Review the lesson for Common Grammar Mistakes Study Guide
Common Grammar Mistakes Practice Exercises
Practice: Review of Common Grammatical Errors
Choose the correct word or correct the error in each of the following sentences to review your knowledge of these tricky grammatical usages.
| 1. | The girl and the boy (take, takes) special care to handle the puppies gently. |
| 2. | The puppies' eyes were dark brown, and (shined, shone) with their tears. |
| 3. | The veterinarian (set, sat) aside his instruments and petted the puppies. |
| 4. | Cats and dogs can be taught to (sit, set) quietly together and not fight. |
| 5. | My cat Sadie carries (her, its) toys around and places them in (their, there) secret hiding places. |
| 6. | My dog Frank has had a very hard time (accepting, excepting) Sadie's rules about dinnertime. |
| 7. | All the kids in the neighborhood felt (bad, badly) when we lost our pet snake. |
| 8. | Having pets is a really good way to teach younger kids in the family, to be responsible and care for others. |
| 9. | Sadie and Frank have actually become best friends, and they often (lie, lay) down together for afternoon naps. |
| 10. | I like swore to my mother that I would take care of feeding a snake if we got a new one. |
Answers
Practice: Review of Common Grammatical Errors
| 1. | take |
| 2. | shone |
| 3. | set |
| 4. | sit |
| 5. | her, their |
| 6. | accepting |
| 7. | bad |
| 8. | delete comma |
| 9. | lie |
| 10. | delete like |
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