English Grammar Practice: Common Mistakes and Corrections

English Grammar Exercises

Idioms

1. Keep my diary in my bag and take it everywhere.
2. Learn by heart.
3. Over the moon.
4. Cool down.
5. Couldn't believe her eyes.
6. Under pressure.
7. Go places.

Verb Tenses

1. I'm eating.
2. What does your mother do? She is a teacher.
3. I used to...
4. It started to...
5. Have you got a bike?
6. We didn't use to ride a bike every...
7. Peter wouldn't have...
8. Life is hard.

Adverbs

1. She won the competition easily.
2. Dad sat in an armchair comfortably.
3. My father drives very well, but my mother drives fast.

Irregular Word Formation

1. A word which doesn't follow a rule is irregular.
2. A person who is rude is impolite.

Word Formation

1. A translator translates documents.
2. A politician works in politics.
3. My uncle has been a builder for many years.

Conditional Sentences - Type 0

1. Ice floats if you put it in water.
2. I won't tell anyone if you want to keep it a secret.
3. If I were you, I would concentrate on passing my exams.

Conditional Sentences - Type 1

1. If you want to lose weight, you will need to exercise more.
2. If he were rich and famous, he would be happy.
3. If he hadn't fallen asleep, he wouldn't have missed the end of the film.

Conditional Sentences - Type 2

1. If I were the head teacher, I would pass the whole class.
2. If it rains this weekend, we will stay at home.
3. If I had studied harder, I would have passed all my exams.

Relative Clauses

1. The book, which was written by Agatha, is about murder on the Nile.
2. The diamond necklace, which was stolen last week, has been found by the police.
3. Steven Spielberg, who is a famous film director, lives in Hollywood.
4. My friend Isabel, whose father is a TV presenter, wants to study music.
5. Dino's Coffee is a place where we first met.
6. August is the month when we usually go on holiday.

Relative Pronouns

1. He is the player who is going to play for Manchester.
2. Alex is the student whose painting won first prize.

Reported Speech - Statements

1. She told me to sit next to her.
2. He asked when the final exams were.
3. He asked if we would have a party.
4. You said not to touch your new mobile phone.
5. I said that I had gone to a new restaurant the day before.
6. You said to be home by midnight.

Reported Speech - Questions

1. "Are you Spanish?" she asked.
2. "Why have I arrived so late?" my mother wanted to know.

Direct Speech

1. "I can't come to the beach," Jack said.
2. "I will phone Dani," she told me.

Passive Voice

1. Joe had his house painted last week.
2. I have my eyes tested every day.