Hi, my friends! It is time to post one more grammar test, isn’t it? You know what to do! You should correct all the mistakes without changing the meaning of my sentences. This test is not easy but it is not the toughest I can propose. So, here you are!
- At the bar I didn’t recognize the guy stared on me despite he rode the same with me cab.
- We were standing by window and watched the falling down snow.
- Serving the dinner, the committee went on to work.
- I am sorry did not to follow your advice getting into a trouble as a result.
- Best thing you can do is forgetting her until it is not late.
- Being heard someone’s calling me I looked from out the window to see whom was it.
- If I knew she would be upset by my call, I wouldn’t have never dialed her number.
- This castle is considered to found with the help of Romans.
- She didn’t expect his coming so early and didn’t get herself ready before he arrived.
- I didn’t know when was his plane arriving and I called the airport so that I find it out.
The deadline is October 30.
Have a great time!
The correct sentences:
- I didn’t recognize the guy staring at me in the bar although we had ridden the same cab.
- We were standing by the window (and) watching the snow falling down.
- Having been served dinner, the committee went on working.
- I am sorry not to have followed your advice and to have got into a trouble as a result.
- Best thing for you to do is to forget her before it is too late.
- Having heard someone call me I looked out of the window to see who it was.
- If I had known she was going to be upset by my call, I would have never dialed her number.
- This castle is considered to have been founded by the Romans.
- She hadn’t expected him to come so early and hadn’t got herself ready before he arrived.
- I didn’t know when his plane arrived and (I) called the airport to find it out.
Thanks for participation!
Comments
Dear Teresa. I am glad to see your second attempt. It is much better than the first.
1. Correct.
2. Correct.
3. Look, the members of the committee didn't erve dinner. It was served for them.
4. "For not follow". What is that?
5. I would accept it as correct if the last clause were affirmative.
6. No, it is wrong. Try to correct my sentence instead of writing your own.
7. The wrong tense in the second clause.
8. Now we think that the castle was founded by the Romans many centuries ago.
9. No, it is incorrect.
10. Why did you use the past perfect tense? It is incorrect. Besides, the end of the sentence is incorrect, too. SO THAT clause sounds ridiculous here.
Don't give up! You still have enough time to correct all the mistakes.
Dear Rose, ofcourse, 6 is correct npw. Thanks for such a nice story!Most of non-finite forms are used correctly. And yes, we do enjoy correcting your mistakes. They are the source of our inspiration! Hahaha!
Dear Danny, how was your weekend? Thanks for your comments on my first attempt & I'm sorry to hear that most of all are incorrect. However, I'm not able to find the mistake. I try again & here are my second attempt.
1. In the bar, I didn't recognize the guy who was staring at me, although we had ridden the same cab.
2. We were standing by the window and watching the snow falling.
3. The committee went on working after serving dinner./ After serving dinner, the committee went on working.
4. I'm sorry for not follow your advice and I got into trouble as a result.
5. The best thing you can do is to forget her before it is not late.
6. Someone was calling me from outside, I looked out the window to see whom she/he was.
7. If I had known, she would be upset by my call, I would have never dialed her number.
8. This castle was considered to found with Romans’ help.
9. She had not expected his coming so early before getting herself ready.
10. I hadn’t known when his plane arrived and I had called the airport so that I found it out.
I come up with my last sentence. Practice makes perfect.... I hope it is correct now.
6. Having heard someone call me, I looked out of the window to see who it was.
Let me say the following to all participants, please:
Tanya and Danny always want us to write proper English sentences by considering the correct grammar rules.
I can't stand my failing all the time. I hate it.
To decide using the infinitive or the gerund is always a big challenge to me.
Danny asked me if we use in German (my native language) similar rules like gerunds. Of course, we do.
In German, we change verbs to nouns as well as in Eglish, and we can use them as the subject, the complement, or the object of a sentence.
It's well-known, German grammar rules are more complicated than the English ones.
Using grammar automatically is natural in our mother tongue.
Correct speaking and writing are natural because we must not think about rules.
Tanya and Danny always mind helping us correct our mistakes. They always asked attending the rules. Sometimes I wonder why they keep patiently.
If I was Tanya or Danny, and in case we kept complaining to correct our mistakes, again and again, it would annoy me. (LOL)
I can't believe that they enjoy reading our writings though Danny always enjoys writing his funny stories of his nightmares.
Our mistakes are the ideas for writing.
So we all have an advantage.
(Did I use the infinitive and gerund correctly ? )
Dear Bet! Danny gave you two correct options and explained them. Answering your question, CALL is an infinitive. It doesn't have the past simple form at all. It is not a predicate. SOMEONE CALL is a complement. Only a main verb can be in the past simple form. I though we had posted some blogs explaining the Compex Object but I can't find any. I will look through the blogs once again.
Dear Mishaink, I am very glad to see you on my test but I am really sorry to say that almost all sentences are incorrect. So, let's see what mistakes you have made or haven't corrected.
1. "AT the bar". It is not a big deal but I mean that the people were inside. However, the most principle mistake is that DESPITE can't be followed by a clause.
2. Correct.
3. First, "go on" is corrcet. It means 'to continue". The meaning of the sentence is that the members of the committee were served dinner, ate it and then continued their work.
4. Such form of the infinitive doesn't tell us that the advice was given earlier.
5. It is not bad.
6. The verb "to hear" must be followed by the infinitive without TO. So, SOMEONE'S is wrong. It means that CALLING is a gerund. Besides, we look OUT OF the window. Also, the word order in the last clause is incorrect. It is not a question.
7. It is the unreal condition in the past. So, the tense in the first clause is wrong. The second clause can't contain any modal verb. In the third clause is a wrong position of an adverb.
8. It is correct to use the infinitive after CONSIDER. But look here, now we think that the castle was founded. The infinitive must be in tyhedifferent form. Besides, "with the help of" sounds strange, doesn't it? Either they founded it or not. ROMANS defines a nation.
9. It is not bad. Your sentence is correct although it is not what I meant.
10. Planes arrive on schedule. The tense is wrong. Besides, "find it out".
Thank you and try to correct your mistakes, please!
1. At the bar, I didn’t recognize the guy, who was staring at me despite he rode with me in the same cab.
2. We were standing by the window and watching the snow falling.
3. While the dinner was served, the committee kept working.
4. I am sorry not to follow your advice and got into trouble in the result.
5. The best thing you can do is to forget her before it is not late.
6. Hearing someone’s calling me I looked out the window to see who was it.
7. If I knew she would be upset by my call, I wouldn’t have dialed her number.
8. This castle is considered to be found with the help of Romans.
9. She didn’t expect his coming so early otherwise she would have got herself ready before he arrived.
10. I didn’t know when his plane was arriving so I called the airport to find out.
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