Commonly made mistakes by learners of English as a Second Language

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Commonly made mistakes by learners of English as a Second Language

What is the mistake in 'She is good in maths'?

1. good with maths
2. good on maths
3. good in maths
4. good at maths

What should replace 'for' in the following sentence? He is afraid for spiders and avoids them at all costs.

1. with
2. about
3. of
4. against

What is the mistake in this sentence?We are thinking on going to Italy for our vacation.

What is the missing word?
They are waiting __ the bus to arrive.

1. on
2. up
3. for
4. to

Which preposition should replace 'on'?
She is proud on her achievements at school.

1. of
2. about
3. for
4. to

Do TWO things: first type the wrong word and then the word it should be replaced with.
He congratulated me with my promotion at work.

Choose the preposition that should replace 'of'?
Can you provide me of more details about the event?

1. in
2. with
3. at
4. by

Find the mistakes

She don't like chocolate ice cream.

Does he plays the guitar?

I am liking chocolate more than vanilla.

The soup is tasting delicious.

We are going tomorrow to the museum in the city centre.

What is wrong here?

They never have been to London before last summer.

This book is belonging to me.

Last summer we have gone to Spain for two weeks and we had an amazing time.

Next year we will invite less people to join our weekly dance sessions.

This pizza is to spicy for me.

Here are the final three sentences containing a mistake. Can you spot it?

Their going to the park.

He did it perfect.

I am gratefull for all the support you’ve given me during this project.

Now some different cook. Idiomatic expressions can be quite tricky.

How would you say this in understandable English?

He let his cheese be eaten from his bread.

Instead of sitting on a pink cloud, the British say that you are on cloud ..... , when you are very happy.