Category Archives: Independent Practice

From the pages of Paul Brians’ book Common Errors in English Usage (to which, amazingly, he continues to allow free access at his Washington State University webpage), here is a worksheet on the use of the noun phrase “lion’s share.”

This is a relatively spare document, with Professor Brians’ text on the use of this phrase, and plenty of white space for students to practice writing sentences that include it.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

This is finally the last of these, so without further ado, here is a worksheet on the verb phrase would like when followed by an object and an infinitive.

The cat would like you to feed it.

We would like the server to bring us our check.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.