200 English Grammar Mistakes!: A workbook of Common Grammar and Punctuation Errors with Examples, Exercises and Solutions So You Never Make Them Again

the poor.
MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
I have some vital _______ for you as regards the case. (A. information B.
informations)
Answer: A
The ____ I saw at the king’s palace was nothing short of amazing! (A.
furnitures B. furniture)
Answer: B
Indirect Objects
Indirect objects receive the action of the subject after the action has first
affected the direct object. They are not the direct recipients of the action but
they are affected too. It is important to note that it is not all sentences that
have a direct object which also have indirect objects. For instance, in the
sentence, “I threw the ball but Andrew got it," Andrew is an indirect object.
Below are some common errors associated with indirect objects:
Put the indirect object at the end of the sentence when using “to.”
Incorrect: She gave 
to
John her pencil.
Correct: 
She gave her pencil 
to
John.
You cannot have an indirect object for intransitive verbs.
Incorrect: Henry is snoring 
drugs
heavily.
Correct: 
Henry is 
snoring
heavily.
MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
Please send _______ . (A. to me the report B. the report to me)
Answer: B
Jonathan ____ on the ice. (A. skidded B. skidded the ball)
Answer: A
Clauses

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A clause refers to a group of words that has both a subject and a predicate.
However, a clause cannot always be regarded as a full grammatical sentence.
A clause can either be dependent or independent. An independent clause can
stand alone and contains both a predicate and a subject. For example, “We
visited Luxemburg last October” is an independent clause.
A dependent clause is also called a subordinate clause. It contains a subject
and predicate but cannot stand alone as a sentence. In the sentence, “