Find the error and rewrite the statement.
1. me and my brother live here.
2. the police is coming.
3. one of my friend is going to NASA .
4. open page 45 of your book.
5. last before year , she got good marks .
6. he did not give the test last week .
7. I can not cope up with this pressure.
8. I came office by walk.
9. what is the answer of this question?
10. today morning I woke up late.
11. he has white hairs .
12. I prefer coffee than tea.
Answers
Find the error and rewrite the statement.
1. Me and my brother live here.
➝ My brother and I live here
Reason - first we mention another person then we mention our self and we don't me as a subject , we use I as a subject
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2. The police is coming.
➝ The police are coming .
Reason - police is plural so we will use are instead of is
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3. One of my friend is going to NASA .
➝ One of my friends is going to NASA.
Reason - out of many things we are talking about one so whenever you are using one of ... remember plural come immediately after that word .
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4. Open page 45 of your book .
➝ Open your book to page 45 .
Reason - the word order is incorrect
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5. last before year , she got good marks .
➝ Year before last she got good marks .
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6. He did not give the test last week .
➝ He did not write the test last week .
Reason - we don't use give the test . we use write the test or we take the test
★ we use first form of verb with did and did not
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7. I can not cope up with this pressure.
➝ I can not cope with this pressure.
Reason - cope is followed by the preposition with not up
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8. I came office by walk.
➝ I came office by foot.
Reason - we can say by car , by train , by bus however we cannot say by walk. as it is the foot which is being used to travel .
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9. What is the answer of this question?
➝ What is the answer to this question?
Reason - incorrect preposition
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10. Today morning I woke up late.
➝ This morning I woke up late.
Reason- we never used today morning, we always use this morning
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11. He has white hairs .
➝ He has grey hair .
Reason - As we know all hairs in one head are considered uncountable so hairs is incorrect so, it will be hair.
Reason - And it is grey hair not white hair.
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12. I prefer coffee than tea.
➝ I prefer coffee to tea.
Reason - incorrect preposition
Answer:
Find the error and rewrite the statement.
1. Me and my brother live here.
Ans. My brother and I live here .
2. The police is coming.
Ans. The police are coming .
3. One of my friend is going to NASA .
Ans. One of my friends is going to NASA.
4. Open page 45 of your book .
Ans. Open your book to page 45 .
5. last before year , she got good marks .
Ans. Year before last she got good marks .
6. He did not give the test last week .
Ans. He did not write the test last week .
7. I can not cope up with this pressure.
Ans. I can not cope with this pressure.
8. I came office by walk.
Ans. I came office by foot.
9. What is the answer of this question?
Ans. What is the answer to this question?
10. Today morning I woke up late.
Ans. This morning I woke up late.
11. He has white hairs .
Ans. He has grey hair .
12. I prefer coffee than tea.
Ans. I prefer coffee to tea.