Identifying Sentence Errors

What could be fixed in this sentence? " She bring her favorite book to read under the big tree. "

• Change she to her

• Change bring to brought

• Remove tree

• No change needed

Answer explanation

The sentence contains a verb tense error. 'Bring' should be changed to 'brought' to correctly reflect the past tense, as the action of bringing the book is implied to have already occurred.

Which word needs correction in this sentence? "He go to the market every Saturday."

• Change go to goes

• Change market to markets

• Change Saturday to Sundays

• No change needed

Answer explanation

The correct form is 'He goes to the market every Saturday.' The subject 'He' requires the verb 'go' to be in the third person singular form, which is 'goes'. Therefore, change 'go' to 'goes'.

Identify the error in this sentence: "They was playing soccer in the park."

• No change needed

• Change park to parks

• Change playing to played

• Change was to were

Answer explanation

The error in the sentence is the use of 'was' with the plural subject 'They'. The correct form is 'were', as it agrees with the plural subject. Therefore, the sentence should read: 'They were playing soccer in the park.'

What is incorrect in this sentence? "We has a meeting scheduled for tomorrow."

• Change meeting to meetings

• Change has to have

• Change tomorrow to today

• No change needed

Answer explanation

The sentence incorrectly uses 'has' instead of 'have'. The correct form is 'We have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow' because 'we' is plural.

What is the grammatical error in this sentence? "She don't like to eat vegetables."

• No change needed

• Change don't to doesn't

• Change vegetables to vegetable

• Change like to likes

Answer explanation

The correct form is "doesn't" instead of "don't" for the third person singular subject "she." Therefore, the sentence should read, "She doesn't like to eat vegetables."

Identify the mistake in this sentence: "We was going to the cinema yesterday."

• Change cinema to cinemas

• No change needed

• Change yesterday to tomorrow

• Change was to were

Answer explanation

The mistake in the sentence is the use of 'was' instead of 'were'. The correct form is 'We were going to the cinema yesterday' because 'we' is a plural subject.

Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "He do his homework every night."

• No change needed

• Change night to nights

• Change homework to homeworks

• Change do to does

Answer explanation

The correct form is 'He does his homework every night.' The subject 'He' requires the verb 'does' in the present tense, not 'do', which is used with 'I' or 'you'.

What is the error in this sentence? "She were happy to see her friend."

• Change friend to friends

• Change happy to happiness

• Change were to was

• No change needed

Answer explanation

The error in the sentence is the use of 'were' instead of 'was'. Since 'she' is singular, the correct verb form is 'was'. Therefore, the sentence should read, 'She was happy to see her friend.'

Identify the mistake in this sentence: "They doesn't know the answer."

• Change know to knows

• Change doesn't to don't

• No change needed

• Change answer to answers

Answer explanation

The correct choice is to change "doesn't" to "don't". The subject "They" is plural, so it requires the plural form of the verb, which is "don't" instead of "doesn't".

Which part of this sentence is incorrect? "He have a new car."

• Change have to has

• Change car to cars

• Change new to newer

• No change needed

Answer explanation

The sentence is incorrect because 'He' requires the verb 'has' instead of 'have'. The correct form is 'He has a new car.' Therefore, the correct choice is to change 'have' to 'has'.