Read through these ten sentences. Each sentence has one mistake. Find the mistakes, tell us why they are mistakes and what should the correct sentence be? Write your answers in the comments area.
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Correct the 10 Sentences
- I had an interested conversation with Sally yesterday.
- We have been living in London since a long time.
- I've just cleaned this room so try not to do a mess.
- Those were big dogs, weren't them?
- Try eat more vegetables if you really want to lose weight.
- It's hard not to be a bit jealousy of her success.
- Steven is more taller than I remember.
- If you are bored we can do a game of chess.
- She was born on midnight.
- They haven't left yet, there bags are still on the table.
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1 - I had an interesting conversation with Sally yesterday. - 'interesting' is used to describe something (the conversation). 'Interested' describes how we feel.
2 - We have been living in London for a long time. - 'for' is used with a length of time, 'since' is used with a starting time.
3 - I've just cleaned this room so try not to make a mess. - 'make a mess' is the collocation. Another example is 'make a mistake', not 'do a mistake'.
4 - Those were big dogs, weren't they? - 'they' is a pronoun used with the subject of a clause, 'them' is used with the object of a clause.
5 - Try eating more vegetables if you really want to lose weight. - Try needs to be followed by an 'ing' verb or 'to'.
6 - It's hard not to be a bit jealous of her success. - 'jealous' is an adjective, 'jealousy' is a noun.
7 - Steven is taller than I remember. - 'more' is not needed in this sentence. 'taller' is the correct comparative adjective.
8 - If you are bored we can play a game of chess. - chess is a game. we play 'games', not 'do'.
9 - She was born at midnight. - we use 'at' with times. Midnight is a time (12 o'clock).
10 - They haven't left yet, their bags are still on the table. - 'their' is the possessive, 'there' is a place.
