Common mistakes in English

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Common mistakes in English

Sometimes it's the little things that matter most

What is : called in English?

1. comma
2. apostrophe
3. hyphen
4. colon

Common mistakes in spelling

plural vs. possessive

The plural of: photo

1. photos
2. photo's

The plural of storey

1. storeys
2. stories

The plural of: woman

The plural of hero

1. hero's
2. heroes
3. heros

The plural of: country

The plural of piano

1. piano's
2. pianoes
3. pianos

How do you write: the sound of the keys of the pianos of the children?

1. The children's piano's string's sound.
2. The childrens' pianos' strings' sound.
3. The childrens pianos strings sound.
4. The children's pianos' strings' sound.

Common mistakes in spelling

Miscellaneous

Hey, that's not ..... book!

1. your
2. you're

What are you talking about? ..... the book from the shelf.

1. It's
2. Its

Oh, ..... in ..... garden

1. They're / there
2. They're / their
3. Their / there
4. There / they're

wear

we're

were

where

past simple of to be

infinitive -to

question word: place

present simple: we are

There are ..... ways ..... say 'there are'.

1. two / too
2. too / to
3. to / too
4. two / to

What is this?

1. a witch
2. a which
3. a wich
4. a witsh

Pick the wrong one.

1. off
2. beautifull
3. glass
4. already

Some other mistakes: 

• *eachother
• *Britten / Brittain
• *whit
• *ourself
• *vieuws
• *Englisch
• safe vs. save vs. life vs. live
• *peoples
• spoken language: gonna, wanna, u 
• *trough
• an other vs. another
• *verry
  
• * I'am

Common mistakes in grammar

Tense forms

Correct the mistake: I heared this before!

Correct the mistake:
They didn’t had a choice.

Common mistakes in grammar

Adjective versus adverb

I am not ... today. Hope it's not covid.

1. good
2. well

It is ... important!

1. vital
2. vitally

This is a ... well-written book, you should read it for your English exam.

1. wonderful
2. wonderfully

Test on the way...

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