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Correct your mistakes! This episode is about typical mistakes that learners of English make when they speak.
I’ve been teaching for 10 years and I’ve been listening to learners of English making mistakes. Recently I made a list of some of the most common mistakes I hear. Here they are, with corrections. This is a really useful episode, I am sure you will agree!
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Here is a list of those typical mistakes & their corrections:
ERROR: I am agree
CORRECTION: I agree
ERROR: I said you something
CORRECTION: I told you something
E: Luke told that…
C: Luke told us that…
E: If I will…
C: If I go… I will…
E: If I would go…
C: If I went…
E: If I would have gone to university…
C: If I had gone to university
E: A present to someone
C: A present for someone
E: to buy a gift to someone
C: to buy a gift for someone
E: Let’s have a coffee to that cafe
C: Let’s have a coffee in that cafe
Rise = to go up “taxes rose by 5%”
Raise = to make something go up “The government raised taxes by 5%”
E: I am living here since/during 1 year
C: I have been living here for 1 year
E: a girl who she lives in Brazil
C: A girl who lives in Brazil
E: What do you do tonight?
C: What are you doing tonight?
E: Tonight I will go to the pub
C: Tonight I’m going to the pub
E: go to shopping
C: go shopping
a holiday = a vacation ( a week or two with no work)
a day off = one day in which you don’t work
a public holiday / a bank holiday = days when everyone in the country has a day off, e.g. Christmas Day or Easter
E: almost people in my country
C: most of the people in my country / almost all of the people in my country / most people in my country
E: I explain you something
C: Let me explain something (to you)
E: I haven’t any money
C: I don’t have any money / I haven’t got any money
E: some advices
C: Some advice / some pieces of advice
E: some informations
C: some information / some pieces of information
E: a new
C: Some news / a news story
E: question – /kestchun/
C: question – /kwestchun/
E: I had learned that when I was at school
C: I learned that when I was at school
E: I don’t know what means this word
C: I don’t know what this word means
E: Can you tell me where is the station?
C: Can you tell me where the station is?
E: In the next years / in the next months / in the next weeks
C: In the next few years / in the next few months / in the next few weeks
E: a four hours journey
C: a four hour journey
E: a £1m pounds cut
C: a £1m pound cut
E: I forgot my book at home
C: I left my book at home / I forgot to bring my book
E: I backed to my country
C: I went back to my country
E: Are you from England, aren’t you?
C: You’re from England, aren’t you?
E: I feel myself sick
C: I feel sick
E: I bought me an iPod
C: I bought myself an iPod
E: lend = give (temporarily)
C: borrow = take (temporarily)
E: I went to home
C: I went home
E: I went by walk
C: I went on foot
at midnight = at 12.00
in the middle of the night = from midnight until sunrise
E: I came to London for study English
C: I came to London to study English
E: You are the same like me
C: You are the same as me
E: Popular sports as football and tennis
C: Popular sports such as football and tennis / Popular sports like football and tennis
E: women /womens/
C: women /wimmin/
E: in spite of he was tired, he did the washing up
C: in spite of the fact that he was tired… / despite the fact that he was tired… / although he was tired… / in spite of being tired… / despite being tired…
E: We are used to live in a cold climate
C: We are used to living in a cold climate
E: What is he like? -He likes football
C: What is he like? -He’s a really nice guy
E: We have to wait during three weeks
C: We have to wait for three weeks
E: Finish the report until Friday
C: finish the report by Friday
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Dear Sir,
Your lessons are very interesting and useful. Great job!
Thampikutty
Luke, thank you! You are the best teacher in the world honestly!
I’m going to improve my English step by step with your lessons.
Thank you Sir Luke Thompson ! You rock ! You are as good as Sir AJ Hoge an American English teacher from Learn Real English which also has his own English podcast.You really have explained something I would never find anywhere or nobody would tell me about the mistakes in the world.Thank you very much ! Continue producing much more podcast !
Great blog. I’m from Argentina and I’m taking the FCE exam (ESOL examinations-University of Cambridge) next year and it heps me a lot to improve.
thank you too much it’s really interesting even for teachers of English as a foreign language