A Small Test on English Grammar

hog.wash

原帖由 stccmc 於 10-11-28 01:51 發表


I think a child who reads extensively would be particularly strong for questions like Q7 and 8.

Defintely. But I think the best way to pick them up is still through writing. When you read, you pay less attention to how they are used. 但你寫到賊人持槍衝入，你就會問自己，是gun in hand抑或a gun in hand;寫到捉住賊人，你就會問自己，是caught by the arm，抑或是caught by his arm。再翻一翻書，或問一問，包保忘不了。

[ 本帖最後由 hog.wash 於 10-11-28 09:50 編輯 ]

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.

hog.wash

原帖由 cow 於 10-11-28 12:39 發表

"There is a fair at church this afternoon", is more correct.

Dear cow

I'm afraid your answer is incorrect. Let me copy the following from Murphy's English Grammar in Use (3rd edition) which I've just got hold of a copy (someone should pay for me):

(Page 148, Unit 74)
For words like school, prison, hospital, university, college and church, "we do not use the when we are thinking of the general idea and what they are used for." Otherwise, we use an article just like for other nouns.

The following two examples for church are used:
(without the) Sally's father goes to church every Sunday,
but
(with the) Some workmen went to the church to repair the roof.

Actually the website you quoted expresss more or less the same idea.

[ 本帖最後由 hog.wash 於 10-11-28 19:34 編輯 ]

cow

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

hog.wash

原帖由 cow 於 10-11-28 15:51 發表
My understanding is:
A church fair at church.
A book fair at the church.

What is a church fair?

cow

eg: Christmas fair.

hog.wash

原帖由 cow 於 10-11-28 15:51 發表
My understanding is:
A church fair at church.
A book fair at the church.

If "a church fair" means what you said, "the" is still needed in your sentence like "a church fair at the church".

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，係唔係都加就是了。

[ 本帖最後由 hog.wash 於 10-11-28 22:41 編輯 ]

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 ]