Hello, everyone.
Thank you very much for being here,
watching my new video about common mistakes.
Grammar can be confusing in any language, but this is
particularly true of the English language.
However, by taking the time to look over common grammatical errors,
you will be able to avoid them in your spoken and written language.
In this section, we're going to look at
examples and we're going to give you the opportunity to
ensure that you're able to omit these mistakes when speaking and writing.
Common mistakes will be very useful for
Cambridge English Qualifications.
We are about to start. Are you ready?
In Monday, I have maths lessons. On January, I will go to Paris. Stop.
Making mistakes with prepositions of time is common.
We must be careful.
Remember that we use in for months, years,
centuries, long periods, such as in 2023, in March.
We use on for days and dates, such as on Tuesday, on Wednesday.
The correct answer is, on Monday, I have maths lessons.
In January, I will go to Paris.
He is more small than his brother. Wait a minute.
A mistake that both native and non-native speakers make is
using incorrectly form comparative adjectives.
Remember the rules.
For adjectives that are just one syllable,
we don't need to add the word more.
We just need to add er to the end of the adjective.
Can you spot the mistake?
And the correct answer is, he is smarter than his brother.
He plays volleyball good. No.
This mistake has to do with the use of adjectives and adverbs.
Look at the example.
Is the word good modifying a noun like volleyball or it’s modifying
the way he plays?
If you think the second option is correct, you are right.
As a result, using the word good won't be appropriate.
Do you know what will be the correct word?
And now, let's check the correct answer. He plays volleyball well.
He eat pizza.
Laura go to the cinema every Friday. Tom study maths.
When using present simple, do not forget that the third
person singular is a little bit special.
And the spelling of some verbs is different too.
With some verbs, you only add an s. Others, you have to add es.
If a word has more than one syllable and ends in y,
the y changes to an i and you add es.
Have a look at the previous examples.
Can you see the differences in spelling?
The correct answer is, he eats pizza.
Laura goes to the cinema every Friday. Tom studies maths.
I ate yesterday an ice-cream.
Sometimes we think that grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation are
the most important parts of learning a language.
An important part of grammar is word order.
This is a common mistake you may make.
The position of the time adverb yesterday is not correct.
This will be the correct position. Yesterday, I ate an ice-cream.
I must to call him immediately. Excuse me, what did you say?
Modal verbs such as must, should, can, might and may
are never followed by the preposition to.
But why?
The verbs that follow modal verbs should only be in their base form.
They should never be conjugated into another form,
including the infinitive.
Now that you know a little bit more about modal verbs,
can you spot the mistake?
I must call him immediately.
Would you like to learn more about other common mistakes?
Have you ever made any of these mistakes?
I have. How about you?
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