Spot the grammar mistake

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement parts

   1. One
   2. of
   3. the
   4. boys
   5. are
   6. absent

   Correction

   'One of the boys' is singular: One of the boys IS absent.

   Incorrect part

   are

2. Statement parts

   1. I
   2. have
   3. seen
   4. him
   5. yesterday

   Correction

   Use the simple past with 'yesterday': I saw him yesterday.

   Incorrect part

   seen