ESL - Mock Demo Flashcards
(45 cards)
My friend have dementia.
Friend - singular noun, we need a singular verb
change HAVE to HAS
Correct sentence:
My friend has dementia.
My friend has a dementia.
We can remove the indefinite article “a” since this is only used for general nouns.
Correct sentence:
My friend has dementia.
The staff have specialist training for dementia care.
Staff - is a collective noun, which means it’s a singular subject.
Singular subject = singular verb
change HAVE to HAS
Correct sentence:
The staff has specialist training for dementia care.
She is spending years suffering from dementia.
Match the tense of the sentence to Present Perfect Continuous.
action happened in the past, but is still happening in the present.
change IS to HAS BEEN
Correct sentence:
She has been spending years suffering from dementia.
Olderly people suffers dementia.
Olderly does not exist in the English vocabulary
Change Olderly to ELDERLY
people = plural subject, we need a plural verb
change SUFFERS to SUFFER
add the preposition FROM
Correct sentence:
Elderly people suffer from dementia.
Dementia and stroke has been always a serious problem of old people.
Dementia and stroke = plural subjects, we need a plural verb
change HAS to HAVE
interchange the places of been and always
- because always is a adverb of frequency and it needs to be beside the verb, which here is HAVE
we can remove the article “a” since dementia and stroke are not general nouns
we change PROBLEM to PROBLEMS to match the plural form
change OLD to OLDER - more respectful
Correct sentence:
Dementia and stroke have always been serious problems of old people.
Dementia and stroke has been serious problem among of old people.
Dementia and stroke = plural subjects, we need a plural verb
change HAS to HAVE
interchange the places of been and always
- because always is a adverb of frequency and it needs to be beside the verb, which here is HAVE
we can remove the article “a” since dementia and stroke are not general nouns
we change PROBLEM to PROBLEMS to match the plural form
change OLD to OLDER - more respectful
remove OF
Correct sentence:
Dementia and stroke have always been serious problems among old people.
They suffers from dementia.
They = plural noun, we need a plural verb
change SUFFERS to SUFFER
Correct sentence:
They suffer from dementia.
She was diagnosed of dementia.`
Change the preposition word OF to WITH
- to indicate the specific disease
Correct sentence:
She was diagnosed with dementia.
Dementia mostly effect older adults.
The word effect here was used as a noun form, we need the verb form.
change EFFECT to AFFECT
then we add -S to match the Present Tense
Correct sentence:
Dementia mostly affects older adults.
His dementia become a topic on the local newspaper.
We need to match the tense to Past tense
change BECOME to BECAME
change the preposition ON to IN to indicate that the topic was discussed WITHIN the contents of the newspaper
Correct sentence:
His dementia became a topic in the local newspaper.
Dementia follow from brain damage.
We just need to paraphrase the sentence to make it grammatically correct
Correct sentence:
Dementia is a result of brain damage.
Memory lose is a symptoms of dementia.
change LOSE, a verb, to LOSS, a noun
memory loss = singular subject
change SYMPTOM TO SYMPTOMS
Correct sentence:
Memory loss is a symptom of dementia.
My father have diagnosed from dementia.
father = singular noun, we need a singular verb
HAVE to HAS
match the tense to Present Perfect Continuous
change HAS to HAS BEEN
change FROM to WITH, to indicate the specific disease
Correct sentence:
My father has been diagnosed with dementia.
My illness has been cure.
change the word CURE to its past participle form, which is CURED
Correct sentence:
My illness has been cured.
There are currently no cure.
cure = singular subject, we need a singular verb
change ARE to IS
Correct sentence:
There is currently no cure.
The only cure will rest.
add the linking verb BE to make it grammatically correct
Correct sentence:
The only cure will be rest.
They doesn’t have a cure.
- We use DOESN’T if the subject is HE, SHE, IT
- We use DON’T if the subject is I, YOU, WE OR THEY
change DOESN’T to DON’T
Correct sentence:
They don’t have a cure.
The doctors cured his illness.
Correct sentence.
Cure = used as a verb
I need it as a noun.
Give another sentence.
Measles have no cure.
Measles is a single disease.
Singular subject = singular verb
change HAVE to HAS
Correct sentence:
Measles has no cure.
My sister-in-law is cured from COVID-19 infections way back two years ago.
match the Past tense
change IS to WAS
we are pertaining to a singular infection
change INFECTIONS to INFECTION
remove WAY BACK to make it a clearer time period
Correct sentence:
My sister-in-law was cured from COVID19 infection two years ago.
She had a cure response to the doctor’s prescribed medication.
change the word CURE to CURATIVE
cure is a noun, but we need an adjective in the sentence to pertain to a reaction to the doctor’s medication
Correct sentence:
She had a curative response to the doctor’s prescribed medication.
She go to a clinic to make his disease cure.
match present tense
change GO to GOES
match pronoun referring to SHE
change HIS to HER
then we paraphrase the sentence to make it grammatically correct
Correct sentence:
She goes to a clinic to cure her disease.
Stroke and Dementia is a common illness of old people.
Stroke and dementia = plural subjects, so we need a plural verb
change IS to ARE
remove the article “a”
change ILLNESS to ILLNESSES
change OLD to OLDER = more respectful
change OF to AMONG = to indicate that the illnesses affect the older people
Correct sentence:
Stroke and dementia are common illnesses among older people.
