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Editing Exercise

November 4, 2019 - B2pdf

Identify the word that has to be removed from the following sentences to make them grammatically correct.
Progress 0 of 12 answered
1They went out despite of the rain.
Wrong!
You have to use despite or in spite of.
2Raju, who is my cousin, he is a painter.
Wrong!
The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the verb in the relative clause.
3No matter what that I do, nothing seems to work.
Wrong!
4We discussed about his problems when we met yesterday.
Wrong!
Discuss is one of those verbs that are not followed by a preposition.
5The boy that you find over there he is my son.
Wrong!
6I have had an unforgettable experience yesterday.
Wrong!
We cannot use the present perfect with past time expressions.
7I want that you to tell me what happened.
Wrong!
8As you know that I work very hard.
Wrong!
9He plays the hockey for a local team.
Wrong!
We say hockey, not the hockey.
10What a terrible weather we are having.
Wrong!
Weather is uncountable. We cannot use a with it.
11I had left my keys on the table.
Wrong!
To simply state that we did something in the past, use the simple past.
12She resembles of her mother.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12

Answers

  1. They went out despite of the rain. of
  2. Raju, who is my cousin, he is a painter. he
  3. No matter what that I do, nothing seems to work. that
  4. We discussed about his problems when we met yesterday. about
  5. The boy that you find over there he is my son. he
  6. I have had an unforgettable experience yesterday. have
  7. I want that you to tell me what happened. that
  8. As you know that I work very hard. Either can be removed
  9. He plays the hockey for a local team. the
  10. What a terrible weather we are having. a
  11. I had left my keys on the table. had
  12. She resembles of her mother. of
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