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Can I say,(1) The branch fell down and damaged Jimmy's house. (2) The bird makes  a nest on the roof.(3) He tied a ribbon to / on the box.(4) He accidentally cut his finger when he is cutting the apple.(5) She grooms her cat every day.(6) They have an assembly in the school hall.(7) The houses and cars were destroyed in the flood.(8) The gloves are made of wool.(9) He sealed a box with a sellotape.(10) Bats are flying  / warm-blooded animals.

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

(1) The branch fell down and damaged Jimmy's house. -- OK

(2) The bird makes a nest on the roof. -- OK (apart from a superfluous extra space).

(3) He tied a ribbon to / on the box. -- OK

(4) He accidentally cut his finger when he is cutting the apple. -- mismatched tenses need fixing. I'm sure you can do that!

(5) She grooms her cat every day. -- OK

(6) They have an assembly in the school hall. -- Possible but not very likely. This is talking about a single event in the simple present tense, which, as usual, is not very common in real life (same was true of #2). If you want to say what they are doing now, then say "They are having assembly in the school hall". If you want to say what they regularly do, then say "They have/hold assembly in the school hall".

(7) The houses and cars were destroyed in the flood. -- OK

(8) The gloves are made of wool. -- OK

(9) He sealed the/a box with a Sellotape. -- delete the second "a" (in case the strikethrough is not very visible). "a box" is possible but "the box" is more likely. "Sellotape" is a brand name and should strictly be capitalised, but it's now entered the language as an ordinary word (at least in BrE) so you may see it written without a capital.

(10) Bats are flying / warm-blooded animals. -- OK

Vincent Teo · Answer

Thanks, but I don't have any idea about this. Can you help me?

4) He accidentally cut his finger when he is cutting the apple.

Mr Wordy · Answer

Vincent Teo
4) He accidentally cut his finger when he is cutting the apple.

"he cut" is past tense; "he is" is present tense. You need to make both past tense or both present tense. Past tense would make for a more realistic sentence.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Thanks so , I should say:

He accidentally cut his finger when he was cutting the apple.

Mr Wordy · Answer

Vincent Teo
Thanks so , I should say:

He accidentally cut his finger when he was cutting the apple.

Yes, that's correct.

It's more likely that someone would say "an apple" here (but "the apple" is not wrong). "an apple" means any apple -- it's not important which one. "the apple" means a specific apple. You should be able to imagine why the former is likely to be more common.

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