Correct the following sentences
 

please correct the following sentences which i have taken from past papers.

1.when i went theree he was watching television since a long time.

2.he said that he was a student of the college for the last two years.

3.I saw him in the morning of twele december.

4.How long do you know him.

5.as every body knows that we pakistanies have not been able to manage our affairs successfully.

6.i would be grateful if you kindly help

7. i was informed by the security guard the manager left five minuts ago.

8.hardly he passed the examination he recieved a good job offer.

9.can you tell me that how can i learn english quickly.

10.when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform the last two hours.

[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][B]I am trying now to know how good I am in grammar but I will be right here with the right answers tomorrow after asking my professor.:waiting :waiting And please somebody tell me about my answers.[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[QUOTE=waqarabro]please correct the following sentences which i have taken from past papers.

1.when i went theree he was watching television since a long time.
[SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Blue"]ANS: When I went there he was watching television for a long time.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
2.he said that he was a student of the college for the last two years.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS: He said he is a student of the college for last two days. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
3.I saw him in the morning of twele december.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS:I saw him on the morning of December twelve th .[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
4.How long do you know him.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS: For how long do you know him?[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
5.as every body knows that we pakistanies have not been able to manage our affairs successfully.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS:As every body knows that we, pakistanies are not been able to manage our affairs successfully.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

7. i was informed by the security guard the manager left five minuts ago.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS:I was informed by security guard that the manager has left five minutes ago.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

10.when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform the last two hours.
[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]ANS:when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform for last two hours.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[B]1.when i went theree he was watching television since a long time.[/B]
When i went there he had been watching television for a long time

[B]2.he said that he was a student of the college for the last two years.[/B]
He said that he had been a student of the college since the last two years.

[B]3.I saw him in the morning of twele december.[/B]
I saw him in the morning of twelfth December

[B]4.How long do you know him.[/B]
Since how long do you know him?

[B]5.as every body knows that we pakistanies have not been able to manage our affairs successfully.[/B]
As everybody knows that we, Pakistanis have not been able to manage our affairs successfully.

[B]6.i would be grateful if you kindly help[/B]
I would be grateful if you [U]kindly[/U] help me.

[B]7. i was informed by the security guard the manager left five minuts ago.[/B]
I was informed by the security guard that the manager had left five minutes ago.

[B]8.hardly he passed the examination he recieved a good job offer.[/B]
Hardly had he passed the examination when he received a good job offer.

[B]9.can you tell me that how can i learn english quickly.[/B]
Can you tell me how can i learn english quickly?

[B]10.when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform the last two hours.[/B]
When i reached the station he had been waiting for me at the platform since the last two hours.
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@ Marwatone

[quote] 4.How long do you know him.
[COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS]ANS: For how long do you know him?[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/quote] [B]Since [/B]how long do you know him?
[quote]
3.I saw him in the morning of twele december.
[COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Comic Sans MS]ANS:I saw him on the morning of December twelve th .[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/quote]
Either use 'Twelfth December' or "December Twelve'. Likewise '12th December' or 'December 12'.

@ Asifr

You need to work on Since and For.

- [B]since[/B] - if the starting point is given (two o'clock, last Friday, 1998)
- [B]for[/B] - if the period of time is given (twenty minutes, two days, one year)

[quote][B]2.he said that he was a student of the college for the last two years.[/B]
He said that he had been a student of the college since the last two years.[/quote] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]He said he [B]is [/B]a student of the college [B]for [/B]last two years.
[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][quote][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]
[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B]3.I saw him in the morning of twele december.[/B]
I saw him in the morning of twelfth December [/quote]
I saw him [B]on [/B]the morning of twelfth December

[quote][B]10.when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform the last two hours.[/B]
When i reached the station he had been waiting for me at the platform since the last two hours.[/quote] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=black]When i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform [B]for [/B]last two hours.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]@ Waqar abro

I think everything is clear now after the useful post of Last island. Now I don't need to ask my teacher.:) :) [/FONT][/SIZE]

1. when i went there he had been watching TV for a long time.
2. He said that he had been a student of the college for 2 years.
3. I saw him on the morning of 12th Dec. ( not sure )
4. How long has he been known to u?
5. AS everybody knows, we Pakistanis have nt been able to manage our affairs successfully.
6. I ll be grateful if can kindly help m.
7. I was informed by the security guard that manager had left 5 mins back.
8. Hardly had he passed the exam when he received a gud job offer.
9. Can u tell m how i can learn English quickly?
10. when i reached the station he had been waiting for m at the platform for 2 hours.

Q:4 How long do you know him?
Ans: How long have you known him.

Q:10 when i reached at the station he was waiting for me at the platform the last two hours.

Ans:when i reached the station he had been waiting for me on the platform for 2 hours.

[B]Correct the following sentences:[/B]

1-Where was a very different atmosphere in the town tins morning than there was yesterday.
2-I shouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t turn up tomorrow.
3-I compared his essay to Mushtaq’s and found them to be almost identical.
4-In this particular job we have discovered that to be diligent is more important than being bright.
5-No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

[LIST=1][*]Since morning there was very different atmosphere in the town from that of yesterday.[*]I shouldn't be surprised if he turns up tomorrow.[*]I compared his essay with Mushtaq's and found both of those almost the same.[*]What we have discovered in this particular job is that diligence is more important than being bright.[*]No one but he could had told them that I was the king.[/LIST]I hope, all of these are correct.

1. It was a very different atmosphere in the town that morning than the previous day.
2. I shouldnt be surprised if he didnt turn up tomorrow.
3. Agree with Islamabadian786.
4. In this particular job we have discovered that being diligent is more important than being bright.
5. No one but he could have told that i was a king.