Common Errors in the Use of Verbs – Part II
October 29th, 2009 in Common Mistakes, ESL
Incorrect: He has stole my pen.
Correct: He has stolen my pen.
Incorrect: John has often beat me at tennis.
Correct: John has often beaten me at tennis.
October 29th, 2009 in Common Mistakes, ESL
Incorrect: He has stole my pen.
Correct: He has stolen my pen.
Incorrect: John has often beat me at tennis.
Correct: John has often beaten me at tennis.
October 29th, 2009 in Common Mistakes, ESL
Incorrect: He told her that he will come.
Correct: He told her that he would come.
October 29th, 2009 in ESL, Vocabulary, Words
Again and again: frequently, repeatedly
We shouldn’t commit the same mistake again and again.
Now and again: once in a while, at times, from time to time, occasionally
October 28th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
The subject must agree with the verb in number and person. Basic rules of sentence agreement are given here.
October 26th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
The indefinite article (a/an) is used before a noun in the following cases:
a) To convey the numerical sense of one
I have a pen.
There is a cat on the roof.
A hundred kilos make a quintal.
October 25th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
Kinds of Sentences
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence consists of a single main clause.
She wrote a letter.
They visited us yesterday.
It is snowing.
We have been waiting for hours.
Good books build character.
Birds of a feather flock together.
October 25th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning
A sentence is the largest grammatical unit in any language. In English, a sentence always contains a subject and a predicate.