Correct Your Sentences

Correct Your Sentences
Md. Nasir Uddin, BBA (Finance), DU. Cell: 01924 75 65 94. Email: nasir_findu@yahoo.com
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1. There, here subject 44 subject ^ i
^ verb ^ ' word 4i -

]' ^' word singular ' " i -
Fifty miles is/are a long distance. => is (fifty miles 4i singular verb
is)
3. Uncountable noun (water, sugar, money.) singular ' " i -

' i -
I, Karim and you are sussessful (incor). Corr: Karim, you and I are sussessful.
' J" 4 i -
Karim, you and I are criminal (incor). Correct: I, you and Karim are criminal.

5. Sentence ' main verb i ' verb 4
verb+ing to+verb i-
I saw a man walked in the park (incorr). ( simple sentence verb)
Correct: I saw a man walking in the park. Or, I saw a man to walk in the park.

'
' '
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for ^ verb+ing) 4i- I went to market to buy a
car(Correct). I went to market for buying a car (Correct).

verb+ing) 4i-
Read newspaper is a good habit (incorr). Correct: Reading / To read newspaper is good a habit.
Swimming is a good exercise = To swim is a good exercise.
subject (you) i imperative sentence 4 verb '4
verb ' base form 4i-
(you) Writes a letter (incorr). Correct: (you) Write a letter.
Draw a picture. Shut the door. Open the window. Open at page ten. Close your eyes.
9. Preposition ^ ` objective pronoun 4i
]'i
Subjective I You He she We They Karim It Girls
Subject '
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Possessive My your his her our their Karims its Girls
'
Objective me you him her us them Karim it girls
Object '
-
Incorrect: Mr. Jack is known to I. Correct: Mr. Jack is known to me. (to ^ I
objective=me)
Incorrect: We cannot live without he. Correct: We cannot live without him. (he objective=him)
Try yourself a) Everybody was present in the meeting except she. b) We including he can do it. c)
Rafiq was an intelligent boy among they. d) The meeting was organized by girls. e) None but he
can do it. f) I dont think of I. g) It is me who am responsible for the work.
10.
few a few fewer number of many more some
man, city) J"
little a little less amount of much more some
Noncountable noun (rice, water) J"
Preposition
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adj

Incorrect: A large amount of people were present. Correct:A large number of people were present.
Incorrect: There is many water in this pond. Correct: There is much water in this pond.
Try yourself a) Some people were busy. b) They were little in number. c) I have few money. d)
They need less sugar. e) We need much money. f) Less cities have gas. g) You have a little
question.
11. subject complement '/ ' " reflexive
pronoun 4i
Reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, ourselves, themselves, yourselves, himself, herself, itself.

Try yourself a) Know you. b) Try you. c) You know me. d) He know him. e) Karim will save him. f)
Rafiq will know me. g) We should try us. h) The child can run self. I) I myself do the work.
=] "' noun adjective ^ i
Noun: ' i- Karim, Dhaka, Man, flower, meeting, folk, car, city ]'i
Adjective: noun ^ i - good, cold, poor, beautiful, big, nice,
large ]'i
We have flower enough to decorate(Incor). Correct: We have enough flower to decorate.
Try yourself: a) You have enough food to eat. b) I have enough money. c) Water is enough cold.
d) The picture is enough nice. e) There is enough car in the road.

13. Always, often, usually, generally, regularly, daily, everyday, never adverb
simple present use 4iuniversal truth- J" 4 present simple
4i - I have always done this(Incor). Correct: I always do this.
The earth is moving round the sun(Incor). Correct: The earth moves round the sun.

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14. Now, right now, at present, at this time, at this moment, at this very moment adveb
present continuous 4i -
Incorrect: He writes now. Correct: He is writing now.

- adverb past continuous use 4i -
They are playing at that moment (incorrect). Correct: They were playing at that moment.
You watched TV at 9am (incorrect). Correct: You were watching TV at 9am.

16. '' future J" 4 present continuous 4i
-

17. 4 future present continuous 4i -
We are going to start a new business. I am going to plan for this.
18. See, feel, like, think, want verb continuous use 4 i -
I am seeing a bird (Incor). Correct: I see a bird. I am wanting a book (Incor). Corr: I want a book.
verb ing form ^i -
Seeing is believing. Doing little is better than thinking a lot.

19. Just, just now, already, ever, yet, recently, so far, till now present
perfect 4i
He is coming just now. (incorrect). Correct: He has come just now.
So far, I know (incorrect). Correct: So far, I have known.
20. 4 for , since present perfect continuous use 4i
For : five days, 3 hours, 20 minutes, 20 years etc.
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Since
: 10 am, 9pm, yesterday, last night, morning, 1988 etc.
I have been living in Dhaka since 3 years (incor). Correct: I have been living in Dhaka for 3 years.
They are reading since morning (incur). Correct: They have been reading since morning.

- adverb simple past use 4i -
We have done this in 2010(incor). Correct: We did this in 2010.
I have read this five days ago (incur). Correct: I read this five days ago.

