Challenging English Grammar Exercises

Challenging English Grammar Exercises

From parts of speech to figurative language, the rules of English grammar are quite complicated and challenging for a non-native user.

Each of these sentences has a wrong word usage. Write the sentence correctly.

• He was on board of the ship.
• We are taking the bus with the cheap price.
• The cook gets up in early morning.
• In the past, people travelled by horse.
• The most tourists are Japanese.
• He wore a black colour coat.
• There is an unforgettable incident that I shall always remember in my mind.
• Please repeat again the statement.
• He wrote a biography of his life.
• We will allow the decision to be ruled by consensus of opinion.
• I promise to act out her advice.
• Do you know the alphabets?
• This is the backside of the building.
• He was brought to prison for shoplifting.
• Do you like his new dress?
• This has played an important factor in our decision.
• Sam’s sole support are his mother and father.
• One of the boys were ill.
• He is one of those who likes an outdoor life.
• More than one person is going to apply for a place in the contest.
• The Himalayas always fascinate me.
• The police has arrived.
• The cattle is ready to be sold.
• Are everyone ready?
• Fortunately, nobody were hurt in the accident.
• Two litres of water are not enough
• I wish I have more money.
• Her mother urged that she worked only on weekdays.
• Regulations require that applications are in writing.
• It’s time you do your work.
• If we let them do the job, they would be happy.
• Fortunately, all the occupants of the building left when the bomb exploded.
• The Minister, as well as his aides, have agreed to attend the forum.
• It was approaching midnight hence they had to leave.
• Like I said, it is important to save money for a rainy day.
• Although I gave her some food, but she came back for more.
• He looked like he had been starving for a long time.
• He was an ambitious man but of poor health.
• One cannot skate neither cycle there.
• In the Prime Minister’s speech, he outlined many policy changes for the next year.

Answer key

• He was on board the ship.
• The bus will take us there cheaply.
• The cook gets up early in the morning.
• In the past, people travelled by horseback.
• Most of the tourists are Japanese.
• He wore a black coat.
• There is an incident that I shall always remember all my life.
• Please repeat the statement.
• He wrote a biography.
• We will allow the decision to be ruled by consensus.
• I promise to do what she advised.
• Do you know the letters of the alphabet?
• This is the back of the building.
• He was put in prison for shoplifting.
• Do you like his new clothes?
• This has played an important part in our decision.
• Sam’s sole support is his mother and father.
• One of the boys was ill.
• He is one of those who like an outdoor life.
• More than one person is going to apply for a place in the contest.
• The Himalayas always fascinates me.
• The police have arrived.
• The cattle are ready to be sold.
• Is everyone ready?
• Fortunately, nobody was hurt in the accident.
• Two litres of water is enough.
• I wish I had more money.
• Her mother urged that she work only on weekdays.
• Regulations require that applications be in writing.
• It’s time you did your work.
• If we let them do the job, they will be happy.
• Fortunately, all the occupants of the building had left when the bomb exploded.
• The Minister, as well as his aides, has agreed to attend the forum.
• It was approaching midnight and hence they had to leave.
• As I have said before, it is important to save money for a rainy day.
• Although I gave her some food, she came back for more.
• He looked as if he had been starving for a long time.
• He was a man of ambition but of poor health.
• One can neither skate nor cycle there.
• In his speech, the Prime Minister outlined many policy changes for the next year.