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Page 1: Top 10 Grammatical Mistakes

Top 10 Grammatical Mistakes

By Janice Wei

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1. Subject- verb Agreement    For example:      1. ( Is Are ) rice or noodles your favorite food?

  2. Neither of the choices ( was were ) available today.

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2.Pronoun-antecedent Agreement

1. The dog dropped ( his her its) bone.

2. The policeman looks good in ( his her its) new       uniform.

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3.Pronoun Case

1. ( We Us ) girls can always help.

2. Yes, it was Bill and ( he him ).

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4.Verb Forms

1. The baby already ( drank drunk ) two bottles of        milk  before dinner.

2. The man he rescued almost ( drownded drowned ).

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5.Idioms

1. Parents should not prefer one child ( to over)     another.

2. We are desirous ( to of) learning more English.

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6.Who or Whom?

1. The highest score will be received by ( whoever      whomever) does the best on this quiz.

2. The man to ( who whom) you spoke is Jason's       father.

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7. Lie or Lay?

1. The workers came to ( lie lay) the new carpet.

2. The old couple always liked to ( lie lay) down for a      nap every afternoon.

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8. Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Bruce was happy that he did so ( good well) on his     exam.

2. She was ( real really) hungry, too.

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9. Diction I

1. Sally looked ( as if like) she were going to cry.

2. The plumber fixed the ( continual continuous) drip     of the faucet.

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10. Diction II

1. There were ( fewer less) cars on the highway than     we expected.

2. I ( surely sure) do thank you for helping me.