English writing pitfalls

English Writing
Pitfalls
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English Writing
Pitfalls

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TENSES RECAP 

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Pitfalls

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Your - you're
Your - you're
> your car = JOUW auto
> you're mechanic = you are = JIJ BENT

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It is _______ dangerous to get any closer.
A
to
B
too

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To - too
To: combination with verbs (ww)
I am going to the cinema.

Too: ''te'' / ''ook''
They want to join us too. / It's too small.

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They say they are better _______ you.
A
than
B
then

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Than - then
Than: vergelijking
You've done more than enough.

Then: tijd
And then the police arrived.

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They worked hard on _______ exercises.
A
their
B
there
C
they're

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Their - there - they're
Their: bezittelijk (Their books)

There: daar (location) (Over there)

They're: they are


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The dog wagged _______ tail.
A
it's
B
its

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It's - its
It's: it is

Its: bezittelijk (his / hers / its)




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We _______ just looking for you.
A
where
B
we're
C
were

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Where - were - we're
Where: waar (Where are you going?)

Were: waren (We were talking.)

We're: we are


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I ____ come to the party tonight.
A
can't
B
cant
C
can not
D
cannot

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Can't - cannot
Cannot = kan niet (I cannot come)

Can't = cannot (contraction)




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_______ option do you prefer?
A
With
B
Which
C
Witch

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Which - with - witch
Which: die, dat, welke 
We went to a bar, which I liked very much. /  Which bus should we take?

With: met / bij
Are you going with friends?

Witch: heks
The witch made a poison. 





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I am ___ school right now.
A
on
B
at
C
by

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On - at
On school = ON TOP of the school - on the roof...

At school = attending the school / taking a course there.

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This is one of the best _____ I've been to.
A
parties
B
party's
C
partie

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party's - parties
This party's dress code is blue and white: 'the dress code that belongs to the party' - bezit. Just like: my mom's car (de auto VAN mijn moeder)

I love to go to parties: multiple parties (plural) = more than 1 party = meervoudsvorm van party (en andere woorden die eindigen op medeklinker + y - battery / diary / story)

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Also pay attention to:

Capital letters (names, cities, I, countries, start of the sentence)

Punctuation (commas, period, question mark, exclamation mark, etc.)

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