common mistakes
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COMMON MISTAKES AND THEIR
CORRECTIONS
Spelling.
• Adres: Address.• Wardrove: Wardrobe.• Scape: Escape.• Thruh: Truth• Ofice: Office.• Whit: With.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Ajectives.
• More short: Shorter.• More later: Later/afterwards.
Personal pronouns.• With she: With her.• He asked she where…: He asked her
where…
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.
Irregular Verbs.
He…Leaved: Left.Speaked: Spoke.Though: Thought.Cought: Caught.Knowed: Knew.Fighted: Fought.Broken: Broke.Writed: Wrote.
• 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.
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.
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.
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.
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…