KEDGE – PGE - 2021
Grammar Checkup
Are your grammar skills in good health? Each of the following sentences contains one error.
See if you can “diagnose” the grammatical problems by correcting the error in each
sentence. Can you explain the grammar rule associated with each error?
1. In my free time, I enjoy to read. (verb form)
2. Are you live near the city center? (auxiliary)
3. Zoe is usually going to work by bike. (verb tense)
4. Who you visited when you went to Tokyo? (auxiliary)
5. My boss stays often in luxury hotels. (word order)
6. You’re from Greece, don’t you? (auxiliary)
7. Sarah will go in Spain for her summer holidays. (preposition)
8. What time the meeting starts? (question formation)
9. I haven’t read much books because I’m not keen on reading. (word choice)
10. Could you tell me where is the train station? (question formation)
11. You should better call a doctor before your condition gets worse! (word choice)
12. The new financial director has been hired last month. (verb tense)
13. I live in France since 2010. (verb tense)
14. You will never learn English if you would not practice. (verb tense)
15. When I will finish my studies, I want to work for Google. (verb tense)
16. How much time have you been studying English? (word choice)
17. Christopher said me that he would be late today. (word choice)
18. I ordered the item a month ago and I am already waiting for it. (word choice)
19. Marie’s idea was good but Claire’s was the better. (word choice)
20. If you hadn’t said something, I would not know there was a problem. (verb tense)
KEDGE – PGE - 2021
Grammar Checkup
Are your grammar skills in good health? Each of the following sentences contains one error.
See if you can “diagnose” the grammatical problems by correcting the error in each
sentence.
1. In my free time, I enjoy to read. (verb form)
2. Are you live near the city center? (auxiliary)
3. Zoe is usually going to work by bike. (verb tense)
4. Who you visited when you went to Tokyo? (auxiliary)
5. My boss stays often in luxury hotels. (word order)
6. You’re from Greece, don’t you? (auxiliary)
7. Sarah will go in Spain for her summer holidays. (preposition)
8. What time the meeting starts? (question formation)
9. I haven’t read much books because I’m not keen on reading. (word choice)
10. Could you tell me where is the train station? (question formation)
Grammar Checkup
Are your grammar skills in good health? Each of the following sentences contains one error.
See if you can “diagnose” the grammatical problems by correcting the error in each
sentence.
11. In my free time, I enjoy to read. (verb form)
12. Are you live near the city center? (auxiliary)
13. Zoe is usually going to work by bike. (verb tense)
14. Who you visited when you went to Tokyo? (auxiliary)
15. My boss stays often in luxury hotels. (word order)
16. You’re from Greece, don’t you? (auxiliary)
17. Sarah will go in Spain for her summer holidays. (preposition)
18. What time the meeting starts? (question formation)
19. I haven’t read much books because I’m not keen on reading. (word choice)
20. Could you tell me where is the train station? (question formation)
KEDGE – PGE - 2021
