Grammar Roulette

Grammar Roulette - try your luck with the Grammar Wheel of Fortune

Grammar Roulette is a game for identifying mistakes in sentences.

How to play

1. Press the "Play" button to begin or go to the next exercise. Each test sentence is printed on the right.

2. You must first identify whether the sentence contains any mistake or not. Some of the sentences do not contain a mistake. If you think the sentence is without any error, then select the "no error" option.

If you think there is a mistake, then you must decide what type of mistake and select from the options given. See below for the seven types of mistake you can identify.
Try to identify what kind of mistake it is, then press the matching type in the wheel on the left to make your bet.

**Select from the games below**
Game	Level
Game 1	Difficult
Game 2	Difficult

Types of mistakes

Preposition - these are mistakes where the wrong preposition is used, or else no preposition is used where one is needed.
e.g. They searched the book in the library (searched for)

Article - the mistake is an incorrect use of either the definite or indefinite article, or else no article is used when one is needed.
e.g. He lives on the Hainan Island (no the before a name)

Agreement - this refers to agreement between the subject and verb, whether the headword is singular, plural or uncountable.
e.g. Everybody know that ... ( knows = singular)

Number - these are mistakes in number or quantity words such as putting plural endings on words which have no plural, or using the wrong kind of quantifier.
e.g. It costs many money. (money is uncountable, so use a lot of)

Conjunction - where a conjunction is used wrongly or is missing or incomplete.
e.g. He is actually quite fit in spite he is a little overweight. (although is better here)

Verb form - where the verb does not have the correct form of tense or voice.
e.g. I go there yesterday. (went = past)

Vocabulary - any mistake where the word used has the wrong form or is just not used in that way, especially where the wrong word class is employed.
e.g. There is a lot of interesting in the subject. (interest = noun)

Making a bet

You start the game with 100 chips, but in each exercise you must bet at least 10 chips that you have the right answer. For each answer you will either win or lose the value of your bet. The minimum bet is 10, but you can increase this to a maximum of 100. If you bet wrongly, you will lose the amount of your bet. If you get it right, you will win the same amount. So set the value of your bet according to how sure you feel of the answer.

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