Correct the following sentences:
(a) Where is my pair of sock kept ?
(b) Miki is not knowing where her green dress
is kept.
(c) Manish is tallest than me.
(d) Somebody have stolen my mother's purse.
(e) I am knowing the principal very well.
Answers
Correct sentence - Where is my pair of socks kept? (Whenever the term pair is used in a sentence then noun is in plural form)
(b) Miki is not knowing where her green dress is kept.
Correct sentence - Miki does not know where her green dress is kept. (Is not knowing is not the correct usage of the word know because know doesn't have a gerund)
(c) Manish is tallest than me.
Correct sentence - Manish is taller than me. (The comparative degree of tall is taller not tallest)
(d) Somebody have stolen my mother's purse.
Correct sentence - Somebody has stolen my mother's purse. (Somebody is a singular that's why has must be used instead of have )
(e) I am knowing the principal very well.
Correct sentence - I know the principal very well. (am knowing is not the correct usages of the word know because know doesn't have a gerund
The correct sentences are written below:
1. Where is my pair of socks kept?
Explanation: We use the word ‘pair’ for an object consisting of two parts that are used together or that are joined, for example a pair of trousers/jeans/glasses, etc.
2. Miki does not know where her green dress is kept.
Explanation: The word ‘know’ is not usually used in ‘Continuous Tenses’.
3. Manish is taller than me.
Explanation: While comparing two persons or things we use the ‘comparative degree’ of adjective.
4. Somebody has stolen my mother’s purse.
Explanation: Somebody is a singular ‘pronoun’; so it will take singular verb.
5. I don’t know the principal very well.
Explanation: As stated earlier, the verb ‘know’ belongs to that category of verbs that are not used in the ‘Continuous Tenses’