Grammar exercise: common mistakes in English

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The following sentences contain errors (missing or excess words, spelling mistakes…). There may be several mistakes in some sentences. Correct them!

Exercise 6

Examples:

• Tom is best student in the class. → Tom is the best student in the class.
• There is some books on the table. → There is are some books on the table.

1. Everybody are happy. →  
2. Paul gave to Linda the keys. →  
   
3. Tokyo is more big than London. →  
4. I don’t dance good. →  
5. I’ll explain you the problem. →  
6. Their going to be here soon →  
7. I have four childrens. →  
8. I explain her the problem. →  
9. She doesn’t stop telling lies. →  
10. I am used to working a lot. →  
11. I speak very well Spanish. →  
12. It depends of the weather. →  
13. Do you know where is the restaurant? →  
14. Right now I cook dinner. →  
15. I’m not very good for cooking. →  

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ANSWERS

1. Everybody are happy. → Everybody is happy.
2. Paul gave to Linda the keys. → Paul gave Linda the keys / Paul gave the keys to Linda.
3. Tokyo is more big than London. → Tokyo is bigger than London.
4. I don’t dance good. → I don’t dance well.
5. I’ll explain you the problem. → I’ll explain the problem to you.
6. Their going to be here soon → They’re going to be here soon
7. I have four childrens. → I have four children.
8. I explain her the problem. → I explained the problem to her.
9. She doesn’t stop telling lies. → She keeps telling lies.
10. I am used to working a lot. → I am used to work a lot.
11. I speak very well Spanish. → I speak Spanish very well.
12. It depends of the weather. → It depends on the weather.
13. Do you know where is the restaurant? → Do you know where the restaurant is?
14. Right now I cook dinner. → Right now I am cooking dinner.
15. I’m not very good for cooking. → I’m not very good at cooking.

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