A Small Test on English Grammar

cow

I don't think "I saw him falling off the chair." is wrong.

cow

Thansk stccmc and uncle.

uncle,
I hope you can post more. I always find it difficult to choose a suitable grammar form and even difficult to explain grammar to my kids.

I probably need to buy your mentioned grammar book.

cow

原帖由 Y2KChild 於 10-11-27 23:01 發表
For Q. 5:

It is perfectly correct for:

There is a fair at church this afternoon.

For school, prison, and church, the is used to indicate the building. No article indicates the general situation.
http://free-english-study.com/grammar/prepositions-in-on-and-at.html

cow

原帖由 Y2KChild 於 10-11-28 11:09 發表
By the way, are you dare enough to accept the challenge of asking your kid to write the essay and post it here?

Y2KChild,
I think my quote does support your answer , "There is a fair at church this afternoon", is more correct.

I dare not ask my kids to write an essay here.

cow

My understanding is:
A church fair at church.
A book fair at the church.

cow

eg: Christmas fair.

cow

原帖由 hog.wash 於 10-11-28 19:56 發表
簡單一點，若不是到教堂做崇拜、彌撒、主日學......就要加冠詞(Article)。美式就更簡單，係唔係 ...

I agree that fair is properly not belong to 崇拜、彌撒、主日學 and therefore article "the" is needed.

I was confused that church fair belonged to 崇拜、彌撒、主日學.

[ 本帖最後由 cow 於 10-11-28 22:43 編輯 ]