Monster Grammar (Verb Tenses & Agreement)
Correct the sentence: "The ghost don't like bright sunlight in the morning."
Correction: don't -> doesn't
Rule: Third-person singular subjects (the ghost) take doesn't in the simple present.
Correct the sentence: "A mummy needs an white bandage for its costume."
Correction: an white -> a white
Rule: Use a before consonant sounds (white).
100 Points (A1):
Sentence: "Halloween is in October 31st every single year."
Correction: in changed to on
Rule: Specific calendar dates require the preposition on.
Sentence: "The vampire buyed a scary costume at the market yesterday."
Correction: buyed changed to bought
Rule: Buy is an irregular verb (buy changed to bought), so it does not take the regular -ed ending.
Does teacher Nadia like horror movies or funny Halloween movies more?
Funny movies
- Teacher Nadia has never seen a horror movie complete. She is very scared of horror movies and would never see one in the future.
Correct the sentence: "There is three black cat sleeping under the big tree."
Correction: is - are // black cats
Rule: Plural countable nouns (three black cats) take there are.
Sentence: "The haunted house have five old windowes and big doors.
Correction: The haunted house has five old windows and big doors.
Rule: Standard nouns ending in consonants add -s for regular plurals.
Have - Has rule
Sentence: "Look at these bat flying far away in the dark sky!"
Correction: these bat changed to that bat / those bats
Rule: Faraway singular objects require that, while plural objects require those
Sentence: "Did the witch went to the haunted castle last night?"
Correction: went changed to go
Rule: When forming a question with the auxiliary verb did, the main verb must stay in its base form (did + go), not past tense (went).
What was the teacher favorite costume to wear for Halloween when they were a kid?
Clue: It's a very famous / common costume in Halloween. There are many movies about this character.
Vampire costume! (Specifically with white makeup and fake blood)
Correct the sentence: "Listen! A scary monster howl outside while we watch this spooky movie."
Correction: howl ... watch -> is howling ... are watching
Rule: Signal words like "Listen!" indicate actions happening in the present moment, requiring the Present Continuous tense (is howling / are watching) rather than the Simple Present.
Sentence: "Dracula drank many red juice because he was much thirstier that yesterday."
Correction: "Dracula drank much red juice because he was much thirstier than yesterday."
many ... that - a lot of / much ... than
Rule: Juice is an uncountable noun (requiring much or a lot of, not many), and comparative adjectives are followed by than, not that.
Sentence: "The black cat is hiding under of the table while the bat flies into to the kitchen."
Correction: under of ... into to changed to under ... into
Rule: Prepositions like under and into are standalone; do not add unnecessary prepositions like of or to.
Sentence: "The giant monster runned into the dark cave and breaked all the old wooden doors."
Correction: runned ... breaked changed to ran ... broke
Rule: Both verbs are irregular in the Simple Past: run becomes ran and break becomes broke.
Sentence: "When did the witch flew over the castle and why she didn't drop her broom?"
Correction: When did the witch fly over the castle and why didn't she drop her broom?
Rule: Auxiliary verbs (did/didn't) take the base form of the main verb (fly), and WH- questions require inversion (why didn't she instead of why she didn't).
Sentence: "Werewolves are more fast than normal wolves, but ghosts are the most scary creatures of all."
Correction: Werewolves are faster than normal wolves, but ghosts are the scariest creatures of all.
more fast ... most scary -> faster ... scariest
Rule: Single-syllable adjectives take -er for comparatives (faster), and two-syllable adjectives ending in -y change to -iest for superlatives (scariest).
Sentence: "The ghost walked through of the wall, went down of the stairs, and stopped at night."
Correction: through of ... down of changed to through ... down
Rule: Prepositions of movement (through, down) connect directly to the object noun without of
Sentence: "By midnight, Dracula had already drank three cups of witch brew and chose a place to hide."
Correction: drank ... chose changed to drunk ... chosen
Rule: The Past Perfect tense (had + past participle) requires the past participle forms (drink – drank – drunk / choose – chose – chosen), not Simple Past forms.
Correct the sentence: "Yesterday at midnight, the vampire fly and buyed three pumpkin at the store."
Correction: Yesterday at midnight, the vampire flew and bought three pumpkins at the store.
Rule: Irregular verb in the Simple Past / Plural
The werewolf felt more heavier after eating too many pumpkin soups, making him the most weakest monster in the castle.
Mistakes & Corrections:
more heavier changed to heavier
too many pumpkin soups changed to too much pumpkin soup
the most weakest changed to the weakest
Rules & Explanation:
Double Modifiers: Short one-syllable adjectives take -er (heavier) or -est (weakest); do not add more or most.
Uncountable Nouns: Soup is an uncountable liquid noun, requiring too much rather than too many.
"The ghosts always appear on midnight, but in Halloween day they only haunt the castle for 2018."
"The ghosts always appear at midnight, but on Halloween day they only haunt the castle in 2018."
Rules & Explanation:
at vs. on: Use at for general times of day/night (at night, at midnight). Use on for specific calendar days or dates (on Halloween day, on October 31st).
in vs. for: Use in for specific calendar years (in 2018). For is reserved for durations of time (e.g., for two hours, for three years).
Sentence: "If the scary zombie had wrote the message on the wall, we would have spoke to him earlier."
Correction: had wrote ... would have spoke changed to had written ... would have spoken
Rule: Third conditional structures require had + past participle in the condition clause (had written) and would have + past participle in the result clause (would have spoken).