to yours going there.
• I have no objection to you going there.

9. He absented from the class yesterday.

• He absented himself from the class yesterday.
• He absented him from the class yesterday.
• He himself absented him from the class yesterday.
• He absented from the class yesterday.

10. Everyone in the class raised their hands.

• Everyone in the class raised her hands.
• Everyone in the class raised one’s hand.
• Everyone in the class raised his hands.
• Everyone in the class raised their hands.

Answers:

1	D	Read moreHow to Make a Lesson Planner 6	A
2	C	Read moreWhat is Lesson Planning 7	B
3	B	Read moreExamples of Effective Lesson Plans 8	B
4	D	9	A
5	A	10	C

11. All the plural nouns are to be replaced by third person plural noun “They”

            Example:         The mothers should realize that you are responsible citizens.           

                                    The mothers should realize that they are responsible citizens.

12        The correct order of pronouns for good purposes is 2 3 1 (2^nd, 3^rd and 1^st person)

            Example:         I, you and he are very good friends. (Incorrect)

You, he and I are very good friends. (Correct)

13. We use “very” before the 1^st degree of adjectives and we use “much” before the 2^nd degree of adjectives.

            Example:         I am feeling very better now. (Incorrect)       

                                    I am feeling much better now. (Correct)       

14. Some adjectives Senior, junior, superior, inferior etc) are followed by ‘to’

            Example:         Mr. Ali is senior from me. (Incorrect)           

                                    Mr. Ali is senior to me. (Correct)       

15. Some adjectives can’t be compared e.g unique, ideal, perfect etc.

            Example:         This car is more unique. (Incorrect)

                                    This car is unique. (Correct)

16. We do not use article “a” after “kind, type, sort” but we generally use it after “make”

            Example:         I do not like this type of a student. (Incorrect)          

                                    I do not like this type of student. (Correct)   

17. As a general rule we do not use articles (a, an, the) before proper (Ghalib), abstract (honesty) and material (Gold) nouns.

            Example:         The gold is a very precious metal. (Incorrect)           

                                    Gold is a very precious metal. (Correct)        

18. As a specific rule, we use article before these nouns to specify or to compare.

            Example:         He is Ghalib of today.  (Incorrect)

                                    He is the Ghalib of today.  (Correct)

19. As a general rule, we do not use article “the” before the 2^nd degree of adjective.

            Example:         This is the better than that. (Incorrect)           

                                    This is better than that . (Correct)       

20        As a specific rule, we use article “the” before the 2^nd degree of adjective if there is a pair of them or if there is “of the” or “out of”.

            Example:         Of the two boys, he is better.  (Incorrect)

                                    Of the two boys, he is the better. (Correct)