10 common mistakes
Feb 16, 2012
Hi guys!
Here some very common English language speaker mistakes. Can you correct them? The answers are below, of course.
Mistakes
1. I have a difficult work.
2. When I was young, my mother told to me a history every night.
3. John felt down because the road was wet.
4. I going to see Francis on Friday. I’ll probably pay a dinner.
5. I’m worried about my best friend. She doesn’t phone me for a long time.
6. I became English student when I had 13 years.
7. Most of people don’t like the cold weather.
8. My daughter is so badly behaved. She never listens me.
9. We need to make her stop to play with her pen. It’s really getting on my nerves.
10. I forget my bag. Can you give me a paper?
Answers 1. I have a very difficult
work job ./I have
some very difficult work.
Work is uncountable. 2. When I was young, my mother told
to me a
history story every night.
to tell sb. sth. History is an academic subject. 3. John
felt fell down because the road was wet.
fall fell fallen feel felt felt 4. I
am going to see Francis on Friday. I’ll probably pay
for a dinner.
to be going + inf to pay for sth., to pay sb. (for sth.) We don't say a before breakfast, lunch, dinner. e.t.c. 5. I’m worried about my best friend. She
doesn’t hasn't phoned me for a long time.
Present perfect with for to talk about something that started in the past and is still true. 6. I became
an English student when I
had was 13 years
old .
Occupations need a determiner(a/the/my/that e.t.c). I am 13. - Correct. I am 13 years old. -Correct. I am 13 years. - Incorrect. 7. Most
of people don’t like
the cold weather.
Most X/ the majority of X for talking in general. We don't use the for generic things. 8. My daughter is so badly behaved. She never listens
to me.
Always listen to . 9. We need to make her stop
to play playing with her pen. It’s really getting on my nerves.
to stop + verb+ing =to stop the activity. E.g. She stopped smoking last year. to stop + infinitive with to= to stop moving in order to... E.g. She was driving and she stopped to let the children pass. 10. I
forget forgot/ have forgotten my bag.
Can you give me
a some/a sheet of /a piece paper?
Paper is normally uncountable. A paper = a newspaper Click here to enrol for
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