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Can I say,(a) She picked up and opened the wallet. Inside the wallet, there is some money, (a) passport and some cards.(b) They are speaking to each other over / on / through the house phone.(c) They are kicking a football / kicking with a football.     They are playing with a ball. / playing a ball.(d) She fed his dog biscuits. / fed his dog with biscuits.(e) She is serving a dish of mooncakes on Mooncake festival for her parents.(f) There is a hole on the bouse.(g) The children built a cantle by the beach. (h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes to swim. (i) Her hobby is colouring /decorating / painting shells.

Feebs11 · Accepted Answer

Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) She picked up and opened the wallet. Inside the wallet, there was some money, a passport and some cards. Your tenses must agree.

(b) They are speaking to each other over / on ~~/ through~~ the house phone.

(c) They are kicking a football ~~/ kicking with a football~~.

They are playing with a ball. ~~/ playing a ball.~~

(d) She fed his dog biscuits. / fed his dog with biscuits. The first sentence is an ellision of the second so both are fine.

(e) She is serving a dish of mooncakes on Mooncake festival for her parents. Is the festival for her parents? Or is she serving mooncakes to her parents on the occasion of the festival?

(f) There is a hole on the bouse. ???? Holes are in things, not on things.

(g) The children built a cantle by the beach. Do you mean castle? The children built a castle on the beach (presumably theya re on a sandy beach)

(h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes to swim. Does he take them off when he goes to swim?

(i) Her hobby is colouring /decorating / painting shells. All are usable.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Feebs11
Vincent TeoCan I say,

(e) She is serving a dish of mooncakes on Mooncake festival for her parents. I mean she is serving mooncakes to her parents on the occasion of the festival, is that correct? Can I say, "a dish of...?)

(f) There is a hole on the bouse.(I mean the blouse got a big hole, How do I say?)

(g) The children built a cantle by the beach. (I mean they built a sandcastle, is they correct?)

(h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes to swim. (Does he take them off when he goes to swim? no, he must wear something -->swimming trunks / swimsuit?)

Feebs11 · Answer

Vincent Teo
Feebs11
Vincent TeoCan I say,

(e) She is serving a dish of mooncakes on Mooncake festival for her parents. I mean she is serving mooncakes to her parents on the occasion of the festival, is that correct? Can I say, "a dish of...?) Your error is "for her parents".

(f) There is a hole on the bouse.(I mean the blouse got a big hole, How do I say?) Holes are in things.

(g) The children built a cantle by the beach. (I mean they built a sandcastle, is they correct?)

(h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes to swim. (Does he take them off when he goes to swim? no, he must wear something -->swimming trunks / swimsuit?) Read my answer more carefully. You say "before he goes swimming". That implies he does not wear anything when he is swimming., You can say "He puts on swimmiing trunks before he goes swimming".

Vincent Teo · Answer

Feebs11
Vincent Teo
Feebs11
Vincent Teo
Can I say,

(f) There is a hole on the bouse.(I mean the blouse got a big hole, How do I say in a sentence?)

(h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes swimmming. (Does my sentence not clear? Sorry, I still can't find my mistake. If I look from my sentence, "He wears sth before he goes swimming". Where are the mistakes?)

Nona the brit · Answer

Can I say,

(f) There is a hole on the bouse.(I mean the blouse got a big hole, How do I say in a sentence?) Feebs told you twice, holes are in things. There is a hole in the blouse.

(h) He wears a pair of swimming trunks / swimsuit before he goes swimmming. (Does my sentence not clear? Sorry, I still can't find my mistake. If I look from my sentence, "He wears sth before he goes swimming". Where are the mistakes?)

You are confusing 'putting on' (donning a garment) with wearing (continuous). If he wears something before he goes swimming, then he stops wearing it when he is swimming. The 'before' means that it doesn't continue during the action. He eats before leaving the house. He doesn't continue eating after leaving the house. He wears a hat before entering church. He stops wearing the hat when he enters the church. He wears trousers before swimming. He doesn't wear his trousers while he is swimming. Although logically we know that he does wear his swimming trunks while he is swimming, your grammar shows him removing them before entering the water.

He puts on swimming trunks before swimming. This is the action he takes - donning the garment - before he swims.

He wears swimming trunks while he swims. This is the continual action of wearing the trunks.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Thanks a lot. I understand now. By the way, what are the differences between "swimming trunks " and " swimming suit" ?  Which one is for boy or girl?

Nona the brit · Answer

trunks are for boys and suits are for girls. You'll also hear swimming costume for girls.

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