Confusing Grammar in English | Lesson for Advanced Learners

Grammar can be really confusing because sometimes the rules just don't make much sense. In this lesson, I want to test your grammar knowledge with some challenging questions. This quiz was taken from a live-lesson that I did a while back, and I've shorted it by condensing the questions along with my explanation of the answers.

The quiz is for advanced learners, and my hope is that you will learn something new after watching the lesson. Because if you understand this confusing grammar, it means that you're a step closer to English fluency.

Let me know in the comments how you did on the quiz. Good luck!

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[raselsheik]

As per Oxford Dictionary : NONE OF : When you use NONE OF with an uncountable noun, the verb is in the singular:none of the work was done.
When you use NONE OF with a plural noun or pronoun, or a singular noun referring to a group of people or things, you can use either a singular or plural verb. None of the trains is/are going to London. None of her family has/have been to college.
So, none of the bananas is / are ripe .

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dear Sir! You are one of the best teachers in the world. I truly appreciate your teaching methods.

[rodrigosouza]

Hello Wes! I really enjoyed watching your interactive quizz -- concise, clear and to the point. I had so much fun watching it and, at the same time, reviewing some of the trickest advanced grammar rules. I greatly appreciate your dedication to help non-native English speakers master the basics of American English and, for that matter, cannot thank you enough. On a separate note, I truly hope the unexpected emergency that you recently experienced in your family has been resolved by now (prayers with you all and fingers crossed here also!). I hope you and your family stay safe, stay healthy and enjoy the remainder of the week. Best regards from a delightfully cloudy and chilly São Paulo!

[truthright]

Wow, you are good in explaining why grammar is like this. Best grammar teacher I've ever had! Thank you!

[Anna-mcll]

Thank you for this video!

If I may add some more examples:

to accept vs. except
advice vs. to advise
apart vs. a part
altogether vs. all together
(to) assent vs. ascent
eminent vs. imminent vs. immanent
council vs. to counsel
illicit vs. to elicit
to precede vs. to proceed
quote vs. quotation
stationary vs. stationery
reluctant vs. reticent
principal vs. principle
already vs. all ready

Best regards,
Anna

PS: As for the noun “advice”, maybe you could mention and explain with which verbs it is commonly used, e.g., to give/provide/hand out/accept/ask for, etc. Many thanks!

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[Aerosmith]

Excellent can describe the way how you plan your lessons. I got it well but I was a bit inattentive at the last one because I let myself to believe that you went to New York by plane. Thanks for the chance to fill a quiz out!

[sureshkumar-fcbc]

That was indeed a great exercise. Please go ahead with it.

[themichael]

I’ve been teaching ESL in China for 10 years. This is great.

[Vinjhraj]

none of the banana is ripe is more formal than none of bananas are ripe.plz refer oxford dict or practical usage grammar by Michael Swan

[marwfsaki]

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I've enjoyed it a lot, as always! Thank you :)

[kristine.matevosyan]

I enjoyed it, it was really helpful. Thank you.

[Cydda]

Awesome job! Some of those rules I know but some confuses me. I need to watch and pay close attention to this video more than twice. Thanks a lot for your great job.

[Dany_the_splendid]

It's really cool that not only do u test us but also u explain everything.
I didn't make mistakes but brushed up on all the grammar that I slightly remember
Keep it up, man

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