Common Mistakes in English

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🌳 The Park Visit (with mistakes and corrections)

Find the ❌ Mistakes:

> Yesterday I go to the park with my friend. We was very happy because it is a sunny day. We see many peoples there. One of them ask me did I have a pen. I told him I don’t. Then we decided go for a walk. My friend sayed me that he don’t likes running. We eat some ice-creams and take a lot of pictures. I really enjoyed very much that day.

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✅ Corrections:

> Yesterday I went to the park with my friend. We were very happy because it was a sunny day. We saw many people there. One of them asked me if I had a pen. I told him I didn’t. Then we decided to go for a walk. My friend told me that he doesn’t like running. We ate some ice cream and took a lot of pictures. I really enjoyed that day.

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💡 Explanation of Mistakes:

❌ Mistake ✅ Correction Why

go → went Past tense needed
was → were Subject “we” needs plural verb
is → was Past tense context
peoples → people “People” is already plural
ask me did I have → asked me if I had Correct indirect question form
I don’t → I didn’t Past tense
decided go → decided to go Verb “decide” requires “to + verb”
sayed → said Correct past form of “say”
don’t likes → doesn’t like Third person singular uses “doesn’t”
eat → ate Past tense
take → took Past tense
enjoyed very much → enjoyed “Enjoyed” already expresses satisfaction

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Section 30: Politeness & Register

146. ❌ Give me water.
✅ Please give me some water.

147. ❌ I want a coffee.
✅ I would like a coffee.

148. ❌ Open the window.
✅ Could you open the window, please?

149. ❌ Send me the file now.
✅ Could you send me the file now?

150. ❌ Teacher, explain this.
✅ Excuse me, teacher, could you explain this?

Section 29: Word Form

141. ❌ He is a succeed person.
✅ He is a successful person.

142. ❌ She works hardly.
✅ She works hard.

143. ❌ They live happiness.
✅ They live happily.

144. ❌ He gave me an adviceful speech.
✅ He gave me an advisable speech.

145. ❌ The story is very interest.
✅ The story is very interesting.

Section 28: Parallelism

136. ❌ He likes reading, to swim, and biking.
✅ He likes reading, swimming, and biking.

137. ❌ She wants to sing, dancing, and acting.
✅ She wants singing, dancing, and acting.

138. ❌ The job requires intelligence, to be careful, and honesty.
✅ The job requires intelligence, carefulness, and honesty.

139. ❌ He is smart, hardworking, and he plays well.
✅ He is smart, hardworking, and skillful.

140. ❌ We must study, practice, and to improve.
✅ We must study, practice, and improve.

Section 27: Past Perfect

131. ❌ When I arrived, he already left.
✅ When I arrived, he had already left.

132. ❌ She said she has finished before I came.
✅ She said she had finished before I came.

133. ❌ They had went home before dinner.
✅ They had gone home before dinner.

134. ❌ I didn’t knew she had called.
✅ I didn’t know she had called.

135. ❌ By the time I came, they already ate.
✅ By the time I came, they had already eaten.

Section 26: Present Perfect

126. ❌ I have saw him.
✅ I have seen him.

127. ❌ She has went to school.
✅ She has gone to school.

128. ❌ They have did their homework.
✅ They have done their homework.

129. ❌ I have ate already.
✅ I have eaten already.

130. ❌ He have finished the work.
✅ He has finished the work.

Section 25: Future Tense

121. ❌ I will going to the party tomorrow.
✅ I will go to the party tomorrow.

122. ❌ She will comes late.
✅ She will come late.

123. ❌ We are go to London next week.
✅ We are going to London next week.

124. ❌ He will studies medicine.
✅ He will study medicine.

125. ❌ Tomorrow I am go shopping.
✅ Tomorrow I am going shopping.

Section 24: Wrong Prepositions

116. ❌ He is afraid from dogs.
✅ He is afraid of dogs.

117. ❌ She is married with a doctor.
✅ She is married to a doctor.

118. ❌ I am angry on him.
✅ I am angry with him.

119. ❌ He is responsible of the project.
✅ He is responsible for the project.

120. ❌ She is similar with her mother.
✅ She is similar to her mother.

Section 23: Pronoun Reference

111. ❌ John told Peter that he will succeed. (unclear)
✅ John told Peter, “You will succeed.”

112. ❌ Mary told Susan that she loves John. (unclear)
✅ Mary told Susan, “I love John.”

113. ❌ My friend lost their wallet. (singular friend)
✅ My friend lost his/her wallet.

114. ❌ The dog chased the cat, but it escaped. (unclear)
✅ The dog chased the cat, but the cat escaped.

115. ❌ When the student met the teacher, he was nervous. (unclear)
✅ The student was nervous when he met the teacher.

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