Grammar Quiz - spot the mistakes - solution!

"In addition, one of the key roles of the co ordinator co-ordinator is to producing produce marketing and advertising meterials materials such as videos making, brochures and magazines as well as promoting (the company) via numerous diverse sources of offline tools like Facebook, Twitter, Youtume etc.
Accordingly a senior level of practical work experience are is essential and qualifications are can be advantageous."


Here is a corrected version - 

One of the key roles of the co-ordinator is to produce marketing and advertising materials such as videos, brochures and magazines.  The successful applicant will also be responsible for online promotion using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

Experience in a similar role at a senior level is essential.  Relevant qualifications will be an advantage.

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Quiz - find the mistakes!

This is a job advertisement I saw today.  The person who wrote it doesn't have an advanced level of English and there are lots of mistakes.  Can you find them?

"In addition, one of the key role of the co ordinator is to producing marketing and advertising meterials such as video making, brochures and magazines as well as promoting via numerous diverse source of offline tools like Facebook, Twitter, Youtume etc.
Accordingly senior level of practical work experience are essential and qualification can be advantageous."

There are at least eight errors!

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Grammar Quiz explanation!

I lived in Rome. This means I don't live in Rome anymore.  This is the past simple tense.
 
I've lived in Paris, London and Los Angeles.  This means I know all these cities now.  This is the present perfect tense for past experiences with no time/date.
 
I've been living in London for 5 years.  This means I'm living there now.  The present perfect continuous tense is used to emphasize the length of time.
 
I'm living in London.  This is the present continuous tense - and it means that usually I live somewhere else, I'm only in London temporarily.  If London is your home, you would say I live in London.

Grammar quiz!

What are the different tenses in these sentences, and what are the differences in meaning?

I lived in Paris.
I've lived in Paris, London and Los Angeles.
I've been living in London for 5 years.
I'm living in London.

Awesome adjectives: quaint

quaint

[kweynt] 

This means - attractive/interesting and also old-fashioned - old style. 

It has a positive meaning.

Examples:

A quaint village

An old, quaint house

A quaint green door

A quaint shop

A quaint bar

Comparative and superlative:  quainter, quaintest
Adverb:  quaintly
Noun:  quaintness

Antonyms  (opposites): ordinary, modern, new

Grammar quiz answer

Are both of these sentences correct or not?  Why?  What's the difference? 

1)  He's been married three times.
2)  He married three times.

Both sentences are correct.

The first sentence uses the present perfect tense, because the man is not dead.  He's still alive, so his life isn't finished.  Maybe he will marry again.

The second sentence uses the past simple tense,  because the man is dead.  His life is finished, so he won't marry again!

Note - "married" can be both used as an adjective, and as a verb.

"He's married" - this is an adjective.
"He married his wife last year" - this is a verb in the past simple tense.

It is more common to say "get married" rather than "marry".
E.g.  "They got married last year."  "She is getting married in December."  (Instead of "she is going to marry in December" or "They married last year".