Pitfalls

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

June 2022

English

Frequently Made Mistakes

Words that even native speakes find confusing!

Maak twee korte zinnen waaruit het verschil tussen to / too blijkt.

To

Too

I'm going ___ France.

It's fun __ read books.

Are you cold ___?

It's way __ busy here.

I don't like her, she's __ arrogant.

He gave it __ me.

What's the difference between then and than?

My dad's company made more profit ___ last year.

1. then
2. than

First we went through customs and ___ we picked up our luggage.

1. then
2. than

Can you think of any other words that sound the same but have different grammatical functions (like its/it's and then/than)?

It looked like ___ wasn't anything they could do.

1. there
2. their
3. they're

_1_ going to love going _2_,
I heard _3_ food is the best!

1. 1 =their, 2=there, 3 =they're
2. 1=there, 2=their, 3=they're
3. 1=they're, 2=there, 3=their
4. 1=they're, 2=their, 3=there

You made it around the track in under a minute, ____ fast!

1. your
2. you're

___ really hard to tell the difference between a jaguar and a leopard.

1. It's
2. Its

I know _1_ the mall is, _2_ just down there to the left.

1. 1=were,2=it's
2. 1=where, 2=it's
3. 1=where, 2=its
4. 1=we're, 2=its

I wouldn't do that if I ___ you.

1. where
2. were
3. we're

The museum needs to update ___ online schedule for summer.

1. it's
2. its

We _1_ lost in the middle of Timbuktu. No one knew _2_ we _3_. Next time we travel, _4_ going to bring along a map.

1. 1=were, 2=where, 3=were, 4=we're
2. 1=were, 2=we're, 3=where, 4=were
3. 1=where, 2=were, 3=where, 4=we're
4. 1=where, 2=where, 3=were, 4=were