Identify the word that has to be removed from the following sentences to make them grammatically correct.
1. They went out despite of the rain.
You have to use despite or in spite of.
2. Raju, who is my cousin, he is a painter.
The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the verb in the relative clause.
3. No matter what that I do, nothing seems to work.
4. We discussed about his problems when we met yesterday.
Discuss is one of those verbs that are not followed by a preposition.
5. The boy that you find over there he is my son.
6. I have had an unforgettable experience yesterday.
We cannot use the present perfect with past time expressions.
7. I want that you to tell me what happened.
8. As you know that I work very hard.
9. He plays the hockey for a local team.
We say hockey, not the hockey.
10. What a terrible weather we are having.
Weather is uncountable. We cannot use a with it.
11. I had left my keys on the table.
To simply state that we did something in the past, use the simple past.
12. She resembles of her mother.
Answers
1. They went out despite the rain
2. Raju, who is my cousin, is a painter.
3. No matter what I do, nothing seems to work.
4. We discussed his problems when we met yesterday.
5. The boy that you find over there is my son.
6. I had an unforgettable experience yesterday.
7. I want you to tell me what happened.
8. As you know I work very hard. / You know that I work very hard.
9. He plays hockey for a local team.
10. What terrible whether we are having.
11. I left my keys on the table.
12. She resembles her mother.
