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1. John found a huge wad of money on the kitchen table.

2. He couldn't think of any reason for it to be there.

3. Suddenly, there was the sound of knocking.

4. Panicking, he thrust the money down the front of his trousers.

5. It was Mary, who'd come over to borrow a pint of milk.

6. Mary is the best friend of John's wife, Alice.

7. She almost died of shock when she noticed.

8. "Alice has never mentioned any of this!" thought Mary.

9. Now she was getting all sorts of ideas.

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10. Unfortunately, this is sentence number ten, so it's the end of our story.

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This is the last day of June.

I kicked the side of the fence.

She is the Queen of England.

I've seen the last of my horrible sister.

Life is a bowl of cherries.

I lifted the lid of the teapot.

What is the point of this?

etc.

The point of the exercise is NOT to use the word OF when you should use the word HAVE.

WRONG: I could of caught the bus if I had run faster.

RIGHT: I could have caught...

WRONG: I should of done my own homework.

RIGHT: I should have done...