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- 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 10.
And be honest and truthful
because it's very unlikely that you'll get 10 out of 10.
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.
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Right, let's get started with the quiz.
One, John saw, last week.
John saw, last week.
Is it who or is it whom.
(ticking)
The correct answer is whom. (dings)
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 two, our politicians want to, change.
Our politicians want to, change.
Is it affect or effect?
(ticking)
It is effect with an E. (dings)
This is because to effect change is a set verb phrase.
Our politicians want to effect change.
Number three, did you see the books, I bought her?
Did you see the books, I bought her?
Is it that or is it which?
(ticking)
It is that. (dings)
Because that is used in defining clauses.
Did you see the books that I bought her?
Number four, neither of us, intelligent enough.
Neither of us, intelligent enough.
Is it are or is?
(ticking)
It is is. (dings)
And this is because if you think about it
like neither one of us is intelligent enough.
One goes with is 'cause it's singular.
Neither of us is intelligent enough.
Number five, bag is that?
Bag is that?
Is it whose or who's, they sound the same?
Is it who's with an apostrophe or whose with an S-E?
(ticking)
It is whose with an S-E. (dings)
This is because whose S-E is a possessive pronoun
and who's with an apostrophe is a contraction of who is.
Whose bag is that?
Number six, I wish I, studied harder!
I wish I, studied harder!
Is it had or is it would have?
(ticking)
It is had. (dings)
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.
It is lay or is it lie?
(ticking)
It's lie. (dings)
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 eight, you can stand between Will and.
You can stand between Will and.
Is it I or is it me?
(ticking)
It's me. (dings)
A preposition such as between
should be followed by an objective pronoun like me, him, us.
I, she, he, et cetera, are subjective pronouns.
You can stand between Will and me.
Number nine, I want, people in my kitchen!
I want, people in my kitchen!
Is it fewer or is it less?
(ticking)
It's fewer. (dings)
Fewer is correct because people is a plural countable noun.
I want fewer people in my kitchen!
And the last one, number ten.
To, were you talking?
To, where you talking?
Is it who or whom?
(ticking)
It is whom. (dings)
To whom were you talking?
When you use to with who at the beginning of a question,
you use whom.
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