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Grammar exercise: which word is wrong?

November 23, 2013 A2pdf

Identify the word or phrase that needs to be removed from the sentence to make it correct.

Progress 0 of 10 answered
1Take the book with you in case you will see Mary.
Wrong!
After "in case", use the present simple for future meaning, so omit "will".
2That’s the house where he was born in.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Where" and "in" do the same job here, so one of them must go: omit "in" ("the house where he was born") or omit "where" ("the house he was born in").
3She had died a couple of years ago.
Wrong!
With "ago", use the past simple here, so omit "had".
4He asked that what I was doing.
Wrong!
In this indirect question, "what" already introduces the clause, so omit "that".
5He asked to her why she was angry.
Wrong!
The verb "ask" takes a direct object before a question clause, so omit "to".
6When I will go to Mexico, I will see him.
Wrong!
In a future time clause with "when", use the present simple, so omit "will".
7He is very much angry.
Wrong!
Before the adjective "angry", use "very" without "much", so omit "much".
8Yesterday in the evening he came to dinner.
Wrong!
The natural time expression is "yesterday evening", so omit "in the".
9This is my friend who he was at school with me.
Wrong!
The relative pronoun "who" already refers to the friend, so omit "he".
10Supposing if you fail, what will you do?
Wrong!
"Supposing" can introduce the condition by itself, so omit "if".

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  1. Take the book with you in case you will see Mary. — will
  2. That’s the house where he was born in. — where / in
  3. She had died a couple of years ago. — had
  4. He asked that what I was doing. — that
  5. He asked to her why she was angry. — to
  6. When I will go to Mexico, I will see him. — will
  7. He is very much angry. — much
  8. Yesterday in the evening he came to dinner. — in the
  9. This is my friend who he was at school with me. — he
  10. Supposing if you fail, what will you do? — if

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