High School

Find and correct one mistake in each of the following sentences:

1. The weather's bad. Please drive carefully.
2. Were there any good programmes on TV yesterday?
3. How many bottles of juice do you drink a day?
4. Can I have a little butter on my potatoes?
5. I'm sure they're going to be very happy.
6. She doesn't have a very healthy lifestyle. She eats lots of fast food.
7. We stayed in the cheapest hotel in the town.
8. I never eat meat because I'm a vegetarian.
9. Bill's planning to move to Italy. He's got a job there.
10. Don't walk home. It isn't safe here at night.
11. Jeremy was the worst singer in the competition.
12. Where does your brother work at the moment?
13. Have you been to a music concert before?
14. She isn't going to buy a new car next month.
15. I spoke a lot of English in England last summer.
16. I think it's easier to learn English than Russian.
17. Do you eat much fruit?
18. Have you ever written a love letter?
19. She is the shortest in her family.
20. Laptops are smaller than desktop computers.
21. The dogs next door bark all the time. I hate it.
22. We love watching French films.
23. I've looked for my scissors but I can't find them.
24. I usually leave work at 6:00, and I get home at 7:00.
25. Dan's gone out. He left about half an hour ago.

Answer :

Here are the corrected sentences with explanations:

  1. Original: The weather's bad. Please drive carefully.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  2. Original: Was there any good programmes on TV yesterday?
    Correction: Were there any good programmes on TV yesterday?
    Explanation: 'Were' is used with plural subjects like 'programmes.'

  3. Original: How many bottles of juice do you drink a day?
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  4. Original: Can I have a little butter on my potatoes?
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  5. Original: I'm sure they're going to be very happy.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  6. Original: She doesn't have a very healthy lifestyle. She eats lots of fast food.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  7. Original: We stayed in the cheapest hotel in the town.
    Correction: We stayed in the cheapest hotel in town.
    Explanation: The definite article 'the' is unnecessary before 'town.'

  8. Original: I never eat meat because I'm a vegetarian.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  9. Original: Bill's planning to move to Italy. He's got a job there.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  10. Original: Don't walk home. It isn't safe here at night.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  11. Original: Jeremy was the worst singer in the competition.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  12. Original: Where does your brother work at the moment?
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  13. Original: Have you been to a music concert before?
    Correction: Have you been to a concert before?
    Explanation: 'Concert' implies music, so 'music' is redundant.

  14. Original: She isn't going to buy a new car next month.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  15. Original: I spoke a lot of English in England last summer.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  16. Original: I think it's easier to learn English than Russian.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  17. Original: Do you eat much fruit?
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  18. Original: Have you ever written a love letter?
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  19. Original: She is the shortest in her family.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  20. Original: Laptops are smaller than desktop computers.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  21. Original: The dogs next door bark all the time. I hate it.
    Correction: The dogs next door bark all the time. I hate them.
    Explanation: 'Them' should be used as it refers to the plural subject 'dogs.'

  22. Original: We love watching French films.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  23. Original: I've looked for my scissors but I can't find them.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  24. Original: I usually leave work at 6:00 and I get home at 7:00.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

  25. Original: Dan's gone out. He left about half an hour ago.
    Correction: There is no mistake. This sentence is correct as it is.

Correcting these sentences helps improve grammatical accuracy and clarity.