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Hi/
Please believe i`m not cheating,If there was anyone to help me I didn`t waste my time to ask it here,i`m a woman who have tried hard to learn English if you were in my condition you didn`t fault me.i just need your English speaking people`s help to correct my grammatical mistakes.
Thank you.
Please check if i`ve used correct tenses in parenthesis:
1.Our baby jack(is walking)now.he`s just twelve months old.
2.after ten miles I had to stop for a rest.I(had been walking)non-stop for four hours.
3.i think we should buy anew car.we(have had) this one for ages.
4.don`t phone at 8.00 this evening.we(will be having)dinner then.
5.we( were having )a lovely picnic until my wife was stung by abee.
6.have you heard about Lenny? He (has been made )redundant.
7.my favourite white t-shirt went pink.it (had washed) with my daughter`s red sweater.
8`.why are you all wet?``I (have been washing)the car.`
9.at the end of this term I (will have been teaching) for six years.
10.the soldiers (had been taught)how to use grenades when unfortunately one blewup and injured them.

2007-01-15 01:10:31 · 8 answers · asked by sara f 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

8 answers

I would make the following changes:

7. ...it (had been washed) with my daughter's...
10. the soldiers (were being taught) how to use...

Regarding #1:
I have a very grammatically technical point. "is walking" in this sense technically indicates that jack is literally, at this very moment, walking. "our baby jack walks now" indicates that jack is now capable of the act of walking. Having said that, I think your original phrasing is far and away the more common way to express the thought.

2007-01-15 01:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by Diet Lava 3 · 1 1

You have a few mistakes but all in all, it's good. I'll give it to you by sentence number:

1. correct grammar. Capitalize the H in he's
2. correct grammar
3. correct grammart. Capitalize the i at the beginning and the W in we
4. correct grammar. Capitalize the D at the beginning and the W in we
5. correct grammar. Capitalize the W at the beginning and leave a space between a and bee
6. correct grammar. Capitalize the H at the beginning
7. Incorrect grammar: It was washed instead of had washed. Capitalize the M at the beginning and the I in it
8. correct grammar. Capitalize the W in why
9. correct grammar. Capitalize the A at the beginning.
10. incorrect grammar: were being taught instead of had been taught. Capitalize the T at the beginning and leave a space between blew and up.

Good job! Keep on working this hard and you'll be fine. Have faith in yourself!

2007-01-15 01:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by The ReDesign Diva 7 · 1 0

They're all spot on, except for number 7 and 10. I don't know what the other options are you can choose from, so I'm not going to venture alternative answers, but you need to read up a bit more on when to use the perfect tense.

2007-01-15 01:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by dead_elves 3 · 0 1

The verb forms in parenthesis are mostly correct.
No. 7 should be (had been washed).

In No. 10 "the soldiers (were being taught) how to use hand grenades..................." would be more correct. A comma should have been used after 'when', and then after 'unfortunately'.
Also, your question should be "please check if I HAVE grammatical mistakes in my sentences."

Quite a good effort!!!

2007-01-15 01:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by cloud43 5 · 0 0

All are right except for the 7th one, just use capital letters where needed.
7)my favorite white t-shirt went pink. when I washed it with my daughter`s red sweater.

2007-01-15 01:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

There are some errors, but you also need practice in capitalizing words. All in all, though, you are doing a great job learning English. I wish you well.

2007-01-15 01:21:15 · answer #6 · answered by AzOasis8 6 · 0 1

It relies upon on the annoying you're speaking in... once you're speaking interior the destiny annoying, it may be: "i will might desire to look ahead to you for one hour." once you're speaking interior the present annoying, it may be: "I actual have been waiting for you for one hour." once you're speaking interior the previous annoying, it may be: "I had to look ahead to you for one hour." wish this helped.

2016-10-07 04:41:31 · answer #7 · answered by Erika 4 · 0 0

yes you do, but i ain't telling you where

2007-01-15 01:14:38 · answer #8 · answered by milkyman 1 · 0 3

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