Correct the mistake: "She is bad at to throw the ball."
"She is bad at throwing the ball." (Prepositions (at) are always followed by -ing.)
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"It is vital for any professional athlete to know how to handle defeat." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Correct! Follows the pattern: It's + Adjective (vital) + to + Base Verb (to know).
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Correct the mistake: "It is important for us studying hard."
"It is important for us to study hard."
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eraser
Reset score!
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gift
Win 25 points!
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fairy
Take points!
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thief
Give points!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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fairy
Take points!
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shark
Other team loses 10 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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Correct the mistake: "They were accused for cheating."
"They were accused of cheating." The verb accuse takes the preposition of, not for.
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banana
Go to last place!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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Complete the sentence with 2 words: "It's unusual __________ up so early on Sunday." (WAKE)
to wake
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Complete the sentence with 2 words: "It's not very easy __________ who will win." (SEE)
to see
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"She isn't very excited about to play against the top seed." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Incorrect! "She isn't very excited about playing against the top seed." You cannot put an infinitive (to play) directly after a preposition (about).
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"It's not very smart exercise when you are injured." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Incorrect! "It's not very smart to exercise when you are injured." It's + Adjective (smart) requires an infinitive (to exercise)
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"The goalkeeper is quite nervous facing a penalty kick in front of thousands of fans." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Incorrect! "The goalkeeper is quite nervous about facing a penalty kick..." - Nervous requires a preposition
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"My brother is really bad in throwing a basketball." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Incorrect! "My brother is really bad at throwing a basketball." The adjective bad takes the preposition at (not in), followed by the gerund (throwing).
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Correct the mistake: "I am looking forward to compete in the race."
"I am looking forward to competing in the race." Rule: "to" in look forward to is a preposition, so it needs -ing!
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"We are all looking forward to defeating our rivals this Saturday." Is this sentence correct or incorrect? If incorrect, fix it!
Correct! Rule: Look forward to ends with the preposition to, so it correctly takes the gerund (defeating).
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"It's impossible __________ peak performance without sleep." (MAINTAIN)
