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Omission | Grammar Exercise

March 15, 2018 A2pdf

Identify the word that should be removed from the following sentences to make them grammatically correct.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1They went out despite of the rain.
Wrong!
Omit "of" because "despite" is used without "of" before a noun phrase.
2Merlin, who is my youngest sister, she lives in Qatar.
Wrong!
Omit "she" because "Merlin" is already the subject of "lives"; the clause "who is my youngest sister" only adds information.
3No matter what that I do, nothing seems to work.
Wrong!
Omit "that" because "no matter what" is followed directly by a subject and verb.
4He is at the work and won’t be home before evening.
Wrong!
Omit "the" because the fixed expression is "at work".
5It is getting dark. Let us go to home.
Wrong!
Omit "to" because "home" is used as an adverb of direction after "go".
6I have received the parcel last week.
Wrong!
Omit "have" because the simple past is used with the finished time expression "last week".
7You had better to put the meat in the oven.
Wrong!
Omit "to" because "had better" is followed by the base form of the verb.
8You have to tell to me exactly how it happened.
Wrong!
Omit "to" because "tell" takes a direct object without a preposition.
9If something does not work, I usually give to it a kick.
Wrong!
Omit "to": when the indirect object "it" comes before the direct object "a kick", no preposition is used ("give it a kick").
10I don’t know that how we are going to get over the river.
Wrong!
Omit "that" because an indirect question introduced by "how" does not need "that".
11Have you ever tried to get a toothpaste back into the tube?
Wrong!
Omit "a" because "toothpaste" is uncountable in this sentence.
12We have got our roof blown off in the storm last week.
Wrong!
Omit "have" because the simple past is used with the finished time expression "last week".

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Answers

  1. They went out despite of the rain. — of
  2. Merlin, who is my youngest sister, she lives in Qatar. — she
  3. No matter what that I do, nothing seems to work. — that
  4. He is at the work and won’t be home before evening. — the
  5. It is getting dark. Let us go to home. — to
  6. I have received the parcel last week. — have
  7. You had better to put the meat in the oven. — to
  8. You have to tell to me exactly how it happened. — to
  9. If something does not work, I usually give to it a kick. — to
  10. I don’t know that how we are going to get over the river. — that
  11. Have you ever tried to get a toothpaste back into the tube? — a
  12. We have got our roof blown off in the storm last week. — have

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