Grammar · find the error
Spot the Mistake.
MediumEvery sentence has exactly one wrong word — a/an, much/many, a verb ending or a preposition. Read it and tap the mistake.
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How to play
- A short English sentence appears — but one word is wrong.
- The mistake might be a/an, much/many, a verb that doesn't match its subject, a wrong preposition or a missing plural -s.
- Tap the word you think is the error to see the correction and a one-line rule.
- Find the mistake in eight sentences per round.
English sentences you'll practice
Every sentence in this free English game.
- She has a red bag.
- He goes to work by bus.
- I have a dog.
- She is an engineer.
- There isn't many people here.
- How much water do you drink?
- We have English on Monday.
- The film starts at seven o'clock.
- I was born in 1998.
- She lives at 25 Baker Street.
- Yesterday I went to the cinema.
- She is playing tennis now.
- Do you like pizza?
- Does he play football?
- She doesn't like coffee.
- We were at the park yesterday.
- My friends are very kind.
- I have two brothers.
- There are three children in the room.
- I need some information.
- She gave me some good advice.
- My brother is taller than me.
- He is interested in football.
- She can swim very well.
- I go to school on foot.
- I haven't got any money.
- I have lived here for five years.
- I saw that film yesterday.
- She sings beautifully.
- There are two cats on the sofa.
- There is a cat in the garden.
- My sister is a teacher. She is very kind.
- Can you lend me a pen?
- I am 25 years old.
- You're very kind.
- I like her.
- That is my bag.
- Let's go to the park.
- The shop opens at nine.
Questions
What kinds of mistakes are there?
Common learner errors: a/an (an dog → a dog), much/many (much people → many people), he/she verbs (she have → she has), prepositions (in Monday → on Monday), past tenses (I go yesterday → I went) and plurals (three childs → three children).
How does this help?
Spotting errors trains you to notice the grammar rules that matter, and each answer comes with a one-line rule, so you make fewer of the same mistakes yourself.
Is it free?
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