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COMMON MISTAKES AND THEIR CORRECTIONS

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Page 1: Common mistakes

COMMON MISTAKES AND THEIR

CORRECTIONS

Page 2: Common mistakes

Spelling.

• Adres: Address.• Wardrove: Wardrobe.• Scape: Escape.• Thruh: Truth• Ofice: Office.• Whit: With.

Page 3: Common mistakes

Syntax.

The structure of sentences in English is: Subj/verb/complement/ object/time expressions.

• In the office was Samuel: Samuel was in the office. • And rang the telephone: And the telephone rang. • He likes very much driving: He likes driving very

much.• One day came into the office a beautiful woman: A

beautiful woman came into the office one day.

Page 4: Common mistakes

Adjectives.

We have to remember the position of adjectives: Opinion/Size/Age/Colour. Always in front of the subject.• A man dead: A dead man.• A flat very untidy: A very untidy flat.

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Subject.

• He thinks that he is the best.• He told Lenny the whole story in the coffee

shop.

Negative Sentences• Helen not went to the office: Helen didn

´t go to the office.• She didn´t say nothing: She didn´t say

anything.

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There is/are.

• In the wardrobe haven´t clothes: There aren´t clothes in the wardrobe.

• In the bathroom was a body: There was a body in the bathroom.

Purpose.• He went to his flat for spoke with him: He went to his flat to speak with

him.• Lenny went to Las Cabanas for asked about Lenny: Lenny went to Las

Cabanas to ask about himself.

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Want.

• Helen wanted see him: Helen wanted to see him.

• She wanted that Lenny looked for her sister: She wanted Lenny to look for her sister.

Genitive.• The flag´s Benny: Benny´s flag.• The Elaine´s apartment: Elaine´s apartment.

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Indefinite article.

• He had a nice teeth: He had a nice tooth.• A office: An office.• He is detective: He is a detective.

Plurals.• Others men: Other men.• Two address: Two addresses.• Two mens: Two men.• This persons: This person.

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Possesive adjectives.

• Helen and his sister: Helen and her sister.• Him flat: His flat.

Indefinite adjectives.• There wasn´t many clothes: There weren´t

any clothes.• Much people: Many people

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Ajectives.

• More short: Shorter.• More later: Later/afterwards.

Personal pronouns.• With she: With her.• He asked she where…: He asked her

where…

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Concordance.

• She leave the office: She leaves the office.• Everything were very neat: Everything was

very neat.• They was talking: They were talking.• The clothes was…:The clothes were.• He talk with Suzy: He talks with Suzy.

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Irregular Verbs.

He…Leaved: Left.Speaked: Spoke.Though: Thought.Cought: Caught.Knowed: Knew.Fighted: Fought.Broken: Broke.Writed: Wrote.

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• Elaine has been disappeared: Elaine had disappeared.• She has disappear: She disappeared.• He didn´t said anything: He didn´t say anything.• They didn´t went: They didn´t go.• She had met a man: She met a man.• She had flew from New York: She had flown from

New York.• She meet a wonderful man: She met a wonderful

man.

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Modal verbs.

• He must went to Las Cabanas: He had to go to Las Cabanas.

• She could not to pay him: She can´t pay him.• He could arrived: He could arrive.

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Verbs with preposition.

• He waited her: He waited for her.• He entered in the room: He entered into the

room.• He listened her: He listen to her.• Samuel phoned to the police: Samuel

phone the police.• Lenny met to Sargeant Murphy: Lenny met

Sargeant Murphy.• Lenny asked to her: Lenny asked her.

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Verbs ending in –ING.

• After talk with him: After talking with him.• She left without tell Samuel: She left without

telling Samuel.

Prepositions.• He went at Elaine´s fiat: She went on Elaine´s fiat.• She arrived to his office: She arrived to her office.• He was into the flat: He was in the flat.• He walked in the club: He walked around the club.

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Vocabulary.

• The man was death: The man was dead.• She invented this history: She invented this

story.• Myer said him that: Myer said to him that.• She argumented with Elaine: She argumented

to Elaine.• He was die: He was dead.• He told the true: He told the truth.• A police found him: A policeman found him.• After, he…: Then, he…