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Common Mistakes at IELTS
4- When do I use the present simple tense?

We use the present simple tense:
- to make general statements about our world: The earth moves around the sun.
- to show a pattern or general truth: People work in order to meet their basic needs.
- with adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, never: People who are too lazy to walk often use their cars instead.
- with expressions such as: nowadays, these days, today (with a general meaning): Many students today do their research via computer rather than through books.
- for verbs showing opinions or feelings, e.g. believe, think, hope: I think that we should all do as much as we can to improve our environment.

We form the present simple tense with the base form of the verb. We add s or es to form the 3rd person singular:
- I play / I watch
- you play / you watch
- he/she/it plays / he/she/it watches
- we play / we watch
- you play / you watch
- they play / they watch

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Common Mistakes at IELTS
3- Which nouns don’t have a plural form?

Some nouns in English are ‘uncountable’. This means they do not have a plural form.
Some common uncountable nouns are: advice, advertising, food, furniture, garbage, information, knowledge, money, shopping, time, traffic, travel.

With uncountable nouns, you must use:

- the singular form: food, information, money
- a little / amount of / much / some: How much money do you have?
The amount of traffic on the roads is increasing each year.
- a singular verb: There was already a little furniture in the flat.

If a noun is uncountable, you CANNOT use:

- you cannot use a plural form: advices, furnitures, garbages, informations, knowledges
- you cannot use a/an: an advice, a garbage, a knowledge
- you cannot use a few / many / number of: a few shopping, many traffic, the number of knowledge
- you cannot use a number: three travels, four furniture
- you cannot use a plural verb: There were a little furniture in the flat.

If you want to add a number to an uncountable noun, you can use a piece of / some / a few pieces of: a piece of advice, three pieces of furniture, a few pieces of garbage.

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Common Mistakes at IELTS
2- Singular or plural?

If you use a plural noun, you must use a plural verb. The verb must ‘agree’ with the noun:
In my country, there are very few cars that use leaded petrol. (plural verb + plural noun)
I like studying during the day but my friend prefers studying at night. (singular noun + singular verb)

We use a plural noun with:

- plural verbs: are, were, have, do, play, etc.: There are a lot of books on the table.
- numbers greater than one: 30 cars, 100 students
- many: It is annoying that so many buses drive past because they are full.
- the number of: The number of buses on our roads has increased each year.
* Note that we use a plural noun but a singular verb after the number of.

We use a singular noun with:

- singular verbs: is, was, has, does, plays, etc.: There is only one bedroom in the flat.
- a/an or one: a car, one student
*Note that some nouns can look plural but are singular (news, mathematics) and some nouns have a different form in the plural (children, men, women, people).

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Common Mistakes at IELTS
1- Are there any special times I should use (the)?

We use (the)

• with countries or places where the name refers to a group of islands or states: the United States, the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, the UK
• with superlatives: the best, the longest, the highest
• with cardinal numbers: the first, the second, the third
• when there is only one in the world: the environment, the internet, the sun
• to refer to the only one in this particular area: the government, the police, the river
• in the phrase: the same as

We don’t use (the)

• with a single country or place: America, England, China
• to talk about something in general. We use the plural if we are talking about something in general; we use (the) to identify one specific example. Compare:
- People with reading difficulties often have problems with numbers.
- The number eight is considered lucky in some countries.

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