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Typical Mistakes
Typical Mistakes
Name:
according to
*According to me, the rent’s too high.
*According to his opinion, the Socialists are going to win.
aches
*I’ve got headache.
adjectives in -ly
*He spoke to me very friendly.
*She sang lovely.
after
*I’ll phone after I shall arrive.
*I’m going to do my exams , and after, I’m going to study medicine.
*After the timetable, the train gets in at half past eight.
after all
*We had a nice party with drinks and dancing; then, after all, we went home.
age
*He has thirty-five.
*He is thirty-five years.
*He’s thirty-five old.
ago
*I met her ago three years.
*I have left school three years ago.
*I started working for this firm before three years.
*My father died for three years.
agree
*I am agree with you.
*We are not agree.
all: introduction
*All of children can be naughty sometimes.
*All you are wrong.
*We all are tired.
along
*All along the journey she kept complaining.
*Along the story, we learn how...
always
*Always I ask myself what I am doing here.
*Never I find the answer.
and
*knees and hands
*fork and knife
*butter and bread
*chips and fish
another
*We need an other chair.
*I’ve got other three days holiday.
apppears
*He appears very angrily today.
articles: talking about particular things; the difference between a and the
*Shut a door!
*How did you like a film?
*I think there’s the letter for you?
*I’ve got the headache.
*She’s studying to be the dentist.
articles: numbers
*It’ll cost about hundred pounds.
articles: exclamations0
*What lovely dress!
articles: place-names
*The Oxford’s station.
as long as
*I’ll stay with you as long as there will be a room free.
as well as
*As well as he broke his leg, he hurt his arm.
as and how
*Hold it in your right hand, how I told you.
as and because
*You want to know why I’m leaving? I’m leaving as I’m FED UP!
as and when
*I hope you’ll think of me for a moment when I’ll be taking my driving test.
ask
*He came over and asked me a light.
*She asked for the price of the carrots.
*If you ask the time to a policeman, he will always tell you.
*I couldn’t find my tennis-racket, so I asked Mary to use hers.
asleep
*an asleep baby.
*I slept at ten o´clock.
belong
*It’s belong to me.
born
*I am born in 1957.
could: past
*How many eggs could you get?
*I could get 10% off the price.
*After six hours’ climbing, we could reach the top of the mountain.
*I talked for a long time, and in the end I could make her believe me.
come and go
‘Maria, would you come here for a moment?’- *‘Yes, OK, I’m going’
Thanks for a lovely evening. *I must go now or I won’t come home before midnight.
*I went here yesterday but you weren’t in.
conjunctions: problems
1.double conjunction
*Although she was tired, but she went to work.
*Because I liked him, so I went out with him.
*As you know, that I work very hard.
*I asked him that how he was travelling.
I wondered that where she lived.
2.relative pronouns
*That’s the doctor who he lives next door to us.
*She never listens to the advice which I give it to her.
*The man that he came to dinner last night is an old friend of my mother’s.
4.incomplete sentences
*When I went home. It was late.
*That I didn’t know what to do.
control
*A man came into the compartment to control the tickets.
country
*My parents live in a nice country near Tokyo.
dead and died
*Shakespeare dead in 1616.
*She is died in a car crash.
*She is dead in a car crash.
depend
‘Do you like piano music? - *It’s depend.’
*It depends of my mood.
divorce
*My sister divorced last year.
do and make
*I am always doing this mistake.
double negative
*I opened the door, but I couldn’t see nobody.
dress: noun
*He was wearing a national dress.
dress: verb
*He was dressing in a dark suit at the meeting.
*She was dressed with green and orange pyjamas.
either: adverb
‘I don’t like opera.’ - *‘I also not.’ (Or: *‘I don’t too.’)
enjoy
*I enjoyed very much at the party last night.
enter
*She entered into the room.
even
*She got very angry; even she told me to get out of the house.
*Anybody can do this. Also a child could do it.
eventually
*I’ll stay here eventually - it depends.
ever
*I will ever remember you.
explain
*Please explain me how to join a tennis club.
for: purpose
*We went to the pub for having a drink.
for, since, from and ago
*I know her for ten years.
*We’ve been here since three months.
*I’ve been waiting from four o’clock.
*She waited since the early morning, but he didn’t come.
*That hotel has been closed many years ago.
in front of
*There’s a nice little cafe in front of our house.
had better
*You have better hurry up.
*You had better to hurry up.
half
*Only half us could come.
*I live half of a mile from here.
*Give me the half.
happen
*What’s happen?
home
*I’m tired: I think I’ll go to home.
if: introduction
*If I will have enough money next year, I will go to Japan.
in case and if
*I’ll come and see you in case I pass through London.
indeed
*Thank you indeed.
*I was pleased indeed to get your letter.
infinitive without to
*I must to go now.
*Can you to help me?
*She lets her children to stay up very late.
* I heard her to say that she was fed up.
*Why not to take a holiday for a few days?
infinitive of purpose
*I went to Brighton for learning English.
*I went to Brighton for learn English.
