Stone Soup

Q: How do you assist your family at home?

A: I will help they do the dishes.

What is wrong with this answer?

• The pronoun 'they' is incorrect
• The verb 'assist' is used incorrectly
• The word 'dishes' is not appropriate
• The sentence is perfectly fine

They didn't have grains for horses to ate.

What's the best way to rewrite this sentence?

• They didn't have grains for horses to eat.
• They didn't have no grains for horses to eat.

• They didn't have grains for horses to eating.
• They didn't have grains for horses to eaten.

Q: What did Jelani want his children to do before they could go to help people?

A: When they finished school, before they could help people.

Which is the best way to rewrite the answer?

• Jelani wanted his children to finish school before they could help people.
• When they finished school before they could help people.

• Before they could help people, Jelani want they to finish school.

• Jelani want them to help people before they could finish school.

Q: What did Jelani want his children to do before they could go to help people?

A: Jelani want they to finish school.

Which is the best way to rewrite the answer?

• Jelani wanted them to finish school before helping others.

• Jelani wanted they to finish school before helping others.

• Jelani want them to finish school before helping others.

• Jelani want they to finish school before helping others.

Q: Why was Jelani a good leader?

A: Jelani is a good leader because he is just.

What's wrong with this answer?

• The question asks for past tense, but the answer is in present tense
• The first "is" should be "are"

• The second "is" should be "are"

• There should be a comma between "leader" and "because"

Q: What are three major events in your life?

A: Stay with my family, visit Japan, and play with my phone.

What is wrong with this answer's grammar?

• It is missing a subject

• The use of 'and' is incorrect
• The phrase 'stay with my family' is incorrect
• The phrase 'play with my phone' is incorrect

My dog run fast.

How do you fix the grammar in this sentence?

• My dog runs fast.
• My dog run fastly.
• My dog is run fast.
• My dog running fast.

I'm grateful because my mom help me.

How do you fix the grammar of this sentence?

• I'm grateful because my mom helps me.
• I'm grateful because my mom is helped me.

• I'm grateful because my mom helping me.
• I'm grateful because my mom to help me.

Q: Why did John want to trade his big iron pot?

A: John wanted to trade because he don't have food.

There is something wrong with the grammar in this answer. What is the best way to fix it? (Remember, the question is in past tense.)

• John wanted to trade because he doesn't have food.
• John wanted to trade because he didn't have food.
• John wanted to trade because he don't has food.
• John wanted to trade because he no have food.

Q: Why did John want to trade his big iron pot?

A: He wanted to trade big iron pot because he wanted to ate something.

There are two grammar problems in this answer. Which sentence fixes BOTH of them?

• John wanted to trading his big iron pot because he wanted to eat something.

• John wanted to trade his big iron pot because he wanted to eat something.
• John wanted to trade big iron pot because he wanted to eat something.
• John wanted to trade his big iron pot because he wanted to ate something.