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19 Aug 2022
Common Grammar Errors
Grammar Error Explanation

Present (‘give’), Past (‘gave’), Future (‘will

Tense
give’)

Used to describe places and time.

Preposition Example: along, by, from, between, among,
during, along

Used when referring to something

Determiner
Example: the, these, that, those, a, an

When there is no agreement between words,

Subject-Verb Agreement phrases and/or clauses.
Example: She were at school.
Common Grammar Errors
Grammar Error Explanation

Refers to someone/more than a person

Pronoun
Example: he, she, him, her, they, their, them

Used to show similar/contrasting relationship

or cause-and-effect
Conjunctions
Example: while, and, because, also, either/or,
neither/nor, but/also

Superlative Used when comparing

Common Grammar Errors
Grammar Error Explanation

Word Class Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs

Verb Form: Infinitive (‘to eat’), Present

Participle (‘eating’), Past Participle (‘eaten’)

Noun Form: The word ‘equipments’ is

incorrect as the word ‘equipment’ is an
Word Form uncountable noun.

Adjective Form: ‘a surprised man’ refers to a

man who is shocked, while ‘a surprising man’
refers to a man who shocks the people who
see him.