22. ' ' ' - ' past
continuous use 4i when while ' use 4i
-
I was playing, when he was reading. While I was reading, he was sleeping.
' ` ' J' past continuous
^' simple past i ` when use i -
When I was eating, the mobile rang. When she was cooking, she burnt her finger.

24. ' ' ' 4 ] "
future perfect use 4i -
I will have completed the work by next week. He will have gone to America by next month.

25. It '4 sentence verb singular i -
It am/ is / are I who am responsible. => is. It is/ are they who are responsible. => is
26. Sentence verb '' ^-
Verb
^
Example
Be verb:
am, is, are, was, were,
being, been

I am writing a letter.
A letter is written by me.
The lion is strong animal.
I am to go to university. We are to eat.
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Have verb:
have, has, had, having

Past participle
You have done the work.
I have had breakfast.
Having finished my work, I went there
Modal perfective:
should have, could have,
might have

Past participle
You should have done the work.
They might have joined the meeting.
Modal:
can, could, may, might,
shall,should, will, would,
would rather, had better

` main verb
He can do the work.
We should try ourselves.

You had better go there.
We would rather eat.

27. Each, every, either, neither, many a ^ verb singular 4i -
Neither of the students is / are good. => is
Many a boy is / are bad. => is
' Each of, either of, neither of ^ noun plural i -
Neither of the student is good (incorrect). Correct: Neither of the students is good.

28. Before after ^ past perfect use 4i -
The patient had died before the doctor came. (before past perfect = had died)
The patient died after the doctor had come. (after ^ past perfect = had come)

29. Never, hardly, rarely, barely, seldom, few, until adverb negative.
sentence ' negative i

He doesnt have few money (incorr). Correct: He has few money.

30. prefer to 4 to -^
form i-
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I prefer tea than coffee (incorrect). Correct: I prefer tea to coffee.
Alam prefers dancing to sing (incorrect). Correct: Alam prefers dancing to singing.
31. senior, junior, superior, inferior to i -
My father is senior than me (incor). Correct: My father is senior to me. You are junior to me.

32. ` ' ' ] 4i -
The roads of Dhaka are wider than Khulna (incor). [

Corr: The roads of Dhaka are wider than that of Khulna. [

The rice of Rajshahi is better than that of Dhaka. Kamals school is better than ours.
33. and ^ ` verb ' word (parts of speech) i
-
I like teaching and to learn (incur). Correct: I like teaching and learning.
Anika is young, smart and she is beautiful (incorr). Correct: Anika is young, smart and beautiful.

34. The more you read, the more you learn. The less you work, the less you earn.
I know how to swim. But she knows how to cook.

-
He came quickly home yesterday. ( Manner: quickly, Place: home, Time: yesterday)
They played in the field nicely today (incur). Correct: They played nicely in the field today.

y Correct the following sentences:
a) Two and two are making four. b) I have many money. c) There is few water in the pond. d) I
know he. e) He know they. f) Finishes your work. g) Walk is good for health. h) Study is the main
duty of a student. i) They work earning money. j) I saw the waiter came to me. k) The doctor
adviced the patient took medicine. l) You, Karim and I passed in the exam. m) I have a lot of
money. n) Some money are fake. o) Fourty years have passed. p) There are much money. q)
Here is fourty pounds sugar. r) He knows I. s) He know him. t) Rina killed her. u) The tiger is
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enough strong. v) The tiger is a strong animal. w) Generally he is giving money. x) Time and tide
waits for none. y) I wrote a letter at 9pm. z) He worked at that moment.
A) We are opening a shop. B) Rahman is feeling good. C) Feeling is better than think. D) I am
working just now. E) I already did the job. F) They did not go there yet. G) It have been raining
since morning. H) It has been rainging since two hours. I) She is waiting for you since 9am. J) We
will meet last week. K) When I was reading, she was disturbing me. L) While they worked, he
slept. M) It am I who am a student. N) It are they who are students. O) I will marry by four years.
P) You had better done the work. Q) We would better collected. R) We could have make this juice.
S) We could made this juice. T) Neither of the student is good. U) Neither of the students are
strong. V) We reached the station before the train left. W) The train had left after we reached the
station. X) The water of Padma is more clear than Burigonga. Y) Porshi sang in the concert
sweetly last night. Z) We ate, drank and we were playing.

y Write the correct form of the word in the bracket:
A) (Be) educated he will get a job. B) They might have (reach) the station. C) Having (finising) the
study, I slept. D) Jhon Stone saw him (danced) in the concert. E) (start) a business is difficult. F)
We preferred reading to (write). G) Everyday he eats, drinks and (talk). H) Many a boys (play) in
the field everyday. I) At that time many a boys (play) in the field. J) It (be) I who was rich. K) Much
money (be) happiness. L) It (have) many uses. M) She (cooked) at 9pm. N) Long ago there (living)
a man. O) Father said that he (be) well. P) Gelilio said that the earth (is moving) round the sun. Q)
(stop) writing. R) (stop) environment pollution is difficult. S) (reduce) unemployment is needed.

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