Raymond Murphy's English Grammar in
Use is the world's best selling
grammar book
for learners of English published by
Cambridge University Press,
but, how much do people
really know about English Grammar here
on the streets of Cambridge? Well
let's go and find out.
okay...
what is a preposition? Can you give us an example?
An article that comes before a locational phrase, so: to, from, around, about...
Which of these is grammatically correct:
people are buying fewer CDs these days
people are buying less CDs these days
people are not buying as much CDs these days
Number One
fewer.
It is your right.
There you go I did learn something at school.
How are you doing there?
Alright, I just got up.
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon
The adjective should be "first" because that describes the man
being the first man on the moon.
Can you narrow it down a bit?
No.
It can only be Past Perfect, it's not Past Simple
for sure.
it can only be Present Perfect, it is Present
Perfect. Is it not?
Peters homemade cakes are delicious, Peters homemade cake's are delicious or Peter's homemade cakes are delicious,
 which is correct?
Number three
Well, they are his cakes, that's why it has the apostrophe s.
I know alot about English grammar but not everything.
I see you've got a little model blue car,
did you know that blue is an adjective?
I can speak Five languages but my grammar is none.
I wondered if you knew what a Preposition was? A Preposition, uurm.
What, an adjective? I don't understand what you're talking about.
I love, you love, I am, you are, he is.
You're saying was? Yes I'm telling you was. It is was? It is was.
Yeah?
How is your grammar this afternoon?
Pardon? Oh you're trying to catch me there, it is Present Perfect isn't it!
Tell me the correct answer then please.
Well there it is, if you want to brush up on your grammar then
the new book is out now in bookshops, Raymond Murphy's
English Grammar in Use, and online too at: LoveGrammar.org.