*I’m going to start now, not to miss the beginning.
to + -ing
*I look forward to hear from you. (Correct structure: ...to hearing from you.)
-ing form or infinitive?
*I don’t remember to have said that.
*Please remember putting out the cat before you go to bed.
*Don’t forget writing to Aunt Mary.
*You should stop to smoke - it’s bad for you.
instead of ...-ing
*I stayed in bed all day instead to go to work.
know
*I know to make Spanish omelettes.
*We know each other since 1974.
*I am knowing exactly what you mean.
‘You’re late.’ - ‘I know it.’
let
*I let her to talk without interrupting.
*His parents let him doing what he liked.
*I didn’t let him knew what I was thinking.
make
*I made her to cry.
*I made her crying.
marry
*She married with a builder.
mean
*Please, what means ‘hermetic’?
*I mean that the left will win the next elections. What’s your meaning about it?
means
*We must help him by all means.
more
*More of people in Britain are drinking wine these days.
most
*The most people agree with my attitude.
*Most of people are afraid of something.
negative sentences
Basic rules
*I don’t can swim.
*I like not this soup.
‘Transferred negation’
*I think you haven’t met my wife.
negative questions
Form
*Does not she understand?
no and not
*The students went on strike, but no the teachers.
nowadays
*I don’t like the nowadays fashions.
A and one
*I want to live for hundred years.
Dates
*My birthday’s on seventeen June.
a and per
*It costs two pounds for week/by week.
often
*I often fell yesterday whe I was skiing.
once
*Come and see me once.
one of...
*One of my friend is a pilot.
*One of our cats have disappearead.
opposite: adjective
*I noticed that the opposite man was staring at me.
out of
*She ran out from the room.
*She ran out the room.
own
*It’s nice if a child can have an own room.
By
*I’ve always been terribly frightened by dying.
perfect tense after this is the first time and similar expressions
*This is the first time I hear her sing, and I hope it is the last.
personal pronouns
*Tell Mary I miss Mary.
*Is raining.
*She loved the picture because was beautiful.
*They arrested him and put in prison.
‘Have some chocolate.’ - *‘No, I don’t like.’
*My car it is parked outside.
*The boss he really gets on my nerves.
*It is terrible the situation.
*That’s the girl who she lives in the flat upstairs.
*Here’s the money that you lent it to me.
place-names
*It took us three days to drive from M nchen to Edimbourg.
point of view
*From my point of view, war is always wrong.
4.Special structures
*It’s a long time since you didn’t come to see me.
propose
*I proposed her to come with me.
punctuation: apostrophe
*a pair of jean’s
*This is your’s.
*it’s importance
punctuation: comma
*Everybody realized, that I was a foreigner.
*I didn’t know, where I should go.
*The woman, who was sitting behind the desk, gave me a big smile.
*The woman who was sitting behind the desk, gave me a big smile.
*The blue dress was warmer, on the other hand, the purple one was prettier.
question tags
*The pubs close at half past three, isn’t it?
or rather
*He’s a psychologist - or better, a psychoanalyst.
reflexive pronouns
*I cut me shaving this morning.
*We got out of the river and dried us.
relative pronouns
*There’s the man who he teaches me the guitar.
*I don’t like people which lose their temper easily.
*I think you should stay faithful to the person whom you’re married to.
remind
*Please remind me of posting the letters.
*Remember me to post the letters.
the same
*Give me same again, please.
*I want a same shirt like my friend.
*Her hair’s the same colour that her mother’s.
*I like the same music than you.
see
*We’ll see that tomorrow.
*You’d better see that with Jim.
seem
*You seem a bit angrily today.
*I spoke to a tall man who seemed the boss.
*North Wales seems as a good place for a holiday.
such and so
*How do you manage to speak to her with so great patience?
*I am happy to visit your so beautiful country.
*I’ve never met a so delightful person.
suggest
*My uncle suggested me to get a job in the bank.
there is
*A hole is in my tights.
*Ice is on the lake.
*No children are in this house.
*I don’t know how many people there is for lunch.
*There has a man at the door.
think
*I’m not thinking much of his latest book.
*What do you think about now?
*I think to go to university next year.
*I was thinking if I could do anything to help.
this and that
*Sometimes I wonder what I’m doing in that country.
*Have you heard from this Scottish boy you used to go out with?
too
*It’s very too cold.
travel
*I hope you had a good travel.
untill/till and to
*I waited for her to six o’clock, but she didn’t come.
until/till and by
*Can you repair my watch until Tuesday?
used to + infinitive
*He uses to play cards a lot.
*He was used to play cards a lot.
as usual
*The train’s late, as usually.
wait for
*Please wait me here.
*We’ll have to wait that the photos are ready.
want
*I don’t want come back here ever again.
*Do you want I make you some coffee?
when and if
*We’ll have the party outside when it doesn’t rain this evening.
word-order
Adverbs
*He lifted suddenly his hand.
yes and no
*‘Aren’t you going out this evening?’ - ‘Yes, not this evening.’
*‘Haven’t you got a raincoat?’ - ‘No, I have.’