How good is YOUR grammar? (1% PASS THIS TEST)

[Music] hello everyone and welcome back to english with lucy today i'm going to test you on your grammar and i want you to comment below with your score out of ten and be honest and truthful because it's very unlikely that you'll get ten out of ten so get out a pen and paper write down the answers and if you get any wrong don't worry I will help you with a short explanation before we get started this video is going to help you with your reading and your writing and your speaking but if you want to improve your listening and your pronunciation I cannot recommend audible enough you can sign up for a free audiobook using the link in the description box I personally recommend listening to Harry Potter read by Stephen Fry in his gorgeous RP accent right let's get started with the quiz 1 John saw last week John saw last week is it who or is it who the correct answer is whom there's an easy way to work out if you need to use who or whom in the sentence if he or she fits use who and if him or her fits use whom John saw whom last week number 2 our politicians want to change our politicians want to change is it affect or effect it is effect with an e this is because to affect change is a set verb phrase our politicians want to affect change number 3 did you see the books I bought her did you see the books I bought her is it that or is it witch it is that because that is used in defining clauses did you see the books that I bought her number for neither of us intelligent enough neither of us intelligent enough is it our or is it is is and this is because if you think about it like neither one of us is intelligent enough one goes with is because it's singular neither of us is intelligent enough number five bag is that bag is that is it whose or whose they sound the same is it whose with an apostrophe or whose with an S II it is whose with an F this is because whose s e is a possessive pronoun and whose with an apostrophe is a contraction of who in whose bag is that number six I wish I studied harder I wish I studied harder is it had or is it would have it is hag I wish I had studied harder I wish I would have is a common mistake made by speakers of American English but it's not grammatically correct number seven I think I need to down and rest I think I need to down and rest is it lay or is it lie it's lie to lie down means to recline and to lay down means to establish like a rule or something to lay down the law I need to lie down and rest number 8 you can stand between will and you can stand between will and is it I or is it me it's me a preposition such as between should be followed by an objective pronoun like me him us I she he etc are subjective pronouns you can stand between will and me number 9 I want people in my kitchen I want people in my kitchen is it fewer or is it less it's fewer fewer is correct because people is a plural countable now I want fewer people in my kitchen and the last one number 10 - were you talking to were you talking is it who or whom it is boom - whom were you talking when you use to with who at the beginning of a question you use whom right that's it for today's quiz comment below with how many you got right out of 10 and you can make requests for grammar videos if you don't understand some of these topics don't forget to check out audible and claim your free audiobook the link is in the description box and you can connect with me on all of my social media I've got my Facebook I've got my Instagram and I've got my Twitter and I'll see you soon for another lesson yeah [Music] [Music]

Channel: English with Lucy

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Length: 6min 59sec (419 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 15 2018