Hi Carlos - Just a quick note to say ....
Just touching base to tell to you
1 TO TELL YOU. (to tell VERB [T] = Tell someone something.
about the film I went to see last night as you asked.
My advice to you are
2 My advice to you IS. (Advice is uncountable but here the noun is singular and uncountable.) don't bother with it at all! It was complete rubbish and a waste of time and money. I really wish I had not gone myself, and if I'd have read
3 I'd read / I had read (We need the Past Perfect here) the reviews , I'd have given it a miss. I've been going to the cinema regularly, since at least six years,
4 FOR at least six years,
(present perfect SINCE+fixed time in the past OR FOR + period of years until now) and that was by far the worse
5 the worst (Not worse. "worse than" = comparative film I have seen up to now. It's a such
6 It's such as terrible. ('such' is a pre-determiner. That means it comes before the article (determiner) ) terrible film that I can't understand how or why they decided to make it. Apart of everything else
7 FROM ANYTHING else , I was so bored! So, in case you might consider to go
8 consider GOING (Check the grammar book - Verbs following verbs. , you know my opinion now! Anyway - enough of my complaints - and in spite of my disappointment with this particular film I haven't actually gone off films in general. So, on a different topic, I know that you are interested in live music gigs, and I wondered whether might you like
9 I wondered WHETHER YOU MIGHT like
to come with me to the open-air concert in the park next Saturday.
It'll be great and all the others are going.
Let me know it what you think.
10 LET ME KNOW what you think. But unless I hear from you by Friday, I'll assume you can't make it. I'm attaching more information with this email so you can see who is playing, and we can get the tickets on the night.
So that's all for now.
Speak to you soon. All the best. Jose.
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Hi CarlosJust touching base to tell to you
1 TO TELL YOU. (to tell VERB [T] = Tell someone something.
2 My advice to you IS. (Advice is uncountable but here the noun is singular and uncountable.) don't bother with it at all! It was complete rubbish and a waste of time and money. I really wish I had not gone myself, and if I'd have read
3 I'd read / I had read (We need the Past Perfect here) the reviews , I'd have given it a miss. I've been going to the cinema regularly, since at least six years,
4 FOR at least six years,
(present perfect SINCE+fixed time in the past OR FOR + period of years until now) and that was by far the worse
5 the worst (Not worse. "worse than" = comparative film I have seen up to now. It's a such
6 It's such as terrible. ('such' is a pre-determiner. That means it comes before the article (determiner) ) terrible film that I can't understand how or why they decided to make it. Apart of everything else
7 FROM ANYTHING else , I was so bored! So, in case you might consider to go
8 consider GOING (Check the grammar book - Verbs following verbs. , you know my opinion now! Anyway - enough of my complaints - and in spite of my disappointment with this particular film I haven't actually gone off films in general. So, on a different topic, I know that you are interested in live music gigs, and I wondered whether might you like
9 I wondered WHETHER YOU MIGHT like
10 LET ME KNOW what you think. But unless I hear from you by Friday, I'll assume you can't make it. I'm attaching more information with this email so you can see who is playing, and we can get the tickets on the night.
So that's all for now.
Speak to you soon. All the best. Jose.
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What was the worst film that you have ever seen? Why was it so bad?
5 -Grammar Points
There are ten grammar mistakes in the above text. Use the grammar points listed here to help you find them all.
- Transitive or intransitive verbs.
- Comparative and superlative Adjectives
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- Past perfect tense -
- Present perfect tense
- Verbs following verbs
6 - Correct or Incorrect
Enter "a" or "b" if one is correct, or enter "both" or "none" if both are correct or neither are correct
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- The information are ready
- The information is available now.
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- We see it yesterday X saw + yesterday
- I have seen it ✓
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