Any body helps me with English grammar please!!!?

Question

1."jim has 3 sisters, both of whom are at high school "
Is there any mistakes in the sentence??? I think that "both of whom" should be "both of them" right?? or "all of them", or "all of whom" ??? or anything else???? help me please!!! (remember that there is a comma before "both")
2.i had ...... reached the theater when I saw people leaving
a.quite
b.enough
c.almost
d,rather
which do you choose??? why??
3..i am sure that they are not expecting us this early

a. they cant be expecting us this early

b. if we arrive this early, they are not there
4.it’s impossible to make him change

a. you can never change him

b. you cant make him change
5. I ...... Nick tomorrow so I will give him ur messages
may be seeing
shall be seeing
would see
could be seeing

Sorry for asking too much, but i really need help :(
can you explain your choices???

Answer 1

1) Two Of Whom-The sentence mentions three sisters. Both means only two. You must use Whom because you are describing people, not objects. For example you wouldn't say "Two of them" even though that sounds more like what people say.

2) Almost-put it in the sentence. It's the only one that makes sense.

).A-They might be there when when we arrive, but still aren't expecting us...this early

4)B-Making him change is different than changing him because if you make him change that implies that he is doing the changing. If you change him, you are doing the changing not him.

5)Shall-You wouldn't tell someone that you would give a message to someone else if you weren't sure you would be seeing them. Shall is the only answer that gives you a sure answer of whether they will be seeing nick tomorrow.

Answer 2

1. You need to rephrase the whole sentence because, the word "both" denotes the number two only. Hence you may say :
"Jim has three sisters, among whom two are at high school"

2. To answer this question first replace each possible answer in it and try to understand the meanin of the sentence. You will quickly understand where you are wrong as most of the time a wrong answer will not make sense.


The word quite describe a quantity, enough also, and rather describe a choice. Almost describe an action.
The correct answer here is almost, it describe the action of "reaching the theatre"

3. first analyse the sentence. the word "sure" denotes certainty thus the first answer is right as it shows clearly that certitude with this phrase " can't be"
the second solution is wrong as it has a condition, "if" - thus no certainty here.

4. here the sentence implies that " HE will NEVER change"
the first solution is right as it is a general statement which agrees with the sentence, that is, Nobody can ever change HIM
the second solution is wrong as it is specific to "YOU" that is to one person only

5. here you must understand actions in the past and in the future. From the given sentence, it is certain that the person will give the message thus it implies certainty of meeting Nick. Thus the correct answer is "shall be seeing"
the answers "would see" and could be seeing" are past and conditional past respectively and "maybe seeing " is conditional.

Answer 3

"both" only applies if you have 2 objects, since there are three sisters, it would be "all of whom" if you're going to use one sentence. Alternatively, you could say "Jim has three sisters" then put a period and start a new sentence "All of them are in high school." Also, I would use "in high school" rather than "at high school".

I had almost reached the theatre when I saw people leaving. (the other options just don't make sense)

3 is correct as given. a) and b) are also correct, but b) is a completely different statement.

4 All options are correct and all mean the same thing.

5 "may", "shall" and "could" all make sense, but "shall" is best. "will give" with respect to the messages is a definite statement - the giving will take place. But "may" and "could" are indefinite - the seeing might take place, but might not. "shall be seeing" is a definite statement.

Answer 4

Interesting answers thus far...

1. Jim has three sisters, two of whom are in high school. (People are referred to as "who" or "whom", never "which" or "that".)

2. I had almost reached the theatre when I saw people leaving. (Almost = nearly)

3. I am sure that they are not expecting us this early. To me, this means that they ARE expecting us and it could be either this early or at some later time. I would pick b as the answer, although neither answer is very good.

4. It's impossible to make him change = you can't make him change.

5. I shall be seeing Nick tomorrow so I will give him your messages. This means you are sure that you will see him and you will definitely give him the messages. "May be" or "could be" seeing means that you might not see him, in which case you would say "If I see Nick tomorrow I will give him your messages."

Answer 5

1. Jim has three sisters; two of which are in high school.
if jim has 3 sisters, then you cannot say "both" because the word "both" denotes 2 people, not three. so the comma is not the correct punctuation.

2. I had almost reached the theater when I saw people leaving.

3. I am sure that they are not expecting us this early.

4. You can never change him.

5. I shall be seeing Nick tomorrow, so I will give him your messages.

You have the answers. I'm not going to explain them too!

Answer 6

1. 'both of whom' is correct in that sentence.
2. almost: You must place 'not' in front of 'quite'.
'Enough' and 'rather' cannot be manipulated to work in your sentence.
'Rather' is a conjunctive adverb, not a basic modifying adverb.
3. Choice 'a' is appropriate for an exclamatory sentence, but if you want a declarative sentence, stick with your original.
4. All three of those are correct, but they all have different connotations: The original is declarative, choice 'a' is insistent or urgent, and choice 'b' is persuasive.
5. Since you are for sure to give Nick the messages, you need to say 'will be seeing'. 'Shall be seeing' is appropriate in England, but it is not typically used in America.

Answer 7

1.Jim has three sisters,and all of them are in high school.
If he has three sisters,it can't be both because both means two.

2.I had almost reached the theater when I saw people leaving.
First,it sounds right.Use the process of elimination.Would you say 'I had quite reached the theater' or 'I had enough reached the theater' or 'I had rather reached the theater'.Almost sounds best.

3.I am sure they are not expecting us this early.
b.If we arrive this early,they might not be there.
I like this one.Plus it's right.

4.It's impossible to make him change.
b.You can't make him change.
This one sounds good.

5.I shall be seeing Nick tomorrow so I will give him your messages.
Shall is the same as will.I use it all the time.

Hope this will help you.

Answer 8

You should know this already if you want to be an american citizen, but ok:
1. correct
2. almost
3. 3 correct
4. I don't know what the question is as you typed.
5.shall be
Just because

Answer 9

If Jim has three sisters, what happened to the other one?
2. c
3. what are you asking?
4. b
5. the first one

Answer 10

OF WHICH TWO ARE AT H .S.