Amintnt  +  393524 Wed, 18 Jul 07 11:41 AM Hi buddies........ I'm a nNew Headway-Upper Intermediate student........ Please check the following sentences....... Unit 12 in New Headway Work Book-  Noun Phrases........ The questions should be answered according to the picture...... But I don't think it's necessary to put the picture here....... I just need to know if the sentences are not grammatically right......... Bold sentences are the gaps which I myself have filled......... 1. There's a woman wearing a hat pulling a pram. 2. I can see a boy escaping from a dog. 3. A man sitting on the bench with a newspaper eating a sandwich. 4. There's a gardener with a hat on the head cutting the grass. 5. A family sitting under a tree having a picnic. 6. I can see an ice-cream van serving a queue.(???) 7. Some men sitting on the side of the lake 8. There's a boy on the hill flying a kite. 9. I can see a boy riding a bike _____ past the lake( I don't know what to fill in the second gap) If necessary I'll add the picture......... Thanks in advance Amintnt Joined on Wed, Jul 18 2007 New Member 06 Nouns, Noun Phrases

	nona the brit  +  393526 Wed, 18 Jul 07 11:51 AM 1. There's a woman wearing a hat pulling a pram. No. You push a pram, not pull it. 2. I can see a boy escaping from a dog. grammatically ok. 'running away from' is a more natural phrase, unless the picture shows him climbing over a fence or something. 3. A man sitting on the bench with a newspaper eating a sandwich. A man is sitting on the bench, reading a newspaper, and eating a sandwich. 4. There's a gardener with a hat on the head cutting the grass. A gardener wearing a hat or 'with a hat on his head'. 5. A family sitting under a tree having a picnic. ok, but 'is' sitting. 6. I can see an ice-cream van serving a queue.(???) ok 7. Some men sitting on the side of the lake. by the side of the lake. 8. There's a boy on the hill flying a kite. ok, but I'd choose 'a' hill. 9. I can see a boy riding a bike _____ past the lake( I don't know what to fill in the second gap) quickly? carefully? whatever adverb is appropriate. . nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Adverbs, Verbs

	Amintnt  +  393550 Wed, 18 Jul 07 01:39 PM Thanks dear friend........ I think it's better to put the picture here....... Unfortunately I don't have any scanner...... I took the picture by a camera! so the quality is not very good Where's the image tag??? :blink: (The image size was too big! So plz click the following link to see the image! number 5 and 7 use the same structure i think....... So should number seven be "some men are sitting..."? and about sentence number 3.... The man is not reading any newspaper! It's just in his hand! so don't u think the sentence of mine is correct? and about number one........ Yup! I'm so sorry! by the way, I dropped one of the sentences There are two boats sailing on the lake. Amintnt

	Grammar Geek  +  393571 Wed, 18 Jul 07 02:25 PM A man holding a newspaper is eating a sandwhich on a bench. (The bench does not have the newspaper, as your original sentence could imply.) There are two boats sailing on the lake.  - That's fine. One of your others ones - I can't see it now that I'm in the response screen - needs "is" or "are" - is sitting, or something like that. Take a look and see if you can find it.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Amintnt  +  393657 Wed, 18 Jul 07 07:31 PM Hi dear Grammar Geek Thanks for ur reply....... I think you mean "some men sitting"......... Yup you're right......."Are"  is also needed........ Thank you both friends Good Luck Amintnt Grammar